If you search for ‘impact of AI on EDI’, you mostly get returns discussing Electronic Data Interchange. But with a few tweaks we can find a growing corpus of information. We can use AI to speed up some of our EDI tasks, But there are big risks if we don’t actually know what we are doing. EDI …
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International Women’s Day 2026- Molly Fergusson
It was my joy, once again to celebrate this day with a room opening. Naming spaces on campus after women is crucial for several reasons: Recognition of Achievements: It honors the achievements of women in STEM and other fields, despite the challenges they faced. Historical Context: It provides a historical context to the University’s history, highlighting the contributions of women throughout history. Promotion of Diversity: It promotes diversity and inclusion …
UX Design Approaches to Printed Materials
Most often when reviewing approaches to instructional design we think about elearning. How to best present things on a screen, how to break down content, how to make it interactive. There’s a pretty big body of literature that focuses on that (think Mayer et al.) and more often now I’m starting to encounter UX crossover […]
End of an Era
After 10 years of tenancy in Argyle House , we reach the end of an era as University of Edinburgh Information Services Group move out and find a new home. We have been through a lot in that space, most notably pandemics and floods. Our move to open plan working in 2016 was part of …
Sending Signal
If you’re reading this with your RSS reader, or even on the web generally, it looks like the migration was a success. More to come soon.
Athena Swan win
The panel is satisfied that the application adequately addresses the award criteria and is pleased to confer a Bronze Athena Swan award. The panel commends the leadership and senior buy-in which is evident in several ways, including: · the strong letter of endorsement from the Director which communicates a solid organisational commitment to Athena Swan …
Joanna Highton
I have spent the last few years caring for my mother who, back in the day, was a bit of a lifelong learning radical herself. You can read about her work on this blog Oh WOW! Women at Work in the 1980s – Diverse Collections which may give some insights into what has influenced my …
Encountering the most profound belonging
Chris Corrigan shared an experience recounting a recent trip in British Columbia. The description of his encounter with wildlife is well worth the read. I was fortunate to spend time in the Alberta/BC mountain ranges this summer and connect with the way he describes seeing, hearing, smelling, just really being present in nature. Since then […]
EinstiegH5P for trying out H5P Creation
A certain dog was barking in the OE Global Connect yard and brought this one to my attention. You can sign up to get regularly updates of lots of really interesting Open Ed and Ed Tech related resources via email too. Apparently Nele Hirsch, one of our Open Ed peers over in Germany, has created […]
find lifelong learning at Edinburgh
Our short courses catalogue, which launched in May of this year, continues to grow, attracting visitors and over 1,800 enrolments to courses from engaged learners looking to learn something new, upskill or enhance their knowledge. In the month of July there were over 800 enrolments to courses, an increase of 5% compared to June. Active …
Digital skills training for scientists and engineers
Building on previous research analysis on who attends training, in what mode: We know from our research that men in College of Science and Engineering (CSE) are less likely to access digital skills training than women. This highlights a risk that they may get left behind. My Digital Skills Training Team conducted a mapping exercise, …
Building the Blogwall One Brick at a Time
I saw Reclaim Hosting was having some guest bloggers as an upcoming series, and the first one out of the gate was Lee discussing how ReadyWriting came to be. I’ve been thinking about that post on and off ever since. In part, I think it’s because Lee went pretty far back in her own journey […]