2010.11.04 Health OER Network Design Jam

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.

Questions?

open.michigan@umich.edu

https://open.umich.edu/wiki/Health_OER_Collaborations