How to find and use Creative Commons licensed Open Educational Resources is a one hour information session, for University of Edinburgh staff and postgraduate research students, where you’ll learn how to find Creative Commons licensed materials covering different subject areas and topics from a range of online archives, repositories, and websites. We’ll then look at […]
Diversifying the Curriculum with OER is a one hour seminar for University of Edinburgh staff and postgraduate research students, to highlight existing practices and resources that diversify the curriculum and encourage student co-creation and learning. We’ll also explore and discuss the variety of ways in which creating, using, and sharing open educational practices and resources […]
"Women in Red" - a Wikipedia editathon celebrating the lives and contributions of all the inspiring women of Scotland (and around the world) missing from the world's go-to site for information. Wikipedia is the 8th most visited website in the world but lacks diversity in its editors and its articles. Only 20.02% of biographies on English Wikipedia, the […]
Join us for an afternoon of talks exploring Wikimedia in the curriculum, Scottish history and historical data (accused witches and religious change in early modern Scotland) and opening up the collections of the National Library of Wales! Wikibase is the underlying platform that powers Wikipedia's sister project, Wikidata, and as an open source platform, it allows users […]
The University of Edinburgh has a long-standing commitment to providing and widening access to high quality online learning opportunities through open education and open educational resources (OER). This is supported by an OER Service and underpinned by our Open Educational Resources Policy that encourages staff and students to use, create and publish open licensed resources to enhance the quality of the student experience. This year we’re celebrating Open Education Week […]
