The document outlines the University of Edinburgh's strategic vision and policies around open education and open educational resources (OER). It discusses plans to increase online learning opportunities, make collections and resources openly available online, and support staff in creating and sharing OER. The university aims to enhance education, showcase its teaching excellence, and promote public engagement through open sharing of its archives and materials. An OER policy was approved to encourage open practices in support of these goals.

1. Open.Ed.
Supporting engagement with learning technology
through open education

2. Strategic Vision Where are we now?
• As a truly global
university, rooted in
Scotland, we seek to
benefit society as a
whole.
Where do we want to
be in 2025?
• We will ensure we
make a sustained
and enhanced
global impact
through an
approach shaped by
innovations and
excellence.

3. Strategic Vision We expect to see
• Many more
students
benefiting from
the Edinburgh
experience (largely
or entirely) in their
own country –
supported by deep
international
partnerships and
world- leading
online distance
learning.

4. Engaging with learning technology
• Up to 10,000 students, learning online by
2020.
• Through MOOCs and postgraduate online
learning programmes.
• Open education embedded across the
institution.

5. University of Edinburgh OER Vision
Three strands building on:
• The history of the Edinburgh Settlement.
• Excellent education and research collections.
• Traditions of the Enlightenment and civic
mission.

6. University of Edinburgh OER Vision
For the common good
• OER exchange to enrich University and the sector.
• Support frameworks to enable staff to share OER
created as a routine part of their work.
• Enable staff to find and use high quality teaching
materials developed within and beyond the
University.

7. University of Edinburgh OER Vision
Edinburgh at its best
• Showcasing the highest quality learning and
teaching.
• Identify collections of high quality learning
materials to be published online for flexible use,
and made available as open courseware.
• Enable the discovery of these materials to
enhance the University’s reputation.

8. University of Edinburgh OER Vision
Edinburgh’s treasures
• Make available collections of unique resources to
promote health, economic and cultural well-being.
• Digitise, curate and share major collections of
archives, treasures, museum resources to encourage
public engagement with learning, study and
research.
• Develop policy and infrastructure to ensure OER
collections are sustainable.

9. University of Edinburgh OER Policy
• Approved by Learning and Teaching Committee.
• Encourages staff and students to use, create and
publish OERs to enhance the quality of the student
experience.
• Help colleagues make informed decisions about
creating and using OER in support of the University’s
OER Vision.

10. University of Edinburgh OER Policy
• Adapted from University of Leeds OER Policy.
• Defines OER as:
“Digital resources that are used in the context of
teaching and learning, which have been released by the
copyright holder under an open licence permitting their
use or re-purposing by others.”

11. open.ed.ac.uk

12. open.ed.ac.uk

13. media.ed.ac.uk

14. Wikimedian in Residence
• One year residency Jan 2016 – Jan
2017.
• Aims to facilitate a sustainable
relationship between university &
Wikimedia UK to benefit of both
communities.
• Training and workshops to further
quantity and quality of open knowledge
and the University’s commitment to
digital literacy.
• thinking.is.ed.ac.uk/wir

15. Wikimedia Editathons
• History of
Medicine
• Women in
Espionage
• Ada Lovelace Day
• Day of the Dead
• Edinburgh Gothic

16. Open Scotland is a cross
sector initiative that aims
to raise awareness of
open education,
encourage the sharing of
open educational
resources, and explore the
potential of open policy
and practice to benefit all
sectors of Scottish
education.
openscot.net

18. Open Culture
The value proposition of embedding open
culture in the context of institutional
strategies.

19. Image credit: Anna Page, CC BY SA 2.0
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20. Contact
Lorna M. Campbell
OER Liaison – Open Scotland
University of Edinburgh
lorna.m.campbell@icloud.com
lorna.m.campbell@ed.ac.uk
https://lornamcampbell.wordpress.com/
@lornamcambell
CC BY Lorna M. Campbell, unless otherwise indicated.