UK HE Humanities OER launched by HEAUK HE Humanities OER launched by HEA
The Higher Education Academy, in collaboration with 12 UK partner universities, has launched HumBox, an Open Educational Resource for the Humanities. The repository of humanities-focussed didactic materials and activities for the teaching of humanities subjects in UK HE, is the fruit of a project funded jointly by the Joint Information Systems Council (JISC) and the HEA.
The HumBox OER aims to provide a trusted and sustainable community repository for the sharing and reviewing of a wide range of specialist materials, with a global reach, from different humanities disciplines that may be deployed directly into teaching practices. This OER simultaneously offers access to a significant collection of peer-evaluated humanities resources and the opportunity to showcase good practices in learning materials design by uploading contributions under a personal or institutional profile.
The software that runs the whole repository is a bespoke freeware platform developed at the University of Southampton’s School of Electronics and Computer Science. All resources are offered under a chosen version of Creative Commons Attribution Licences.
The project was executed by four HEA Subject Centres (LLAS, English, History, and Philosophical and Religious Studies) and twelve partner universities across the country. For further information on HumBox see www.humbox.ac.uk and the HEA at www.heacademy.ac.uk