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 Edinburgh, Scotland
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Joined October 2014
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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-…

Transition to Open Science

In this open seminar, Prof Frank Miedema discusses the limitations in the current academic system of incentives, rewards, communication, and career progression, and how these compromise the openness...

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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…
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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…

Applying for Ethics Approval (Research)

Brief overview of ethical principles underpinning University of Edinburgh ethics application form, presented for the online master's programme in Social Justice and Community Action at Moray House...

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Wikimedia Foundation@Wikimedia24 Nov 2024
🎉 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)
Vast library with many shelves filled with books. Text says: Happy 21st birthday, Wikisource!

ALT Vast library with many shelves filled with books. Text says: Happy 21st birthday, Wikisource!

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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…

Quasi-Physicalism in African Philosophy

In this open licensed supplementary lecture Agana-Nsiire Agana, of Edinburgh School of Divinity, explains Quasi-Physcalism in African Philosophy.   The supplementary lecture compares the Western...

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Europeana@Europeanaeu20 Nov 2024
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
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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…

Clinical Psychology of Children and Young People

These media resources are part of a course covering the basic guiding principles of the Clinical Psychology of Children and Young People. They illustrate how theories of psychological development can...

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Europeana@Europeanaeu18 Nov 2024
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
An Art Nouveau poster for Gismonda depicting Sarah Bernhardt

ALT An Art Nouveau poster for Gismonda depicting Sarah Bernhardt

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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/… #otd #onthisday
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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…

OPENspace Research Seminar – Prof. Simon Bell

This is a recording from OPENspace Research Seminar (https://www.openspace.eca.ed.ac.uk/events/openspace-research-seminar-series/) by Prof. Simon Bell, titled "Introducing the BlueHealth Toolbox:...

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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-…

Kind Clothing: Sustainable Fashion

Three interactive sessions on concepts of Fast Fashion, the environment & sustainability. Created for Girl Guides, also suitable for Level 2 and 3.

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EdUni23Things@EdUni23Things12 Nov 2024
🎉 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/
23 Things for Digital Knowledge. Learn about the many digital tools available for students, how to present yourself in digital spaces, and practice good digital citizenship!

ALT 23 Things for Digital Knowledge. Learn about the many digital tools available for students, how to present yourself in digital spaces, and practice good digital citizenship!

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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-…
How a cough and a sneeze can spread the mysterious disease....ACHOO! the speed of SNOT!

ALT How a cough and a sneeze can spread the mysterious disease....ACHOO! the speed of SNOT!

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Europeana@Europeanaeu7 Nov 2024
#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
A photo of Marie Curie

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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/dat…
Church of Saint Martin in Cordesse

ALT Church of Saint Martin in Cordesse

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EdUni23Things@EdUni23Things28 Oct 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 23things.ed.ac.uk/week-9/#cr…
Illustration of a woman in a long detective coat holding a magnifying glass looking at the 23 Things laptop.

ALT Illustration of a woman in a long detective coat holding a magnifying glass looking at the 23 Things laptop.

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

Wikimedia in Education

This booklet has been produced by Wikimedia UK and the University of Edinburgh, bringing together a collection of case studies from across the UK in order to provide insight into the use of the...

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United Nations
@UN24 Oct 2024
It’s Global Media and Information Literacy Week. What we share online can have consequences in the real world, and misinformation can result in people being left uninformed & at risk. Pause to verify facts by asking basic questions before sharing content online.
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UoE Digital Skills@UoEDigiSkills4 Nov 2024
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-service…
Digital Skills for Staff Fortnight, (28th October – 8th November 2024). Digital skills programme logo. People moving colourful puzzle pieces. A QR code to the digital skills programme labelled "Scan the QR code to book your place."

ALT Digital Skills for Staff Fortnight, (28th October – 8th November 2024). Digital skills programme logo. People moving colourful puzzle pieces. A QR code to the digital skills programme labelled "Scan the QR code to book your place."

Courses - Week 2: Learn: Analytics in Learn Ultra (Mon 04 Nov) Developing your digital skills (Mon 04 Nov) Basic data visualisations (Tue 05 Nov) Office 365 Essentials: Managing your emails and calendar with Outlook on the web Excel: Introduction to Excel (Tue 05 Nov) OER: Transforming the Curriculum with OER and Open Education (Tue 05 Nov) Excel: Basic charts in Excel (Tue 05 Nov) OER: Open Textbooks Quick Start: A short introduction to Open Textbooks (Wed 06 Nov) Introduction to Wikidata and Histropedia Staff and Student booking in Event Booking (Wed 06 Nov) Introduction to LinkedIn Learning (Wed 06 Nov) Learn: Analytics in Learn Ultra (Thu 07 Nov) BusinessObjects: Introduction to BusinessObjects (Thu 07 Nov) Office 365 Essentials: Notetaking made easy with Microsoft OneNote Online (Thu 07 Nov) SharePoint: Planning and designing a SharePoint site (Fri 08 Nov) Excel: Selected Excel functions (Tue 12 Nov) Excel: Further functions (Tue 12 Nov)

ALT Courses - Week 2: Learn: Analytics in Learn Ultra (Mon 04 Nov) Developing your digital skills (Mon 04 Nov) Basic data visualisations (Tue 05 Nov) Office 365 Essentials: Managing your emails and calendar with Outlook on the web Excel: Introduction to Excel (Tue 05 Nov) OER: Transforming the Curriculum with OER and Open Education (Tue 05 Nov) Excel: Basic charts in Excel (Tue 05 Nov) OER: Open Textbooks Quick Start: A short introduction to Open Textbooks (Wed 06 Nov) Introduction to Wikidata and Histropedia Staff and Student booking in Event Booking (Wed 06 Nov) Introduction to LinkedIn Learning (Wed 06 Nov) Learn: Analytics in Learn Ultra (Thu 07 Nov) BusinessObjects: Introduction to BusinessObjects (Thu 07 Nov) Office 365 Essentials: Notetaking made easy with Microsoft OneNote Online (Thu 07 Nov) SharePoint: Planning and designing a SharePoint site (Fri 08 Nov) Excel: Selected Excel functions (Tue 12 Nov) Excel: Further functions (Tue 12 Nov)

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