Who would not want to be part of something called “We Like Sharing” especially when encouraged by the enthusiastic voice of Bea de los Arcos? This clever idea for a photo competition from TUDelft held annually since 2021 is less about prizes and more about generating an understanding of openness through the sharing of photographs, and at the same time, creating a rich visual collection of images representing openness… shared openly.

We Like Sharing has planned each year to coincide with Open Education Week and was also recognized in 2023 with an OE Award For Excellence in the Wildcard category. This conversation was recorded in late January 2025 in hopes of generating more interest, but was hardly necessary given the quality of this year’s 150+ submissions and the winners selected by public vote.

As usual there are more interesting, and anticipated, ideas and understandings that come from our OEGlobal Voices conversations. Listen to learn not only about We Like Sharing, but also Bea’s path from the seaside of Galicia, Spain to the innovative university in the city in the Netherlands painted by Vermeer, and maybe even a hint of bagpipes.

Listen to our conversation, get inspired to go outside with your camera and find interesting details to photograph… and hopefully share.

In This Episode

FYI: For the sake of experimentation and the spirit of transparency, this set of show notes alone was generated by the AI “Underlord” in the Descript editor we use to produce OEGlobal Voices.

In this episode, Alan Levine talks with Bea de los Arcos about her inspiring project, “We Like Sharing.” They discuss how the initiative encourages Creative Commons licensing, open sharing of photographs, and the value of appreciating and documenting beauty in everyday moments. They also explore Bea’s personal journey, her love for walking, and the importance of community in open education.

• Introduction and Background





• Bea’s Personal Journey and Influences





• Living and Working in Delft





• Overview of the Extension School





• Inspiration Behind ‘We Like Sharing’





• The Evolution of ‘We Like Sharing’





• Impact and Stories of Reuse





• Ideas for Encouraging Participation





• Bea’s Personal Interests and Hobbies





• Conclusion and Final Thoughts

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Additional Links and Quotes for Episode 81

I love this photograph, it was one of the winners from last year. And it is a white wall and there are lots of hearts painted in different colors on the door.

It’s a wall and a door and lots of hearts.

So for some reason I love that photograph because there’s so much love in just the one wall. It’s actually called “Love on a Wall.” And that was picked up in Flickr by the algorithm In Explore. It attracted lots of views. so that allows me to go back to the [photographer] in this case, that person wants to remain anonymous. But it allows me to go to this person and say, “Hey, this is what’s happening for your photograph.” And of course they get super excited, “Wow!”

I know [many photos] have been reused because I see them on presentations by colleagues. So [they] pick the photograph, put it on a slide, and that’s a beautiful example of reuse.

But in this case, it was more interesting because one of those little hearts on the wall, so not the whole photograph, was used on the cover of a little booklet from the University of Leeds, a little booklet, called, “With Love from Your Supervisor.” It’s about giving advice to o PhD students about how to go about research. The cover is a little person holding the book and all these hearts. That’s love from your supervisor and that heart is one of the hearts in “Love on a Wall”. So I thought it was just amazing.

Bea de los Arcos on reuse of a We Like Sharing photo

<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Love on a wall flickr photo by Pelerecho shared under a Creative Commons (BY) license. This photo was a winner in the 2024 We Like Sharing photo competition.</figcaption></figure>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Credits for cover art of With Love from a Dissertation Supervisor.</figcaption></figure>

<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Cover art of With Love from a Dissertation Supervisor. (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0), 3D Art and design, Odysseas Frank, OD-3D artstation portfolio
Hearts on cover: Detail from “Love on a wall” photo by Pelerecho, released under
CC BY, part of the “We like sharing” collection, TU Delft, University of Technology,
The Netherlands, OEWeek24 Photo Competition entry number 81,
https://flic.kr/p/2pBDByZ</figcaption></figure>

• 2023 Open Education Award For Excellence Special Award in Wildcard category (Open Education Global)





• OEGlobal23: From Bananas to OpenCourseWare: Lessons from Curating an Open Photo Bank (YouTube)





• Bea de los Arcos (TU Delft)
  
  
  
  • Galicia, Spain (Wikipedia)
  
  
  
  
  
  • Erasamus Student Network, Ireland
  
  
  
  
  
  • Global OER Graduate Network (GO-GN)
  
  
  
  
  
  • OE Global 2018 Conference, Deflt The Netherlands
  
  
  
  
  
  • Camino de Santiago (Wikipedia)
  
  
  
  





• Delft, The Netherlands (Wikipedia)
  
  
  
  • Delftware, Delft Pottery, Delft Blue (Wikipedia)
  
  
  
  
  
  • View of Delft by Johannes Vermeer (Wikipedia)
  
  
  
  





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