ONL202 Reflections blog

  Sharing and Learning - topic 2                                                                                                Photo by Karim MANJRA on Unsplash There are quite deep questions arising when discussing whether to open or not our courses or materials. Should science and knowledge owned by anyone? Should we, as teachers and content creators, claim exclusivity over the teaching material, or can it be used for other colleagues around the world even? What is the extent of our social responsibility as educators? These are of course questions that cannot be answered in a blog post, but I can share my reflections and learnings on this topic. Looking beyond our individual practices, it is a matter of social responsibility. Opening education can be a way to contribute to adress inequalities. Indeed, o pen education is encouraged by supranational organisations. The European Union and UNESCO, for example, have their guidelines and resources. However, there are certain distinction

"Confused"   by  Guudmorning!  is licensed under  CC BY 2.0 I always thought of myself as rather lucky to be part of the generation that grew with the digital transition. I assumed that learning and engaging with online platforms and digital tools was going to be ‘natural’ for me, while I was still able to value the benefits and simplicity of being offline. That, however, changed when the digital platforms and social media outgrew me faster than I could even realise. Suddenly I was an online illiterate! People around me were talking of Tik Toks, Snapchat, Twitter and who knows what other things for which I just don’t have the time or patience to learn. I had become a grumpy grown up that is overwhelmed by the online world (sigh). Entering this course was a bit scary because it seems to expect lots of online engagement outside the meetings and emails. Like, I never had a blog before, for a start. So, going through and leading this first topic on digital literacies helped me