THE IMPACT OF POSSIBLE

#OPENED13 @CHRISTINEGEITH

“Every day, MSU scientists, scholars and students go where the tough problems exist and work to find solutions to make life better in

Michigan and around the world.”

SPARTANS WILL.

http://www.msu.edu/spartans-will/

NETWORKS

OF

NETWORKS

Strategic Partnerships

Community Engagement

Knowledge Co-Creation

“If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at

change”

Wayne Dyer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9welg5vE9GY

FOOD SAFETY CHALLENGE

FSKNtraining.org Foodsafetyknowledgenetwork.org

Small Scale Farmer

• Meet standards of domestic retail chains or larger farmers

• Produce high quality products

• Higher prices for their product

• Trained by certified government/NGO/ university employees

Progressive Young Farmer

• Meet standards of domestic retail chains

• Make connections with potential buyers

• Higher prices for products

Auditor

• Understand changes in regulations

• A need to be certified for their job

Quality Assurance Manager

• Minimize risk of compromising product/company reputation

• Streamline control processes based on best science available

• Minimize costs

CREATED IN India, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Brazil,

Columbia, Russia, Ukraine, Egypt and the United States

WITH Consumer Goods Forum, Hewlett Foundation,

USAID, World Trade Organization, World Bank, UNIDO,Tata Group, Wal-Mart, Metro

Cash and Carry, Coca-Cola

Designing Corporate Training in Developing Economies Using Open Educational Resources Geith, Chris; Vignare, Karen; Bourquin, Leslie D.; Thiagarajan, Deepa

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, v14 n3 p3-12 Nov 2010 http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ909878.pdf

http://wp.me/pJlTi-82

AGRICULTURE CURRICULUM

CHALLENGE

FUNDED BY THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION

6 Universities

Haramaya University, Ethiopia Makerere University, Uganda Mekelle University, Ethiopia Moi University, Kenya

Sokoine University, Tanzania United States International University, Kenya

4 Programs

MSc Plant Breeding/Crop Science PhD Soil and Water Management

MSc Ag Info and Comm Management Certificate in Agribusiness

http://www.oerafrica.org/agshare/

http://agsharetoolkit.com/

Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, Volume 17:2 - July 2013 A Special Issue on OER and Online For International Rural, and Hard-To-Reach Populations

Christine Geith and Karen Vignare, Editors http://sloanconsortium.org/node/407776

FOOD SYSTEM

CHALLENGE

USAID HIGHER EDUCATION SOLUTIONS NETWORK

http://gcfsi.isp.msu.edu/

DETROIT FOOD

CHALLENGE

http://foodplusdetroit.org/

http://metroagcourse.com/

“What is OUR sacred story?”

Audrey Watters

CONNECTION

IMPACT

“We heal a system by connecting more of it to itself.” Paul Hawken

PROCEED

UNTIL

APPREHENDED CHRISTINE GEITH, PH.D.

ASSISTANT PROVOST, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MSUGLOBAL KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING INNOVATIONS

MSUGLOBAL.MSU.EDU