The document discusses how the University of Edinburgh responded to the COVID-19 pandemic by increasing access to open educational resources (OER). It created online courses on critical care and produced 3D printed PPE. It also made teaching resources available for home schooling and developed digital skills programs for hybrid teaching. The University hopes that expanding access to knowledge through OERs will help address global challenges during the pandemic.

1. For the
Common Good
Responding to the global
pandemic with OER
Lorna M. Campbell,
OER Service, University of Edinburgh
Mental Health Awareness Week 004, 'We have great stuff' colouring
book, CC BY University of Edinburgh, https://flic.kr/p/2ghdNUE

2. https://en.unesco.org/news/covid-19-crisis-unesco-call-support-learning-and-knowledge-sharing-through-open-
educational

3. United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, https://sustainabledevelopment.un.org

4. 1. Building capacity of
stakeholders to create,
access, re-use, adapt and
redistribute OER
2. Developing supportive
policy
3. Encouraging effective,
inclusive and equitable
access to quality OER
4. Nurturing the creation of
sustainability models for
OER
5. Promoting and reinforcing
international cooperation
UNESCO Recommendation on OER, https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000370936

5. Old College, University of Edinburgh, CC BY 2.0, LWYang, on Wikimedia Commons

6. University of Edinburgh OER Policy
• http://open.ed.ac.uk/about/
• Approved by Learning and Teaching
Committee in January 2016.
• Informative and permissive.
• Encourages staff and students to use,
create and publish OERs to enhance the
quality of the student experience.
• Helps colleagues make informed
decisions about creating and using OER.
CC BY-NC-SA 2.0, Centre for Research Collections,
https://flic.kr/p/fcwNdT

7. Open.Ed, https://open.ed.ac.uk/

8. MVM OER, http://open.ed.ac.uk/edinburghs-
oers/?filter=college-of-medicine-and-veterinary-medicine

9. COVID-19 Critical Care:
Understanding and Application

10. MSc in Critical Care, https://www.ed.ac.uk/clinical-sciences/msc-in-critical-care

11. David Griffith, Olga Paterson, Graham Nimmo, Lindsay Rutherford, MSc Critical Care
Programme. CC BY-SA University of Edinburgh.

12. COVID-19 Critical Care, https://www.futurelearn.com/courses/covid-19-critical-care-education-resource/2

13. Behind the scenes: building the COVID-19 Critical Care MOOC. CC BY, Lauren Johnston-Smith, University of
Edinburgh, http://edin.ac/3dpipkl

14. Open Licensed
PPE Production

15. 3D printed Verkstan PPE visors (edited version) for NHS,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sRgsiN0RQSo&feature=emb_logo

16. 3D printed Verkstan PPE visors, edited by UCreateStudio, CC BY SA, University of Edinburgh.

17. The Appleton Tower Face Shield Factory, https://www.ed.ac.uk/informatics/news-
events/stories/2020/the-appleton-tower-face-shield-factory

18. Laser cutting face shields, CC BY SA, School of Engineering, University of Edinburgh.

19. Open.Ed on Sketchfab https://sketchfab.com/openededinburgh

20. Free Short Online Courses

21. Online Learning, https://www.ed.ac.uk/studying/online-learning/

22. MOOCs,
https://www.ed.ac.uk/studyi
ng/online-learning/free-
short-courses/subjects

23. Open Media Bank, https://media.ed.ac.uk/channel/Open%2BMedia%2BBank/

24. Free Teaching and Learning
Resources for Home Schooling

25. University of Edinburgh on TES Resources, https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/OpenEd

26. Pokemon Average Posters, CC BY
Tomas Sanders, Kay Douglas and
Rebecca Shannon, University of
Edinburg,
https://www.tes.com/teaching-
resource/pokemon-average-
posters-11702759

27. OER downloads from Open.Ed on TES Resources, https://www.tes.com/teaching-resources/shop/OpenEd

28. GeoScience Outreach students, by Kay Douglas, University of Edinburgh.

29. Tomas Sanders, Open Content Curation Intern, CC BY, Lorna M. Campbell

30. Digital Skills for Hybrid Teaching

31. OER Service Digital Skills
Programme
https://open.ed.ac.uk/events/

32. Will it Bite Me? CC BY, Stephanie (Charlie) Farley, University of Edinburgh
https://media.ed.ac.uk/playlist/dedicated/42223461/1_attqfb92/

33. Caring for Mental Health
and Wellbeing

34. Mental Health: A Global Priority https://open.ed.ac.uk/mental-health-a-global-priority/

35. Mental Health & Wellbeing
Booklet, CC BY-SA, Maria Teixeira-
Dias, University of Edinburgh
https://open.ed.ac.uk/mental-
health-wellbeing-guidance-
booklet/

36. we have great stuff, CC BY,
University of Edinburgh
https://www.ed.ac.uk/information
-services/colouring-books

40. “Today we are at a pivotal moment in history. The COVID-19 crisis
has resulted in a paradigm shift on how learners of all ages,
worldwide, can access learning. It is therefore more than ever
essential that the global community comes together now to foster
universal access to information and knowledge through OER.”
~ UNESCO Call for Joint Action: Supporting Learning and Knowledge Sharing through Open
Educational Resources (OER)
https://en.unesco.org/sites/default/files/covid19_joint_oer_call_en.pdf

41. With thanks to…
Anne Aboaja, Narinder Bansal, Mike Boyd, Celine Caquineau, Stewart
Cromar, Kay Douglas, Mayank Dutia, Charlie Farley, Lizzy Garner-Foy,
Steve Gourlay, Liz Grant, David Griffith, David Hamilton, Douglas
Howie, Garry Ellard, Gilbert Inkster, Jon Jack, Lauren Johnston-Smith,
Stuart Nicol, Graham Nimmo, Olga Paterson, Lindsay Rutherford,
Maria Teixeira-Dias, Colin Wilson, GeoScience Outreach students,
Open Content Curation Interns, Interactive Content Team.

42. Contact
Open.Ed
open.ed@ed.ac.uk
http://open.ed.ac.uk/
@OpenEdEdinburgh
CC BY, University of Edinburgh,
unless otherwise indicated.
Lorna M. Campbell
lorna.m.campbell@ed.ac.uk
http://lornamcampbell.org/
@LornaMCampbell
Stephanie (Charlie) Farley
stephanie.farley@ed.ac.uk
@SFarley_Charlie