Presentation of Melissa Highton for EDEN's Time for Action in Shaping HE 4.0 webinar series on 'Learning Design in the Eye of the Storm #onlinetogether' - May 10, 2021, 17:00 CEST More info: http://www.eden-online.org/eden_conference/no-2-sharing-and-collaborating-our-way-out-of-the-storm/

2. Sharing and collaborating our way out of the storm
Dr Melissa Highton
University of Edinburgh
Scotland
• How can we harness OERs for health and sustainability?
• What problems might OER help us resolve?
• How does OER support core business?
@honeybhighton

3. COVID-19 Critical Care: Understanding and
Application
A free short online course created in response
to the pandemic in the space of just two weeks,
re-using content from existing online MSc in
Critical Care. Available on FutureLearn.
50,000 learners from 200 countries since April
2020.

4. Sustainability courses
Given concerns around
climate change, UoE
created short online
courses on
sustainability ranging
from climate to food
systems and nitrogen
and carbon cycles.
The Nitrogen: A Global
Challenge course is
available in 9 languages
to reach global
audiences.
The courses are built as
OER.

5. Harness OER as part of your
infrastructure
‘our use of community
sourced stock footage has
increased from around 20 %
to as high as 90% per course
during the pandemic.’
(Kaltura)
(WordPress)

6. Sharing and collaborating our way out of the storm
Dr Melissa Highton
University of Edinburgh
Scotland
@honeybhighton