{"id":12171,"date":"2025-06-24T23:45:27","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T03:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pacificopencourses.col.org\/ds4oers\/?page_id=12171"},"modified":"2025-06-24T23:45:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-25T03:45:27","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/pacificopencourses.col.org\/ds4oers\/learning-challenges\/why-does-open-matter\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"content\" class=\"mw-body container\" role=\"main\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<div class=\"panel\">\n<div class=\"panel-body\">\n<div id=\"bodyContent\">\n<div id=\"mw-content-text\" lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\" class=\"mw-content-ltr\">\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\/File:Norsup-secondary-school-computer-lab.jpg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Norsup-secondary-school-computer-lab.jpg\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/7\/75\/Norsup-secondary-school-computer-lab.jpg\/400px-Norsup-secondary-school-computer-lab.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\"><\/p>\n<p>This section focuses on your personal reflections on the value of sharing open resources for teaching, guided by the question: Why does open matter?\n<\/p>\n<p>This course aims to support the development of a range of digital skills, including open online communication tools, which you can continue to use after completing the course. We have used Free and Open Source communication tools so that you can &#8220;learn by doing&#8221;, while sharing your reflections. Hopefully, you will meet and\/or connect with other teachers in your region to continue the conversation. You might even decide to work together on improving access to open resources for teaching!\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"panel iDevice\">\n\t<div class=\"panel-heading idevice-heading\">\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"pedagogicalicon\" alt=\"objectives\" src=\"https:\/\/pacificopencourses.col.org\/ds4oers\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru-course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Objectives<\/h2>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t<div class=\"panel-body\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>In this learning challenge, you will:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> <a href=\"\/ds4oers\/learning-challenges\/why-does-open-matter\/vocation-or-profession\" title=\"DS4OERS\/Context\/Vocation or profession\">Participate in an online discussion<\/a> on teaching as a vocation or profession\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"\/ds4oers\/learning-challenges\/why-does-open-matter\/fair-and-reasonable-practice\" title=\"DS4OERS\/Context\/Fairness\">Provide information<\/a> on access to relevant technologies in your region, and any experience using these tools\n<\/li>\n<li> Summarise your thoughts on sharing resources, by completing the &#8216;Fair and Reasonable Practice&#8217; survey online\n<\/li>\n<li> <a href=\"\/ds4oers\/learning-challenges\/why-does-open-matter\/social-media-thought-experiment-challenge\" title=\"DS4OERS\/Context\/Sharing resources\">Take part in a &#8216;thought experiment&#8217; activity<\/a> using open source social media\n<\/li>\n<li> Connect and contribute to a network with peers in your region.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.018 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.022 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 106\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 788\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 2749\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 1252\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 7\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key we_en-mw_:pcache:idhash:188760-0!*!0!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20250625034129 and revision id 1088291\n -->\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"visualClear\"><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-md-12\">\n<ul class=\"pager\">\n<li class=\"previous\">\n            <a href=\"\/ds4oers\/learning-challenges\/establish-a-ple\/scavenger-hunt-challenge\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/ds4oers\/learning-challenges\/why-does-open-matter\/vocation-or-profession\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"wenote-ids\"><script type='text\/javascript' id='wenotes-ids'>\n    var WEnotesSite = \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\";\n    var WEnotesPath = \"\/DS4OERS\/Context\/Overview\";\n    var WEnotesSiteID = \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\";\n    var WEnotesPathID = \"f0885e5889bbf7cc3baec8dc49510330\";\n    var WEnotesIDs = { site: \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\", path: \"\/DS4OERS\/Context\/Overview\", site_id: \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\", path_id: \"f0885e5889bbf7cc3baec8dc49510330\" };\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This section focuses on your personal reflections on the value of sharing open resources for teaching, guided by the question: Why does open matter? 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