{"id":3606,"date":"2016-03-26T05:11:35","date_gmt":"2016-03-26T05:11:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ds4oer\/?page_id=3606"},"modified":"2016-03-26T05:11:35","modified_gmt":"2016-03-26T05:11:35","slug":"start-declare-yourself-challenge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ds4oer\/learning-pathways\/orientation\/start-declare-yourself-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"Start &#8211; Declare yourself challenge"},"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\"><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=\"summary\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ds4oer\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_summary.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Challenge summary<\/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<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"100px\"><b>Summary<\/b>:<\/td>\n<td>Create a new blog on <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wordpress.com\">WordPress<\/a> and publish your first post introducing yourself to course participants.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div class=\"floatleft\"><a href=\"http:\/\/WikiEducator.org\/File:Time7.svg\" class=\"image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Time7.svg\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/8\/88\/Time7.svg\/30px-Time7.svg.png\" width=\"30\" height=\"30\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<td>45 mins &#8211; 2 hours (Depending on prior knowledge and experience with online technologies)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>During this challenge you will learn how to set up a blog using <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wordpress.com\">WordPress<\/a> but you can tweak the instructions for your own preferred blog service.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>Note: We recommend WordPress because this is the technology which will be used to host published course sites on DS4OER. However, you are free to use an existing blog or alternative blogging platform but you may wish to gain experience using the WordPress Dashboard with this learning challenge.\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Start_here\">Start here<\/span><\/h2>\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=\"web resources\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ds4oer\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_inter.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Stimulus resources<\/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<ul>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.wordpress.com\/get-started\/\">WordPress &#8220;getting started&#8221; video<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/learn.wordpress.com\/\">Help tutorials<\/a> at Learn WordPress.com\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wp101.com\/videos\/\">Free videos on WordPress<\/a>, published by <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wp101.com\/\">WP101.com<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wikihow.com\/Design-a-Free-Blogging-Website-on-WordPress.Com\">Design a free blogging website on WordPress<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jObzo1dBwwQ\">Change a WordPress Theme on Youtube<\/a>, by Ralph Phillips\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\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:\/\/course.oeru.org\/ds4oer\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_objectives.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Purpose<\/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>The purpose of this learning challenge is to:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Create a new blog on WordPress through a process of self-discovery supported by open access materials you find on the web.\n<\/li>\n<li> Personalise your blog site.\n<\/li>\n<li> Document and share your learning experience by posting a blog entry.\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Value of this exercise<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> You will gain first hand experience in using the technology for publishing a course site for the OER materials you develop on this course.\n<\/li>\n<li> You will &#8220;declare&#8221; yourself to fellow participants on this course using your PLE (as an alternative to posting an introduction in a closed course forum typically used in a conventional e-Learning course).\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: 0.059 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.062 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 353\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 1123\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 9342\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 4106\/2097152 bytes\nHighest expansion depth: 8\/40\nExpensive parser function count: 0\/100\n--><\/p>\n<p><!-- Saved in parser cache with key wikiedu-mw_:pcache:idhash:166860-0!*!*!*!*!2!* and timestamp 20160326051134 and revision id 989091\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=\"\/ds4oer\/learning-pathways\/orientation\/setting-up-your-course-blog\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/ds4oer\/learning-pathways\/orientation\/tasks-declare-yourself-challenge\">Next \u2192<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<footer>\n<br \/>\n<\/footer>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: We recommend WordPress because this is the technology which will be used to host published course sites on DS4OER. 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