# Lesson 1: Why share my data?

*This is example is to help you get started, please do not limit the amount of content you include based on this example!*
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- Reproducibility
- High quality data has an inherent value that raises the researchers profile
- Open Science Beyond Open Access: For and with communities, A step towards the decolonization of knowledge https://zenodo.org/record/3946773#.Ypi_9BNBz0p
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### Questions/Reflection:
- Have you used openly shared data? indicate/enter doi/
- Do you have an example of data being used beyond it's original purpose? e.g. climate data for disease spread
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