The beauty of an OER is that you can adapt and modify the format and purpose of our documents to create a Jam to suit your own needs. The documents used from our sessions have been openly licensed and are available to be used to create your own Jam. If you would like an OER Game Jam session to be run for your School, Department, or course, please contact Stephanie (Charlie) Farley. The Open Education Resources ALT conference in London 2017.The forum (a forum for teaching and support staff with interest in electronic learning technologies).The online learning cohort for our Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice.The PG Design Informatics class of 2016/17.Peer Support Learning student volunteers.The beauty of an OER is that you can adapt and modify the format and purpose of a Game Jam to suit the needs of your own session. how to identify licensed material that is free for re-use,.the differences between copyright and licensing,.Games in our workshops are created using digitised images from the University of Edinburgh Library, open media content from Media Hopper, and openly licensed and public domain images and digital resources across the web. It explores prototyping and play-testing and how to add variety and fun by employing different game mechanics. The workshop guides groups through all the steps to create their own board game.

The Game Jam can be run for pen and paper, print and play, board game creation, and/or developing digital skills with an online adventure story game (new!). This hands-on workshop, created by Stephanie (Charlie) Farley and Gavin Willshaw of Information Services, is available to be run in multiple formats. In the OER Game Jams, we lead groups through creating, licensing, and sharing a game as an Open Educational Resource (OER).

A Game Jam is an organised event where a group of people gather with the intention of creating a full game – from conception to completion – in a pre-determined, short period of time.

How to create your own game board