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Learn Ultra Early Adopters: From Old and Busted to the New Hotness

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/learn/learn-ultra-early-adopters-from-old-and-busted-to-the-new-hotness/

Having moved his complex course Practical Geochemistry and Data Analysis into Learn Ultra early as part of the Early Adopters programme, Dr. Alex Thomas, Senior Lecturer of the School of Geosciences, outlines some of the highlights of his experience with Learn Ultra. I’ve been calling the old version of Learn ‘old and busted.’ So, there’s […]


4 Vision: Cultural Object Convey Story Telling Skills

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s2607379_knowledge-integration-and-project-planning-education-futures-2023-24/2023/12/12/vision-cultural-object-convey-story-telling-skills/

Review The first part of the article is a commentary on the practices of peers in different course modules. I believe that engaging in interdisciplinary practices under the guidance of clear research directions and various disciplinary tools is an efficient approach. Following this model in the second semester after the research project is determined, I […]


Riding the culture shock wave

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/geosciences/2024/02/riding-the-culture-shock-wave/

By Ademiku Adeleye   My name is Ademiku Adeleye and I am from Nigeria. I am a Mastercard Foundation Scholar, studying a Food Security Master’s degree. I am also the Postgraduate Taught School representative for the School of Geosciences. First impressions Embarking on a journey as an international student often gives you a variety of […]


Week 3 - Preparation

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s2522113_film-and-tv-1c-introduction-to-a-film-set-2023-2024sem2/2024/02/06/week-3-preparation/

The Long Way Home – Third Meeting This week Martha Rosenweir arranged another production meeting for the 2nd of February, to check up on how we were getting on with our tasks. To prepare for the meeting, I finished off the remaining tasks on my to-do list, which included creating a snack list and cost […]


Meet and Greet Origami Art

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/opentoolkits/?p=533

This toolkit uses origami, a traditional Japanese cultural medium, to create artworks. Creation in origami relies largely on a few existing basic forms.  The basic form of the crane is the one used in the process of folding origami cranes, but the basic form of the crane is also used to fold birds, to fold […]


Week 7: Expanding my thinking with other voices

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s2587587_knowledge-integration-and-project-planning-narrative-futures-art-data-and-society-2023/2024/03/10/week-7-expanding-my-thinking-with-other-voices/

This week, I started reaching out to people in my network to refine some aspects of my Futures Project. I met with Camila Gottlieb, an education specialist with whom I worked at UNICEF. The meeting was short and productive, and it got me thinking about different aspects of the project. I will discuss some of […]


SYNOPSIS

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s2187484_tpg-studio-2021-2022sem1/2022/03/30/837/

I’ve compiled a list of the main contemporary artists I’ve been researching in relation to the work I’m focussing on now – a focus on visualising emotions, looking again at  german expressionism, which I’ve always had a strong connection with,  I won’t list them as we all know them but see below if necessary. Below […]


Student Blog - Presumed Consent to Organ Donation in Wales: A Brief Commentary

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/mason-institute/2014/09/23/student-blog-presumed-consent-to-organ-donation-in-wales-a-brief-commentary/

By Scott Clair3rd Year Undergraduate LLB Student, University of EdinburghThe decision of the Welsh Assembly to introduce a new ‘opt-out’ system for organ donation is one which raises interesting ethical questions. On the one hand, there are those who strongly endorse such an approach on utilitarian grounds as one which will lead to a substantial […]


2.3 Rethinking value, risk and heritage

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/climate_heritage/2022/06/05/2-3-rethinking-value-risk-and-heritage/

As explored in 1.3 What is cultural heritage? Heritage has multiple meanings, ranging from everyday objects and practices to symbolic spaces and rituals. Because these objects, spaces and practices are of value to a given community of interest, we might reason that they should be preserved in an unchanged and unchanging form—especially if they are […]


IAGA Blog

https://blogs.ed.ac.uk/s1725621/2021/12/09/iaga-blog/

I recently posted a blog post to IAGA, and I thought it would make sense to post it here as well. Got some wonderful feedback on the context image (featured), though it was the NOAA who provided it!   Aurora events on 3rd and 4th November 2021: A summary People up and down the United […]


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