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Be the change


Advocacy is key

Probably the best and most impactful part of the dScribe model is the advocacy it generates for sharing what we create in everything we do. We've seen dScribe participants go on to publish all of their courses online, become policy fellows at Creative Commons, and even run their own OER site. dScribe is about carrying forward what you've learned and building awareness for the opportunities and benefits for sharing resources.

 

Welcome Aboard

There are a lot of folks in education, industry, libraries and nonprofits who care about sharing. Join the conversation by checking out a few organizations, asking questions, sharing information, and reading up on trends, opportunities or changes in Open Education. Remember to check out the communities listed in Task 2: Sharing the load.

Here are a few groups you may want to consider joining: 

  • P2PU School of Open Community - This is the group of dedicated folks doing some hard thinking around how to share our passion, skills, perspective or experiences in Open.

  • Communicate OER - Help improve Wikipedia content related to openness in education.

  • OER Forum - A UNESCO and Commonwealth of Learning forum around "Taking OER beyond the OER Community: Policy and Capacity."

These are just a few of the communities, discussion lists, and places to find people who share your interests. Post discussion lists you've found in the comments below and let others know if one of these lists is inactive. 

 

Make it a Routine

Build openness into your day. Make it a part of some routine so that you're thinking about new ways to share and participate in the culture of openness. Sometimes the best way to do that is to just make something - be creative. Try this Daily Create (from the DS106 community!) challenge:

 

Survey

Contribute to an international research project and help us understand more about the use of open resources! Take this closing survey to give feedback on your learning experience and help us improve the course: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/School_Of_Open_ALL

Task Discussion


  • malicke   Dec. 11, 2012, 2:49 p.m.

     

    Make something. Go to the Daily Create and do today's (or another day's) assignment. Give us a link to your creation in the discussion below. 

    1. Check out the other Daily Create assignments. Have the Creators added a Creative Commons license to their Creations? Can you tell if they've posted them or linked to them in another location outside of the assignment parameters? Why do you think they did this? Why should we do this?
    2. Start a converstation. Is there a Daily Create that you really like? If it's CC licensed, remix it with yours to create something new. If it isn't, ask the Creator if they will share and encourage them to license their Creation. Remix it. Share it. Talk about it.
  • Emily Puckett Rodgers   Nov. 1, 2012, 10:32 a.m.

    Adding the initial brainstorming to comments: 

     

    - TASK: thank people for sharing

    - incorporating feedback

    - following up with people who reuse your content to ensure proper attribution

    - sharing analytics/metrics/reuse data ---paying attention to usage

    - calling people out when they share well or don't

    - bring open practices into the things that you do.

    - organize groups/meetups/events

  • Emily Puckett Rodgers   Oct. 31, 2012, 10:41 a.m.

    I think there's a difference between being an advocate and being a policing force so we should stick with the positive aspects of sharing or pointing out sharing rather than when someone is doing something wrong. 

    Maybe we can include scenarios to think about a time when you could have used CC licenses on your own work?

    Or do something like the Daily Create where you create something, add a license to it and share with your friends and encourage them to remix it or share something of theirs with a license? http://tdc.ds106.us/ 

    Maybe it's a blog post where you find something really cool with a CC license on it, remix it and talk about why that is important and how you remixed it? 

    Could also be: Join Students for Free Culture, Join the Wikipedians or Join Wikipedia... etc. 

  • Piet   Oct. 25, 2012, 1:58 p.m.

    a useful resource? http://www.curatorscode.org/

  • malicke   Oct. 4, 2012, 10:42 a.m.

    - thank people for sharing

    - incorporating feedback

    - following up with people who reuse your content to ensure proper attribution

    - sharing analytics/metrics/reuse data ---paying attention to usage

    - calling people out when they share well or don't

    - bring open practices into the things that you do.

    - organize groups/meetups/events