CONNECTING THE KNOWLEDGE COMMUNITY

UKSG Open Educational Resources online seminar 2025 – materials page

Dear Delegate

Thank you for registering for the Introduction to Open Educational Resources online seminar 2025, below we have a number of documents to support and enhance your participation of the session.  Please click on the links below to access each of the documents.  

General Information / Useful Links

Seminar Contents, Materials and Recordings

Recordings Please click here
Transcript (on request)

PowerPoints from the sessions will be added here post event along with the recordings. 

SpeakerPowerPoint SlidesOther  MaterialsUseful links 
Phil Brabban & Dal BadeshaPowerPoint Slides
Louise Robson PowerPoint SlidesWooclap poll
Orna Farrell
PowerPoint Slides
Charlie Farley
PowerPoint Slides		https://open.ed.ac.uk/open-policy-for-learning-and-teaching/

https://www.onlinecourses.ed.ac.uk/ 

https://media.ed.ac.uk/channel/Open%2BMedia%2BBank/

https://open.ed.ac.uk/

https://open.ed.ac.uk/edinburghs-oers/

http://open.ed.ac.uk/digital-futures-for-learning-an-oer-assignment/
David BealesPowerPoint Slides The OER Community of Practice website is now live:
https://sites.google.com/umn.edu/oer-community-uk-ireland/home?authuser=0
 
We will be adding content over then next few weeks but, in the meanwhile, people can sign up to join the community and we have our first events for people to register.
Katrine Sundsbo/Aisling Coyne/Sarah CoombsPowerPoint Slides  Open Science in Peril

DOAJ Gamified Workshop

Rupert GattiPowerPoint Slides \  Useful LIBER guide
https://libereurope.eu/wp-content/uploads/Call-to-Action-for-Libraries-Improve-the-Discoverability-of-Open-Textbooks.-A-Step-By-Step-Guide.pdf
David Ernst
PowerPoint Slides 
Gerry Hanley
PowerPoint Slides 		www.merlot.org

MERLOT Virtual Labs: Home

Open Educational Practices: Sharing Through ePortfolios

Revise, Reuse and Makeover OER | SkillsCommons Support

CSU Affordable Learning Solutions | AL$
Mindy Newfarmer
PowerPoint Slides 

Questions & Answers to be followed up

QuestionAnswer
Louise Robson – Are there some subjects with fewer OERs than others,  Coventry referred to Law being oneAt Sheffield, in terms of what we have produced and are using I would say science and engineering have the most OERs. Social sciences, arts and humanities have a small number, and I am not aware of any in the Faculty of Health (yet). 
We are currently looking to identify OERs we can use and adapt, but this is a pilot at the moment.  So far the main issue has been a lot of OERs are from the US, and they are pitched at a level that sits between A level and our UG degrees (US UG degrees are broader and therefore less in depth).  I wouldn’t be surprised that we also find the same thing for law as Coventry, given it’s UK specific. I do feel there is a need for more UK based OERs.
Louise Robson – How did you encourage academic commitment to OERS (eg finding members of each faculty for the OER working group)?Initially, we were able to identify representation from all but one faculty when the group was set up. These were individuals who had either already produced or were making an OER.  So they were already known to the library, and when asked were very keen to contribute.  The Faculty of Arts and Humanities didn’t have a representative at the start, but I asked around and was given the name of someone who would be interested, and invited them to join. 
When we have run workshops we have had a good turnout, and a lot of academic staff have signed up to find out more.
Louise Robson – Was there pressure/support from the university to encourage or mandate attendance from faculty? 
There was no pressure, only support to encourage attendance.  The working group is part of being an academic citizen, which is one of the criteria you have to meet for promotion.
more to follow

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