Author archives: Amber Thomas

Amber Thomas

About Amber Thomas

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Amber is one of JISC’s programme managers who manages work on open educational resources and respositories such as Jorum. She oversees JISC’s projects on the technical and IPR issues which surround putting resources online has particular interests in open data. Amber not only has experience and expertise of higher education but also of further education with experience gained with Becta as content officer of the National Grid for Learning and the Ferl Online Service that provided support on information and learning technology (ILT) in further education.

Open Futures in Open Access

Amber Thomas, 26 October 2012 3 comments

As Heather Morrison describes in her blog post, there is plenty to celebrate in the continuing growth of open access. Here at JISC we have been supporting emerging open access practices for over a decade. We’re busy building services and communities … Read more

Wikipedia in universities and colleges?

Amber Thomas, 6 September 2012 2 comments

Here at JISC we are lucky enough to have a view across the education sectors in teaching, learning and research. I’m delighted to be at the EduWiki Conference this week, which is run by the Wikimedia UK Foundation and brings … Read more

Why “open education” matters

Amber Thomas, 8 March 2012 1 comment

The first thing that has struck me about Open Education Week is how genuinely global it is. Scroll through the list of events and webinars and you’ll spot Brazil, Mexico, China, Korea, Africa, Spain, Europe. The big brand US universities … Read more

What are the rewards for reusing other people’s resources?

Amber Thomas, 6 October 2011 2 comments

Suddenly it seems as if everybody is waking up to the potential of open educational resources. People have been sharing digital teaching materials for years, but now creative commons licensing, increased familiarity with the web and increased attention from policy … Read more

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