University of Edinburgh approves OER Policy

[Lorna Campbell]

An announcement to coincide with Open Education Week...

As part of its on going commitment to open education, the University of Edinburgh has recently approved a new Open Educational Resources Policy, which encourages staff and students to use, create and publish OERs to enhance the quality of the student experience. The University is committed to supporting open and sustainable learning and teaching practices by encouraging engagement with OER within the curriculum, and supporting the development of digital literacies for both staff and students in their use of OERs. The policy, together with supporting guidance from Open.Ed, the University’s OER portal, intends to help staff make informed decisions about the creation and use of open educational resources.

The policy is based on the University of Leeds OER Policy, which has already been adopted by the University of Greenwich and Glasgow Caledonian University.  By adopting this policy, the University is demonstrating its commitment to all staff and students who wish to use and create OERs in their learning and teaching activities, and who wish to disseminate the knowledge created and curated within the University to the wider community.

Further information about the policy is is available on the Open Scotland blog and you can access the OER Policy itself and related resources from Open.Ed here http://open.ed.ac.uk/about/

Best Wishes, 

Lorna

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Lorna M. Campbell

OER Liaison - Open Scotland, LTW

University of Edinburgh

Mail: lorna.m....@ed.ac.uk / lorna.m....@icloud.com 

Twitter: @lornamcampbell

Blog: https://lornamcampbell.wordpress.com/

Skype: lorna120768

The University of Edinburgh is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC005336. 

[Cable Green]

Bravo!  Well done!

I will add to the https://wiki.creativecommons.org/wiki/OER_Policy_Registry

Cable

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