This week I went to my first academic conference, OER17, to present my MSc research.

Having never been before, I wasn’t sure what to expect- I’d only been told “this is a bunch of people who want to change the world”. That didn’t help me prepare, but it did sound interesting.

After attending, I can fairly confidently say that expression was not hyperbole – everyone was incredibly motivated about their projects, and equally supportive of each others’ projects. While presentations aren’t a comfortable experience for me,  the experience was valuable: I’m glad I was encouraged to apply in the first place, and that I listened.

Now, to process the ideas I learned about over the last two days.

For anyone who is curious about what I did, here’s a link to a OneDrive folder with a copy of my presentation slides. Also, I’ve put the questionnaire and interview questions I created onto Figshare under a Creative Commons License, so that people can freely adapt and reuse them for similar projects.