This year the OER Conference will be returning to Scotland for the first time since it was hosted by the […]

As part of Open Education Week, the global celebration of open education worldwide, EDE hosted a public webinar Open for Good: 10 years of open course development at the University of Edinburgh, which shares the story of how the we developed an open course creation workflow that has enabled us to share 100 free short […]

The Instructional Design Team have just completed a project with the OER (Open Educational Resources) Service which, as all good projects do, started with a mysterious old dusty spreadsheet. It was a record of legacy MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses) that had been developed over the years; MOOCs that hadn’t been through the robust processes […]

Learn Ultra Base Navigation (UBN) a system menu giving access to information across Blackboard Learn courses, is due to be rolled out by the end of June 2022. It is the first phase of our upgrade to Learn Ultra and provides improved navigation, as well as easier UX when accessing key information, without changing courses themselves. […]

Have you ever heard a Japanese shakuhachi flute? Or the Norwegian Hardanger fiddle? Do you know how the saxophone was invented? Or why the piano has become so popular? Did you know St Cecilia’s wasn’t always a museum? We have just completed a fantastic project that showcases St Cecilia’s Hall and its impressive and intriguing […]

The Open Education Global 2021 (OEGlobal) conference kicks off on Monday 27 September! The 5-day online event celebrates all things open education and, this year, my proposal was accepted to present as part of their video sessions, where attendees can view presentations, share resources, and discuss ideas. Throughout the week, there are also webinars, interactive […]

It was super to connect with staff from FutureLearn and other educational organisations and HEIs yesterday at the FutureLearn Partners’ Forum, which reflected on how we can turn the online learning momentum of the past 18 months into further action. For those of us already working in the online education space when the pandemic hit, […]

Online Course Production and Educational Design and Engagement are hosting three events as part of the University’s first Digital Skills Festival. Digital Skills and Training are hosting a programme of online digital skills events. These are free to attend for all University staff and students. The festival takes place during the week of Monday 24 […]

The written word is a powerful communication tool. For short online courses, it is how we share learning materials, build community, and create instructor presence. Online courses use a mixture of reading and listening coupled with more interactive learning like discussion forums, multiple choice quizzes, and reflective exercises. This means the learner’s overall experience is […]

It’s hard to believe that it has been a year since the pandemic began, but here we are! In April 2020, we created the short online course, COVID-19 Critical Care: Understanding and Application, to meet the pressing needs of healthcare workers around the globe. I worked closely with the team to build the course on […]