Category: University of Edinburgh
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YouTube loves our cows
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Over 100,000 people on YouTube have watched our openly licensed training videos that aim to prevent mastitis in smallholder dairy cattle.
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Are disabled web publishers hidden behind their content?
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Making our online content accessible to a broad audience is something a lot of us strive to achieve. But how many of us consider who created the content we consume daily and what their publishing journey was?
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Lego Main Library
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes I’m currently building Lego versions of the University of Edinburgh’s Main Library to raise money for the charity Sight Scotland who support people with sight loss and blindness.
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My sight loss journey
Estimated reading time: 7 minutes After five major eye surgeries for a detached retina I’ve written a new reflective blog post describing my experiences to date. I’ve illustrated my vision loss for each medical procedure and current condition to potentially help others going through similar medical journeys.
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Virtual elf benefits
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes I had a great time attending our virtual festive office party this week. A kind team of University colleagues designed a creative agenda, stuffed full of genuine LOL moments for us all. Inclusive event Traditionally we’d all have a wee quiz and fancy meal in an Edinburgh restaurant. For 2020,…
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Animal Crossing x Carlyle Circle
Estimated reading time: 4 minutes Following on from a post earlier this year, I wanted to revisit the video game Animal Crossing and import University artworks I had recently discovered whilst working on a brand-new digital exhibition. Carlyle Circle digital exhibition The Carlyle Circle was formed in 1990 to bring together and thank everyone who pledges to…
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Struggling with vision loss
Estimated reading time: 5 minutes Within the last month the vision in my right eye has significantly diminished. This personal blog post details what the impact has been on my daily life and how recent web accessibility work has helped me cope a little better. Subtitling legacy content Since 2014 we’ve always made a concerted…
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Xia Peisu (夏培肃) (1923 – 2014)
Estimated reading time: < 1 minute To celebrate the last day of Women’s History Month we’re sharing this brand new colouring book illustration. Chinese computer scientist and educator Xia Peisu (夏培肃) (1923 – 2014) has been hailed “the mother of computer science in China.” Download, reuse and share this openly licensed image from our We…
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Level-headed
Estimated reading time: 3 minutes Yesterday was my first day working from home in my new office (corner of dining table). As someone living with insulin-dependent diabetes I have an increased risk of severe illness from coronavirus and according to current government guidance should be particularly stringent in following social distancing measures, including significantly limiting face-to-face…
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ALT Annual Conference 2019 – short video
Estimated reading time: < 1 minute This short video from the ALT Annual Conference 2019 highlights a series of playful OER-focused workshops that encourage students to creatively engage with the University of Edinburgh’s vast image collections and generate new adult colouring book artworks to be published under an open licence. ‘Colouring Book Inspired by the University…
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reCAPTCHA accessibility solution
Estimated reading time: 2 minutes What the problem is Whilst updating accessibility statements for key websites in our portfolio, I came across a new error courtesy of a free Google service named reCAPCHA. reCAPTCHA is a free service that protects your website from spam and abuse. reCAPTCHA uses an advanced risk analysis engine and adaptive…