Building Capacity in Developing Countries:

OER for Food Safety

Gwyn Ann HeyboerMichigan State University

TEAM

Dr. Leslie Bourquin

Sunnie Kim

Dr. Deepa Thiagarajan

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WHO

MSUglobal

Revenue

Research

Reputation

PFID

Agricultural Education

Small farmers

Developing Countries

PURPOSE

AssessmentOERFramewor

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Food Safety Learning Tools

Food Safety Certification in Recognized Schemes

Emerging Markets in Developing Countries

OVERVIEW

• Competency framework• OER resources• Competency mapping tool• Assessment development• Pilots

training | information sharing | capacity

building

developing countries

The William and Flora Hewlett

Foundation

USAID

COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK

• Competency statements• Faculty | government | private

industry

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LEARNING RESOURCES / OER

• ID Documentation | Procedures– Stand alone & part of course

• Formats– PowerPoint, video, audio, PDF, open office,

training manuals– English, Chinese,

Arabic, Spanish

• Source– Face-to-Face

Workshops– Other resources

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ASSESSMENTS

• 4-5 test items for each competency statement

• Random selection for pre/post assessment

• Each assessment– 130 questions– 10 demographic

• Pilot– Changes to test

items/lectures

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COMPETENCY MAPPING TOOL

• Goal: Map OER resources to competency framework– Open Source Technology: Drupal– Created open course module mapping tool

www.foodsafetyknowledgenetwork.org

COMPETENCY MAPPING TOOL

COMPETENCY MAPPING TOOL

COMPETENCY MAPPING TOOL

PILOT GROUP #1: CHENNAI, INDIA• 74 participants • 25 companies & 6 public

organizations

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PILOT GROUP #1: CHENNAI, INDIA• September 2009 | 3-day training• Lectures & pre/post assessment• Camtasia Relay

www.fskntraining.org/training/basiclevelchennai

PILOT GROUP #2: ONLINE - INDIA• Metro Cash & Carry: Sept. - Dec.

2009• 63 participants

PILOT GROUP #2: ONLINE - INDIA• Resources from workshop in Chennai– Uploaded to CMS– CD version was available

• Each participant received a username/password to an online course

• Timeline– 2 weeks: Pre-Assessment– 2 months: online learning modules– 1 month: Post-Assessment

PILOT GROUP #3: CAIRO, EGYPT

• 74 participants • 25 companies & 6 public

organizations• Train the trainer• Translation of Presentations &

Assessments

PILOT GROUP #4: TATA TETLEY TEA• Online - Spring 2010• 29 participants• Internal training program

PILOT GROUP #5: SHANGHAI, CHINA• Coca-Cola employees/suppliers• 142 participants

PILOT GROUP #5: SHANGHAI, CHINA• November 2009 – 4 day training

• Translation of lectures/assessment to Mandarin Chinese

• Live video recording– Camtasia

PILOT SUMMARY

• 90 training resources• 6-16% increase in score pre/post• Lowest scores showed most

improvement• Preference to audio files over video

(online pilots)

CHALLENGES

• Additional content partners• Legal limitations• Availability of experts

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NEXT STEPS

• In two years…– Over 100 competency statements– Over 90 OERs relating to food safety– Development of assessment instruments– Five pilots | nearly 350 participants

• Future plans…– Additional pilot programs– Expansion to next level of

competencies

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EXAMPLES

Food Safety Knowledge Network

www.foodsafetyknowledgenetwork.org

Pilot Programswww.fskntraining.org

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LINKS

MSUglobalwww.msuglobal.com

Partnership for Food Industry Development

www.pfid.msu.edu

Virtual University Design and Technology

www.vudat.msu.edu

www.msuglobal.com

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