Abstract for the session is on the OER18 programme: https://oer18.oerconf.org/sessions/a-piece-of-illumination-enlarged-using-oer-for-access-and-activism-in-cultural-heritage-1940/

1. …a piece of illumination enlarged
Anne-Marie Scott
Deputy Director, Learning Teaching & Web Services, University of Edinburgh
Trustee, Mansfield Traquair Trust

2. Openly licensed resources are particularly suited to
facilitating access, awareness raising and activism
Engaging with Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons is an
highly effective way to make openly licensed resources
discoverable
Developing open literacies teaches broader digital
citizenship skills

4. “…the editathon contributed to the initiation of an informal learning process.
Participants’ engagement with the wiki site did not stop when the edit-athon
ended. Instead, participants continued to edit and add information for
several months after the event. Hence, we can conclude that (a) the
editathon event contributed to the formation of a NoP around a specific
theme of the event and (b) the online wiki environment provided a
framework that stimulated a more prolonged engagement with the topic and
with other network participants. Furthermore, and again drawing on
anecdotal evidence from the event, participants specifically considered the
editathon as part of their individual professional development plan.”
Martin Rehm, Allison Littlejohn & Bart Rienties (2017) Does a formal wiki event contribute to the formation of a
network of practice? A social capital perspective on the potential for informal learning, Interactive Learning
Environments, 26:3, 308-319, DOI: 10.1080/10494820.2017.1324495

5. “All participants interviewed became more aware of the ways in which the
Internet and digital media shape the information with which society engages
and how this information is interpreted and used to create particular
[historical] narratives.”
“Some perceived their role as taking on responsibility for ensuring accurate
representation of offline, physical resources in an online form. This
responsibility motivated many of the editors to develop more critical
understandings of content and information in the digital age. Engagement
within the edit-athon left some participants with a sense that they can shape
societal agendas through simple editing actions and, for some, editing has
become a form of continued activism.”
(Allison, L. A & Hood, N (2018). Becoming an online editor: perceived roles and responsibilities of Wikipedia editors.
Information Research, 23(1), paper 784. Retrieved from http://InformationR.net/ir/23-1/paper784.html)

6. Phoebe Anna Traquair [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons Nave and Chancel Arch © Mansfield Traquair Trust. All rights reserved

7. ”a suitable place where the bodies can be left
reverently and lovingly for the parents before the
burials”

24. Openly licensed resources are particularly suited to
facilitating access, awareness raising and activism
Engaging with Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons is an
highly effective way to make openly licensed resources
discoverable
Developing open literacies teaches broader digital
citizenship skills

25. Openly licensed resources are particularly suited to
facilitating access, awareness raising and activism
Engaging with Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons is an
highly effective way to make openly licensed resources
discoverable
Teaching open skills, teaches broader transferable
digital citizenship skills
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