Open Books This is one of the Open Educational Resources available through the University of Edinburgh. I chose this OER because as I work in a library books seemed to relate to my field! All the scans provided through this OER are available for others to use under the Creative Commons CC-BY license.
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Thing 15: Tumblr / Storify
Here is my Storify – Certified Membership of the Association of Learning Technology – All about Certified Membership of the Association of Learning Technology and how to get it I was pleasantly surprised by how easy this was too pull together and how nice the result is. I’ll be looking for opportunities to use this again. Tumblr is another site … Continue reading Thing 15: Tumblr / Storify →
Thing 17 – Geolocation Tools
Geolocation is something I try to avoid! I generally don’t allow social media apps to advertise my location unless I choose to (for example by doing a Facebook check-in). The one aspect I do like of it, however, is the fact that my camera records the location of the photos I’ve taken. My phone does […]
Thing 14: Audio – Podcasts and SoundCloud
I’m a big lover of audio books (actually I have been since as a child I discovered you could borrow vast boxes of cassette tapes to listen to at the library) but now I’m more high tech and have an Audible subscription. So you’d think podcasts would be just the thing for me. But so … Continue reading Thing 14: Audio – Podcasts and SoundCloud →
Thing 8: Facebook…or not
I resisted having any form of Facebook presence for a long time but was finally thwarted by a club using only Facebook for information. I therefore have a profile containing my name and town. Nothing else. This allows me to be added to groups for information purposes but I never post. I have no desire … Continue reading Thing 8: Facebook…or not
Thing 13: Video with Vimeo
I’m already familiar with YouTube and Media Hopper, so so this activity I took a look at Vimeo. First I tried to work out how Vimeo differs from YouTube – the Lynda.com suggests that it has an emphasis on high quality and on creative content. Certainly the interface looks ‘arty’ and sleak. I search around … Continue reading Thing 13: Video with Vimeo →
Bonus Thing C – An OER on OERs in HE
I made this OER on Open Educational Resources (OERS) in HE as an assignment submission for the course An Introduction to Digital Environments for Learning (IDEL) which is part of the MSc In Digital Education at the University of Edinburgh. I’ve no idea if anyone has ever looked at it, but it’s nice to have created an assignment in … Continue reading Bonus Thing C – An OER on OERs in HE →
Thing 12: Open Educational Resources
I searched for an OER that would be useful to me and via the Open Repositories list found a course by OpenLearnWorks on Learning through reflective Practice . I’m currently supporting staff who are undertaking their Certified Membership of the Association for Learning Technology (CMALT) and this resource could be helpful in preparing them to write … Continue reading Thing 12: Open Educational Resources →
Thing 11: Copyright
I love the Creative Commons Search Tool – It’s on my browser tool bar and is my go to choice for image searching. When I’m putting together presentations, I either use my own photographs, so I have the copyright, or images I’ve sourced from here with appropriate CC licences. I recently put together a presentation … Continue reading Thing 11: Copyright →
Thing 10: Wikimedia Adventure
I’m a reluctant Wikipedia editor! I read Wikipedia regularly, I’m very pro its philosophy of open knowledge. I’ve even created an account, but not got any further. So I’m hoping that if I Play The Wikipedia Adventure I’ll make that next step! Mission 1 – I finally updated a wiki page! Technically very easy – … Continue reading Thing 10: Wikimedia Adventure →
Thing 15: Storify
I hadn’t heard of Storify before, but I was very impressed with Charlie’s Storify for the 23 Things Twitter chat so I decided to have a go. I have created a Storify about my experience… More
Copyright
Copyright is something I want to learn more about but have always found it a not very stimulating subject and confusing so I only know the basics. I went to Wikimedia Commons and found two images, one related to my work field and one related to an interest of mine. As I work in a … Continue reading Copyright →