Category Archives: Informatics

Power and Peril in the Digital Age

The Royal Society of New South Wales and the Learned Academies Forum in Australia ran a forum entitled “Power & Peril in the Digital Age” on 4th and 5th November 2021. A child is born 04.11.21… That child enters a … Continue reading

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AI Planning MOOC on Open.Ed

Open.Ed is the University of Edinburgh’s portal for its Open Education Resources. OERs are online resources that are available for others to use to support learning. They are part of a worldwide movement to promote and support sustainable educational development. … Continue reading

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Online Learning in Informatics

The School of Informatics offers two types of online learning programme: postgraduate qualifications and Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs). We plan to offer a number of high-quality, credit-bearing postgraduate programmes that are delivered entirely online. We also offer a range … Continue reading

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Informatics Social Media Hub

Update in April 2015: The Informatics Social Media Hub is now available prominently on the School of Informatics Home Page: http://www.ed.ac.uk/schools-departments/informatics/about/social-media-hub The School of Informatics at the University of Edinburgh uses a number of facilities to provide ways in which … Continue reading

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IS Visit to Virtual Reality Facilities in Informatics

A visit to Informatics of those interested in virtual reality and virtual worlds for education in the University of Edinburgh Information Services (IS) took place on 1st December 2014. One of the visitors was Fiona Hale (nee Littleton) who helped … Continue reading

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AI Planning Course on University Moodle VLE

AI Planning is a masters level course taught at the University of Edinburgh School of Informatics by Gerhard Wickler and Austin Tate. A version has been prepared for on-line and distance education uses and it has been presented as a … Continue reading

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Welcome to my Informatics Blog

Welcome to my Informatics Blog on the Informatics Blog Service.

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