#ASKnet Tools
#ASKnet Open Guides
#ASKnet develops and shares practical Open Educational Resources (OERs) guides, toolkits, and training materials that anyone can adapt, remix, and apply in their own community. Our #OpenGuides series introduces open culture, digital literacy, and creative collaboration methods for changemakers at every level.
Open Source Documentation Guide (#ODG)
An introduction to open source methodologies, the #ODG provides easy guidance to increase the impact and innovative capacities of collaborative projects. Strategies to apply open source principles effectively, the #ODG is a door to new creative opportunities!
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Open Training Guide (#OTG)
The #OTG is a learning resource that can be used by anyone to facilitate easier Access to Skills and Knowledge. It offers tools and methodologies to help design and run your own training, wherever you may be, with whatever resources you have at hand.
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Open Hardware Guide (#OHG)
The #OHG is for anyone interested in exploring open technologies in a very practical way. Examples of hands-on skills, possibilities and projects for open hardware methodologies and introduction to resources, it’s a tangible tool in the form of a rugged A1 poster for trainers, tinkerers and facilitators.
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Open Learning Guide (#OLG)
The #OLG lists resources to Open Educational Resources (OER) around the topics of online literacy, technology and DIY communities to help solve the acute post-independence social, political, educational and environmental challenges which arose through the long-lasting conflicts in South Sudan.
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#ASKotec - Origin & Idea
The #ASKotec (Access to Skills and Knowledge Open Tech Emergency Case) was created to bring hands-on technical learning to places with limited resources. Developed by the #ASKnet community, the kit provides everything needed to teach repair, innovation, and open technology skills, from soldering and solar power to electronics and upcycling. Housed in a rugged, dust-proof case, each kit contains over 50 essential tools, components, and open-source guides. Designed for mobility, collaboration, and reuse, #ASKotec turns scarcity into opportunity, empowering communities to learn, build, and share knowledge anywhere.
#ASKotec – Access to Skills and Knowledge Open Tech Emergency Case
A resource kit for community trainers, #ASKotec provides everything needed to teach electronics, solar power, and basic ICT skills. Equipped with a broad range of items, including portable, solar-power electronics designed as a light and handy mobile workshop creation set, for remote learning and repair. Empowering people to fix, build, and innovate, especially valuable to communities where access to tools, power and materials is scarce.
Repair. Reuse. Reimagine
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#ASKotec Media Kit – Stories that Connect Communities
The #ASKotec Media Kit was born from the #ASKnet network’s need to make media education accessible anywhere, especially without stable power or internet. A modular learning and storytelling toolkit packed with exercises for community media training. The kit combines portable, low-tech tools with open learning guides, helping communities document their stories, share local knowledge, and amplify youth and women’s voices in media for peace, inclusion, and resilience.
Open Media. Shared Voices
Media Kit: Intro Cards Media Kit: Quiz Booklet
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