{"id":5305,"date":"2024-02-20T02:23:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-20T02:23:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.fossdle.org\/ds4oers-ki\/?page_id=5305"},"modified":"2024-02-20T02:23:14","modified_gmt":"2024-02-20T02:23:14","slug":"about","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.fossdle.org\/ds4oers-ki\/startup\/about\/","title":{"rendered":"About"},"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:\/\/pacificpartnership.col.org\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"PPODL-Screenshot.png\" src=\"\/\/wikieducator.org\/images\/thumb\/e\/e3\/PPODL-Screenshot.png\/400px-PPODL-Screenshot.png\" width=\"400\" height=\"320\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\"><\/p>\n<p>This section provides information about the Pacific Partnership for Open, Distance and Flexible Learning, and the <b>Digital Skills for OER Sharing &#8211; Kiribati<\/b> (DS4OERS) online course.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"About_the_Pacific_Partnership_for_Open.2C_Distance_and_Flexible_Learning\">About the Pacific Partnership for Open, Distance and Flexible Learning<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/pacificpartnership.col.org\/about\/\">Partnership for Open, Distance and Flexible Learning<\/a> (ODFL) in the Pacific is a 5-year project (2020 \u2013 2025) funded by the New Zealand Ministry of Foreign Affairs &amp; Trade to support enhancing capacity and efficiency of education sectors in the Pacific through greater use of innovative delivery mechanisms and technology.\n<\/p>\n<p>The Commonwealth of Learning (<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.col.org\/\">COL<\/a>), together with the Pacific Centre for Flexible and Open Learning for Development (<a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/pacfoldlearn.org\/\">PACFOLD<\/a>) are implementing the initiative.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"About_the_DS4OERS_online_course\">About the DS4OERS online course<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><i>Digital Skills for OER Sharing &#8211; Kiribati<\/i> (DS4OERS) was developed by the <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/oerfoundation.org\/initiatives\/unesco-icde-chair-in-oer\/\">UNESCO Chair in OER<\/a> at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/oerfoundation.org\/\">OER Foundation<\/a> for the Pacific Partnership for Open, Distance and Flexible Learning.\n<\/p>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Summary\">Summary<\/span><\/h3>\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:\/\/course.fossdle.org\/ds4oers-ki\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru-course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Learning outcome<\/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>Improve digital skills using Free and Open Source Software to develop teaching materials for your classroom and share these as Open Educational Resources (OER).\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<table class=\"oeru1 table table-striped\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Course code<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td>DS4OERS\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Duration<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td>3 weeks\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Workload<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td>3 &#8211; 5 hours per week\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Badges<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td>Six digital badges\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Certification<\/b>\n<\/td>\n<td>Certificate of Completion\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"What_will_I_learn.3F\">What will I learn?<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>In this short online course you will:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Discuss and reflect on why open matters in education with Pacific teachers\n<\/li>\n<li> Review what constitutes an Open Educational Resource (OER)\n<\/li>\n<li> Apply knowledge of the six Creative Commons open licenses including legal remix compatibility for derivative works and requirements for attribution.\n<\/li>\n<li> Search for openly licensed images and audio for reuse.\n<\/li>\n<li> Gain hands-on experience in using Free and Open Source Software packages to remix content, images and produce audio graphics for use in your classroom.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"What.27s_involved\">What&#8217;s involved<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>This is a hands-on, activity-based course in which you will complete:\n<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li> <i>Enabling activities<\/i> covering: what constitutes an OER, Creative Commons licensing, attribution, and remix compatibility.\n<\/li>\n<li> Four <i>digital skills learning challenges<\/i> to develop teaching resources for use in the classroom:\n<ul>\n<li> Open image challenge\n<\/li>\n<li> Vector chart or diagram remix challenge\n<\/li>\n<li> Static audio graphic remix challenge\n<\/li>\n<li> Lesson plan challenge\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Certification_options\">Certification options<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Participants who successfully achieve the six digital badges summarised below for the DS4OERS course will receive a PDF Certificate of Completion.\n<\/p>\n<table class=\"oeru1 table table-striped\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Digital badge\n<\/th>\n<th>Requirement\n<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>OER image\n<\/td>\n<td>Develop a printable teaching resource in PDF format in a curriculum area of your choice to be used in a classroom incorporating openly licensed images you have found on the internet. Share it online as an OER under an open content licence.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>OER Diagram Remix\n<\/td>\n<td>Develop a chart, diagram, or graphic organiser in a curriculum area of your choice, that you can use as a single page printable resource in a classroom. Include SVG graphics you have sourced on the internet and Share it online as an OER under an open content licence.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>OER Audiographic\n<\/td>\n<td>Make a static image audiographic (in a subject area of your choice), to use in a lesson. Share it online as an OER under an open content licence.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>OER Lesson plan\n<\/td>\n<td>Prepare a lesson plan in a subject area of your choice, including three teaching resources, and different activities and assessments for different parts of your lesson. Share it online under an open content licence.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>DS4OERS Participant\n<\/td>\n<td>Complete and pass an online quiz on core concepts covered during the DS4OERS course.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>OER Practitioner\n<\/td>\n<td>This is an cumulative badge awarded to DS4OER participants who have achieved the five preceding badges. Holders of the DS4OERS Practitioner Badge will be awarded a Certificate of Completion for the course.\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Prerequisites\">Prerequisites<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Any teacher is free and welcome to participate in this course. The course will be conducted in English. We recommend that you have:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Access to a personal computer for 3 \u2013 5 hours per week\n<\/li>\n<li> Basic computer skills (saving files in different formats, setting up and deleting folders, starting programs, etc.)\n<\/li>\n<li> Access to the internet for 3 \u2013 5 hours per week while working online on the course.\n<\/li>\n<li> Basic skills in navigating websites using a browser\n<\/li>\n<li> Ability to install, or have access to a colleague or friend to help you install Free and Open Source Software programs (we will provide links to free downloads of the software).\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.026 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.031 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 150\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 852\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 1999\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 426\/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:190707-0!*!*!!en!2!* and timestamp 20240219154124 and revision id 1105562\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-ki\/startup\/start-here\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/ds4oers-ki\/startup\/sitemap\">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_KI\/About\";\n    var WEnotesSiteID = \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\";\n    var WEnotesPathID = \"ac287d5e5a8b358393181138687f3728\";\n    var WEnotesIDs = { site: \"https:\/\/wikieducator.org\", path: \"\/DS4OERS_KI\/About\", site_id: \"0e3d258fbd36841f92259eefcd41d5e9\", path_id: \"ac287d5e5a8b358393181138687f3728\" };\n<\/script><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer><\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This section provides information about the Pacific Partnership for Open, Distance and Flexible Learning, and the Digital Skills for OER Sharing &#8211; Kiribati (DS4OERS) online course. 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