{"id":884,"date":"2018-03-05T23:43:17","date_gmt":"2018-03-05T23:43:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/?page_id=884"},"modified":"2018-03-05T23:43:17","modified_gmt":"2018-03-05T23:43:17","slug":"true-cost-of-free-websites","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/unit-2\/societal-issues-and-the-internet\/true-cost-of-free-websites\/","title":{"rendered":"True cost of free websites"},"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\/lida100\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_summary.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Mini 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>Reflect on the hidden costs of using free website services<\/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 minutes<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/p>\n<p>\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\/lida100\/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<p>Watch this Matrix parody, a comedy skit published by CollegeHumour, depicting that if you are not paying for the service, you are not the consumer but the product. (Do you think this is a valid and reliable source for the topic?)\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"plainlinks\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560px\" height=\"315px\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5pFX2P7JLwA?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><br style=\"clear:both;\"><\/p>\n<p>Read: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.techdirt.com\/articles\/20121219\/18272921446\/stop-saying-if-youre-not-paying-youre-product.shtml\">Stop Saying &#8216;If You&#8217;re Not Paying, You&#8217;re The Product&#8217;<\/a><br \/>\n<b>Corporate sponsored scientific research<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> Read the Wikipedia article on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Funding_bias\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:Funding bias\">funding bias<\/a>\n<\/li>\n<li> Read: <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/www.timeshighereducation.com\/news\/corporate-sponsorship-risks-turning-food-research-into-a-marketing-exercise\">Corporate sponsorship \u2018risks turning food research into a marketing exercise\u2019<\/a>, published by Times Higher Education.\n<\/li>\n<li> Read the Wikipedia article on <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ad_blocking\" class=\"extiw\" title=\"w:Ad blocking\">ad blocking<\/a>\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\/lida100\/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 mini challenge is to explore and reflect on the relationship between corporate commercial interests and digital citizenship for learning in a digital age.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Tasks\">Tasks<\/span><\/h2>\n<ol>\n<li> Read the stimulus resources listed above.\n<\/li>\n<li> Do you use ad-blocking software? Think about the reasons for your choice.\n<\/li>\n<li> How do you feel about the the real cost of &#8220;free&#8221; online services?\n<\/li>\n<li> Participate in the online discussion below.\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2><span class=\"mw-headline\" id=\"Outputs\">Outputs<\/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=\"discussion\" src=\"https:\/\/course.oeru.org\/lida100\/wp-content\/themes\/oeru_course\/idevices\/Icon_discussion.png\">\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div>\n\t\t\t<h2>Forum: Philanthropy and corporate advertising<\/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><b>Case study<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"floatright\"><a href=\"http:\/\/OERu.org\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"OERu-logo-acronym.png\" src=\"\/\/WikiEducator.org\/images\/thumb\/9\/98\/OERu-logo-acronym.png\/200px-OERu-logo-acronym.png\" width=\"200\" height=\"81\" class=\"img-responsive\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/oeru.org\/\">OERu<\/a> is a charitable organisation which provides open online courses for free, using open educational resources which any educational institution can adopt, modify and reuse. There are costs that need to be covered to sustain the OERu: for example, the assembly of open online courses, hosting of the server and software infrastructure, staff to coordinate and support the initiative. etc. The OERu does not generate any revenue from corporate services, by, for example, allowing advertising on the OERu course sites for a share of the advertising revenue. Moreover, the OERu does not sell or generate revenue from personal data learners provide by using these free learning services, therefore users are not the product of this service.   <\/p>\n<p><b>Discussion<\/b><br \/>\nJoin the discussion on <a rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"external text\" href=\"https:\/\/forums.oeru.org\/t\/lida102-philanthropy-and-corporate-advertising\/309\">philanthropy and corporate advertising<\/a>. The key question is how can non-profit organisations sustain free educational services for those who can&#8217;t afford traditional education provision?\n<\/p>\n<p>Consider the following issues:\n<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li> As a learner, how would you feel if the course materials included corporate advertising? If advertising were to be supported, how would you feel if the OERu course sites required you to switch off any ad-blockers before gaining access to the course materials?\n<\/li>\n<li> Is it appropriate for publicly funded institutions and charities working in education to generate revenue from corporate advertising to support and sustain free online services? What are the risks and opportunities?\n<\/li>\n<li> Should education institutions and educational charities accept significant corporate sponsorship in return for profiling proprietary products?\n<\/li>\n<li> The OERu has recommended that learners use free blogging services to share their learning outputs. Many of these services carry advertising. How do you feel about using these services &#8211; being the product rather than consumer? Would it be better for OERu to recommend that learners use a paid service without advertising? How would this impact on learners who do not have sufficient funds to afford maintaining a domain of their own?\n<\/li>\n<li> Other?\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Remember to tag your posts using the course code: <b>lida102<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- \nNewPP limit report\nCPU time usage: 0.078 seconds\nReal time usage: 0.083 seconds\nPreprocessor visited node count: 531\/1000000\nPreprocessor generated node count: 1565\/1000000\nPost\u2010expand include size: 14781\/2097152 bytes\nTemplate argument size: 7944\/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:182003-0!*!*!!*!2!* and timestamp 20180305234312 and revision id 1034001\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=\"\/lida100\/unit-2\/societal-issues-and-the-internet\/orientation-quiz\">\u2190 Previous<\/a>\n          <\/li>\n<li class=\"next\">\n            <a href=\"\/lida100\/unit-2\/societal-issues-and-the-internet\/net-neutrality\">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>Start here Tasks Read the stimulus resources listed above. Do you use ad-blocking software? Think about the reasons for your choice. How do you feel about the the real cost of &#8220;free&#8221; online services? Participate in the online discussion below. 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