Open licenses and regional social networks to enable multi-directional knowledge sharing

Open practices and regional social networks to enable multi-directional knowledge sharing

Kathleen Ludewig Omollo International Program Manager, Office of Enabling Technologies

Medical School Information Services, University of Michigan April 11, 2013, Group for Infotech & Development

Slides at: http://openmi.ch/grid-w13

Except where otherwise noted, this work is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. Copyright 2013 The Regents of the University of Michigan. Image CC:BY-SA opensourceway (Flickr).

Help our faculty, students, staff and others to

share their educational

resources and research with the

world

Open.Michigan initiative

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Share our knowledge, Allow and train others to build upon it, Gain new knowledge in return

Vision

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Open practices

•  “using the content, tools and processes shared with us;

•  enabling others to use, share and adapt what we create; and

•  supporting transparency in our content, tools and processes”

School of Open, Peer to Peer University


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Image CC:BY-SA Colleen Simon (Flickr)

Free

Public

Under some licenses to use, adapt, redistribute

Qualities of open content 5

Values of open

Chart CC BY Regents of the University of Michigan. Inspired by Open Government Plan from U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.

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Image CC:BY OpenCage (Wikimedia Commons)

Open licenses signal intent 7

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All rights reserved limits use, automatically 8

Open licenses mean some rights reserved


Learn more at open.umich.edu/share/license

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All Rights Reserved (default)

10 “All rights reserved” is the default. 10

Option: Creative Commons (two C’s instead of 1 C)

(www.creativecommons.org/licenses/)

11 “Some rights reserved” is an alternative. 11

Image CC:BY Paul Albertella (Flickr)

Open licenses enable revisions, remixes… 12

such as copies…


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to online, ofine, semi-connected, print… 14

and translations…

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or other transformations. 16

e.g. Converting formats from laptop…

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http://open.umich.edu/blog/2012/01/31/mobile-a-prototype-spurred-by-the-hype/

To mobile,

Image CC:BY NC University of Ghana

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19 Caesarean Sec7on OER Module, CC BY-‐NC University of Ghana and Dr. N. Cary Engleberg.

E.g. Converting voiceovers from others...

Image CC:BY NC University of Ghana and Cary Engleberg

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20 Caesarean Sec7on OER Module, CC BY-‐NC University of Ghana and Dr. N. Cary Engleberg.

To local context by local experts.

Image CC:BY NC St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medial College (Ethiopia), University of Ghana, Cary Engleberg

(placeholder to Lia)

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Increased demand for education brings…

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Limited instructor capacity and space.

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Image CC:BY-NC-SA Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

It is difcult to nd relevant materials When you look in textbooks it’s difficult to find African cases. [S]ometimes it can be confusing when you see something that you see on white skin so nicely and very easy to pick up, but on the dark skin it has a different manifestation that may be difficult to see. Professor at Partner Institution in Ghana

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Adapt and Create New Materials

Provide tools and guides for educators and

students to design, license, and share learning materials

Gather Existing Materials Finding existing learning materials

that are free, electronic, and licensed to allow anyone to copy,

adapt, and share

Publicly Distribute Materials

Promote the materials worldwide through multiple online and

ofine methods

Facilitate Discussion

Foster dialogue between health professionals around

pedagogy, policy, and peer review

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Adapt and Create New Materials

Provide tools and guides for educators and

students to design, license, and share learning materials

Gather Existing Materials Finding existing learning materials

that are free, electronic, and licensed to allow anyone to copy,

adapt, and share

Publicly Distribute Materials

Promote the materials worldwide through multiple online and

ofine methods

Facilitate Discussion

Foster dialogue between health professionals around

pedagogy, policy, and peer review

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“African universities struggle to have access to information. If we have information, why do we not also share it as part

of a pool of universities to exchange information for the purpose of improved learning.” Dean at Partner Institution in Ghana

Networks for building, scaling capacity


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“We have limited resources but because of the Internet, we can share. The South has diseases [the Global North] knows nothing about. Our materials are relevant to us and in the North.” Professor at Partner Institution in South Africa

Enable multi-direction knowledge transfer

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Excellence in Higher Education for Liberian Development (2011-2015)

African Health OER Network (2008 – 2012)

Core Courses for Masters in Public Health (2012-2013)

Human Resources for Health: Ghana-Michigan Charter (2008-2010) Ghana Emergency Medicine Collaborative (2010-2014)

Competency-based Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Training Program (2012-2013)

U-M Global Open Education Partnerships 28

More details: http://open.umich.edu/connect/projects#openmi

African Health OER Network (2008 – 2012) GOAL Develop OER by and targeted toward Africans in order to share knowledge, address curriculum gaps, and support international health education communities. PARTNERS •  South African Institute for Distance

Education •  Kwame Nkrumah University of

Science and Technology •  University of Ghana •  University of Cape Town •  University of the Western Cape •  University of Malawi

Case Study

Ghana, South Africa, Kenya, Malawi

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More details: http://openmi.ch/blog-ahon-complete

Core Courses for Masters in Public Health (2012-2013) GOAL Collaboratively develop open curriculum for 3 post-graduate courses in public health PARTNERS East Africa HEALTH Alliance: •  Makerere University •  Jimma University •  Moi University •  University of Nairobi •  National University of Rwanda •  Kinshasa University •  Muhimbili University of Health and

Allied Sciences

•  South African Institute for Distance Education

Case Study

Ethiopia, Uganda, Rwanda, Kenya, Tanzania, Democratic Republic of Congo, South Africa

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Competency-based Obstetrics and Gynecology Residency Training Program (2012-2013) GOAL Streamline clinical training in obstetrics and gynecology through multimedia-based modules for self-learning PARTNERS •  St. Paul Hospital Millennium

Medical College •  Federal Ministry of Health

Case Study

Ethiopia

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Human Resources for Health: Ghana-Michigan Charter (2008-2010) GOAL Strengthen local capacity for human resource planning, education, and research PARTNERS •  Kwame Nkrumah University of

Science and Technology •  University of Ghana •  Ghana Health Service

Case Study

Ghana

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Ghana Emergency Medicine Collaborative (2010-2014) GOAL Improve the provision of emergency care in Ghana through innovative team training programs PARTNERS •  Kwame Nkrumah University of

Science and Technology •  Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital •  Ghana College of Physicians and

Surgeons •  Ghana Ministry of Health

Case Study

Ghana

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More details: http://openmi.ch/em-gemc

Excellence in Higher Education for Liberian Development (2011-2015) GOAL Create national centers of excellence in engineering and agriculture PARTNERS •  University of Liberia •  Cuttington University •  RTI International •  Rutgers University •  North Carolina State University

Case Study

Liberia

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More details: http://open.umich.edu/education/engin/eheld/

Outcomes: Uses and adaptations

Creation of new materials Use and adaptation of materials from other institutions: •  African to/from African

Institutions •  African to/from U.S. and

European institutions

More details: http://openmi.ch/blog-ahon-remixes

Image Public Domain by kuba (OpenClipArt)

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E.g. Open Translation Workow 36

1.  Prioritize resources to translate. Choose short documents (e.g. videos <15 min.) with multi-cultural origin or appeal

2.  Share the resources publicly under a license (e.g. Creative Commons) that allows derivatives such as translations

3.  Create primary caption track in English as foundation for translations 4.  Decide on translation tool (e.g. YouTube, Amara) that permits

multiple users and offers computer translations 5.  Recruit volunteer translators from local and international connections

and websites. 6.  As volunteers sign-up, add them to the appropriate languages/

videos tracks and send instructions and deadline 7.  Encourage and thank volunteers during campaign 8.  Report results 9.  Refine process (e.g. collect feedback from volunteers)

More details: http://openmi.ch/translationw13-results, https://open.umich.edu/wiki/Adding_Captions_to_Videos

Translation Details, by Language* 37

# Languages Per Video other than English captions

# Videos

5 3

4 0

3 7

2 19

1 2

Total (of 31 targeted) 31

* Results up to April 10th

Language # Videos

Spanish 31

Portuguese 16

French 14

Russian 7

Danish 2

Swahili 2

Ganda 1

Arabic 1

Chinese (Simplified) 1

Chinese (Tradi7onal) 1

Total Cap7ons 76

# Volunteers per completed translation

# Captions

2 (translator & reviewer) 12

1 64

Total 76

Translation Details, by Volunteers* 38

Afliation # Volunteers

University of Michigan Ac7ve Member or Alumni

22

External 20

Unknown 4

Total 46

# Languages selected in sign-up

# Volunteers

5 1

4 0

3 1

2 7

1 37

# Languages actually contributed

# Volunteers

2 1*

1 23

*1 Volunteer provided Chinese Simplified & Chinese Traditional captions


Translation Details, by Volunteers* 39

# videos selected in sign-up

# Volunteers

31 (all) 4

24-‐30 0

15-‐23 6

8-‐14 6

2-‐7 22

1 8

Total 46

Median 5

Mean 8.717391

# videos actually contributed

# Volunteers

12 1

10-11 1

8-9 2

6-7 2

4-5 2

2-3 8

1 8

Total 24

Median 2

Mean 3.625


Outcomes: Health, Art, Design Collab.

Image CC:BY-NC-SA Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

Electronic learning activities are not widespread Health instructors do not have time to learn multimedia skills In response, partnerships emerged between: •  Students and educators •  Artists, technologists, and educators

E.g. communication design, sculptors, videographers, 3D animators

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Outcomes: Active community & collection

Image CC:BY-SA Scott Maxwell (Flickr)

Increased awareness, access to, and ability to create learning materials

Quarterly newsletter (1000+ subscribers)

Cross-institutional interest groups

Visible and used collection

(8,500 visits/mo to websites, 2.5M total views and 350+comments on YouTube)

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Outcomes: Summary from External Eval.

“The African Health Open Educational Resources (OER) Network has shown that: •  quality and cost-effectiveness are neither mutually

exclusive nor unattainable… •  The current impact study finds examples of direct and

significant indirect savings through OER… •  Enhanced quality is evidenced in the accounts of academics

and students as well as in new quality assurance peer-review mechanisms.

•  OER developed through collaborative networks can lead to more productive teaching and learning...”

– 2012 report by independent evaluator, see also openmi.ch/blog-ahon-complete

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Dispelling myths and preconceptions

Myth that open content is separate from regular materials development Myth that open licenses cannot coexist with peer review Myth that open licenses cannot coexist with print or commercialized complements Authors misunderstanding copyright or open licenses (e.g. adding other barriers to use)

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Opportunities


Millions of open resources available Adaptation, translation, curation for new contexts and delivery methods Credentialing for prior or self-learning

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Amplify your work


•  Learn how to openly license your own work: http://openmi.ch/om-share

•  Promote open practices and content:

http://openmi.ch/-infokit

•  Volunteer to caption or translate educational videos: http://openmi.ch/translate-dm-mb-signup

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Share your knowledge through open practices, Enable others to build upon it, Increase the visibility and impact of your work.

Key: What you create is relevant to others

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Take a step: Come to upcoming workshop

U-M's Open Remix Culture - Creating and Sharing Legally Using Open Licenses May 8, 2013, 10:00-11:30am Dave Malicke Part of the Enriching Scholarship series. Sign up coming soon: http://openmi.ch/-enrichsch.

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For more info: [email protected]

open.umich.edu

Download this presentation at:

openmi.ch/grid-w13

Presentation by Kathleen Ludewig Omollo. Copyright 2013 The Regents of the University of Michigan. Except where otherwise noted, this work is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.

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