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Brainstorming session with U-M staff and students about how to engage students in the African Health OER Network
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Health OER Network Design Jam
Presenter:Kathleen Ludewig Omollo
U-M Project Manager, African Health OER Network MSI/MPP Graduate May 2010
Presented to: University of MichiganNovember 4, 2010
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Agenda
11:30 Food
11:40 Welcome and overview of session
11:45 Intro to the African Health OER Network
12:05 Individual brainstorming
12:10 Brainstorming in small groups (3 – 5 people)
12:25 Share ideas with group, get feedback
12:35 Return to groups, refine ideas
12:50 Share ideas with group, get feedback
1:00 End
Challenges
Educational materials are expensive
Health care disparities
Healthcare worker shortage, especially in
developing countries
Crowded classrooms and ward rounds
Solution
Learning materials that are freely available and
licenses for use, redistribution, and adaptation.
OER
A Huge Array Of OERs Exist TodayAcross Different Populations Of Learners
K-12 Higher Education Life-Long Learning
Courses
Lesson plans
Teacher training
Video lectures
Courseware
Podcasts
Journals
Books
Images
Applications
Games
Adapted from Presentation CC BY William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Presentation at University of Michigan, Oct. 23, 2008
Examples of OER
[1 minute clip of Buruli Ulcer OER module]
Motivations for OER
[2 -4 minute clips from UG and KNUST OER documentaries]
The African Health OER Network
Our goal is to advance health care education in Africa by using open educational resources (OER) to share knowledge, address curriculum gaps, and build communities of practice around health education.
We have been working primarily with institutions in Ghana and South Africa but we continue to draw in more African institutions. We aim to develop models of collaboration and sustainability that can be replicated in other regions of the world.
Who’s involved William and Flora Hewlett Foundation University of Michigan OER Africa Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology University of Ghana University of Cape Town University of the Western Cape University of Malawi University of Botswana Health Education and Training in Africa Project of the Open
University University of Nairobi Makarere University U.S. National Institute of Health American Association of Medical Colleges Global Health Informatics Partnership
Network Activities Training and workshops
Mentoring and consulting
Reference services for finding OER on a given health topic
Reviewing content for copyright, privacy, and endorsement considerations
Content production and distribution
Content evaluation and assessment.
Help us build the Network
Lumaxart (flickr)
March 2010 Design Jam Topic
Can we build a shared social network platform that addresses global health education needs and increases the sharing of health education resources?
March 2010 Design Jam TakeawaysAdvocacy academic incentive through awards (e.g. best learning resource for X) students as drivers of the network
Organizational Structurestandardized metadata dynamic site content to encourage people to keep coming back
Technical Platform explore LAN access through caching and tracking local users who downloaded materials
Today’s Design Challenge
How can we engage students around the world as content producers and advocates for health
open educational resources?
Design Constraints This network will have technical (e.g. website) and social (e.g.
community health OER creators and users) dimensions
Student involvement - at U-M and other institutions - will most often be on a volunteer basis and may occasionally be through paid, part-time work.
Bandwidth varies greatly between countries. Any platform must be accessible (e.g. navigation, file size) from members within Africa as well as observers outside the continent.
Since travel is time-consuming and costly, it is difficult for members to gather for in-person meetings.
Seeds for Discussion
Generating demand for OER Organizing OER (e.g. keywords) Reviewing OER Facilitate community around OER Others?
Outcomes of Session
Notes, drawings, pictures generated from the session will posted on the Open.Michigan wiki at http://open.umich.edu/wiki. All participants will receive attribution for their contributions and agree to share the materials under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
