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SDG4 Open Educational Resources
– Content: The education topics supporting the Foundations for All refugee education project will take place in 2021-2022 in Kampala and Kiryandongo, Uganda.
– Format: Document.
– Content: Guide on how to maximize the use of Open Access resources created by the Information Services at the University of Edinburgh. It includes books and articles in Open Access journals, Research Collection Center, University journal storage service, Open Access datasets, and Open Educational Resources, along with links to other advice and guidance.
– Format: Video.
– Content: This short “how to” guide by learning designer Lizzy Garner-Foy walks you through the process of writing effective programme level learning outcomes. It covers inclusive design principles, classifying learning objectives with Bloom’s Taxonomy, expressing learning objectives with active verbs.
– Format: Video.
– Content: These videos are part of a course aimed at providing opportunities to understand what critical thinking is, while also training and enhancing critical thinking skills.
– Format: Video.
– Content: For students and anyone interested in further developing their knowledge of digital technology in education.
– Format: Video.
– Content: Explore some of the most fascinating perspectives on digital culture in popular and academic forms, while examining how our roles as teachers and learners are shaped by the digital differences, and also considering how learning and literacy are manifested in digital culture.
– Format: Video.
– Content: The Edinburgh Learning Design Roadmap (ELDeR), created in 2016, is a practical, group-based approach to learning design, based on the CAIeRO approach of the University of Northampton. ELDeR also incorporates elements of other learning design approaches and tools, including the Open University’s Teaching Program Features, the University of Ulster’s Perspective Toolkit, and the ABC method of University College London.
– Format: Document and video.
– Content: The resources in this collection include; exemplary examples and research on OER in teaching programs, experiential design, in-depth and critical materials from our Academic Development Institute, scoring criteria guidelines, integrated technology, blended learning techniques, and resources on diversity and inclusion.
– Format: Document.
– Content: The University of Edinburgh shares some teaching and learning policies along with related guidance under a Creative Commons license for other organizations to reuse.
– Format: Document.
– Content: Sharing the story of how the University of Edinburgh has developed a process to create open courses that allow for the sharing of 100 free short-term open courses and over 1000 OERs in the past 10 years.
– Format: Video.
– Content: This is a collection of open licensed videos from the Institute for Academic Development (IAD), focusing on instructional learning and teaching for the staff of the University of Edinburgh.
– Format: Video.
– Content: In this series of 22 licensed open courses, scholars and students will discuss and provide advice on 6 main areas in Academic Skills including: Academic resources, Critical thinking, Evidence-based reasoning, Discussion and presentation skills, Feedback, Academic writing.
– Format: Video.
– Content: This course provides you with the opportunity to complete practical activities on location and scriptwriting, understand licensing and sourcing assets, how to set up and use available technology such as mobile phones for filming, and how to use free editing software.
– Format: Video.
– Content: A collection of instructional videos on how to edit Wikipedia, from drafting, editing, publishing, and group exercises. Created by Ewan McAndrew, Wikimedian in Residence at the University of Edinburgh.
– Format: Video.
– Content: Includes instructional videos on ‘how’ and ‘why’ analysis of Wikipedia to make knowledge sharing open and accessible, thereby increasing the diversity of contributors to Wikipedia and the diversity of content shared online.
– Format: Video.
– Content: A collection of typical studies from across the United Kingdom aimed at providing detailed information on the use of Wikimedia projects in education. Among the 14 examples, 13 are related to higher education and one is related to secondary education.
– Format: Document.
– Content: This plan provides an introduction to the Wikipedia universe, how to navigate the Wikipedia homepage and articles, how to set up a Wikipedia user page, and how to create and edit content (formatting, links, images, lists, citations, infoboxes, etc.) using the new visual editor.
– Format: Document.
– Content: The presentation at the Digital Skills Festival of the University of Edinburgh took place on May 30, 2022. This session showcased examples of how the staff and students at the University of Edinburgh have engaged and been encouraged when researching and publishing their scholarships online in practical applications to their teaching and learning: Case study 1: Bachelor’s program in Reproductive Biology; Research situation 2: University training program on Art History; Research situation 3: Global health challenge Online program.
– Format: Document.