Edinburgh Univ OERs

In this open seminar Prof Frank Miedema discusses limitations in the current academic system & how these compromise the openness and integrity of scholarly outputs. He then describes the role of the #OpenScience in addressing these systemic flaws. #OER open.ed.ac.uk/transition-to-…

John Bevis explores the various feats of cunning and subterfuge undertaken by the Kearton brothers — among the very first professional wildlife photographers — in their pioneering attempts to get ever closer to their subjects: publicdomainreview.org/essay/stuffed-…

Applying for ethics approval? In this video Dr Sarah Ward presents an brief overview of the ethical principles underpinning @EdinburghUni's ethics application form. #OER #Research #OpenForGood open.ed.ac.uk/applying-for-e…

🎉 Happy birthday, Wikisource! What started as a historical archive is now a multilingual library hosting texts of all kinds – knowledge, literature, and culture for everyone in the world. Read on for some examples 🧵⬇️ (1/7)

In this open licensed supplementary lecture Agana-Nsiire Agana, of Edinburgh School of Divinity, explains Quasi-Physcalism in African Philosophy. #PhilosophyDay #OER open.ed.ac.uk/quasi-physical…

Last call to vote for your favourite #GIFITUP2024 entries and help them win the People's Choice Award! Explore creatively remixed #CulturalHeritage from across the world!➡️gifitup.net

Clinical Psychology of Children and Young People MOOC videos illustrate theories of psychological development in understanding children & young people’s mental health and well being within a wider societal and cultural context. #UniversalChildrensDay #OER open.ed.ac.uk/clinical-psych…

Explore our new gallery featuring stunning photographs, posters and portraits depicting iconic women who shaped the performing arts in the early 20th century, including Sarah Bernhardt, Gabrielle Réjane, and Carolina Otero➡️ bit.ly/3AK6u1u

Leonid Meteor Storm, as seen over Niagara Falls on the night of November 12th, 1833, pictured in E. Weiß's Bilderatlas der Sternenwelt (1892). ⠀ One of 15 new prints just up in our online shop: publicdomainreview.org/shop/fine-art-… #otd #onthisday

The BlueHealth Toolbox: a validated, tested and free resource for urban planners and designers to use when working on new blue space projects. Having access to quality blue environments can benefit public health and wellbeing. #WorldUsabilityDay #OER open.ed.ac.uk/openspace-rese…

Kind Clothing: Sustainable Fashion (ages 10-14) introduces #FastFashion and its impacts on the environment and sustainability. Three lessons, and an overarching project to recycle a piece of clothing into a DIY drawstring bag. #OER #WorldKindnessDay open.ed.ac.uk/kind-clothing-…

🎉 This week is Digital Skills and Training MEDIA AND CREATIVITY WEEK! 🎞️💻🎨 Edinburgh University provides a wealth of digital tools and services to broaden your creative skills. ➡️ Start learning and blogging today: 23things.ed.ac.uk

In this fab Health resource, students (ages 7-11) investigate lurking microbes, mimic sneezing, & explore vaccines & testing on chemical reactions. Bonus card game explains pandemics & global diseases patterns. #WorldPneumoniaDay #GlobalHealth #OER open.ed.ac.uk/germs-disease-…

#MarieCurie was born #OnThisDay in 1867. Visit our online exhibition and learn how she rose from humble beginnings to become the 1st woman to win a #NobelPrize, the 1st person to win it twice & the only person to win it in two different sciences➡️bit.ly/2DtaYca

To celebrate #WorldDigitalPreservationDay 2024, Edinburgh Research Data blog about Professor Charles West's DataShare collection: “Autun List of Local Churches, c. 1000” & a fab mapped visualisation video created using the open licensed data. #OpenData libraryblogs.is.ed.ac.uk/datablog/2024/…

How are your critical digital skills? When finding information on the internet, it is important to be able to judge its accuracy and to establish that the information comes from a reliable and trusted source. Learn more with #EdUni23things #criticalliteracy" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">23things.ed.ac.uk/week-9/#critic…

Pages from a beautiful hand-written and illustrated treatise on firework design and manufacture published in 1785, including ‘blue-prints’ for the devices and explosive recipes. See the full book here: buff.ly/2JSimRl #Fireworks

"Picturing Pyrotechnics" — @simon_werrett on how artists through the ages have responded to the challenge of representing firework displays: publicdomainreview.org/2014/06/25/pic… #bonfirenight #FireworksNight #fireworks

Learn about how @edinburghuni and other education institutions are enabling learners to develop critical information literacy skills by engaging with Wikimedia in Education. open.ed.ac.uk/wikimedia-in-e…

It's Week 2 of Digital Skills for Staff Fortnight! Learn how to be more efficient (and have more fun) in your role, get to know new tools and advance in your career with our Digital Skills courses tailored to you. Book your free place: ed.ac.uk/information-se…