ICRISAT Talk

4 TRENDS IN OPEN

Christine Geith, Ph.D. Michigan State University

Asst. Provost & Executive Director MSUglobal @CHRISTINEGEITH

Greetings from Singapore!

“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.”

WE SHARE A MISSION

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

#1 OPEN KNOWLEDGE

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

#2 OPEN

CURRICULUM

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

“Knowing is an act of participation.”

Etienne Wenger

IWMI STUDY CONCLUSIONS

• Develop uptake strategies

• Partner for impact

• Capacity build

• Use participatory approaches

• Communicate inside and out

• Adapt to local environment

• Build your reputation

• Capture lessons learned

#3 STUDENT

TRANSLATIONAL

SCHOLARS

http://wp.me/pJlTi-8a

USAID HIGHER EDUCATION SOLUTIONS NETWORK

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

#4 MASSIVE

OPEN ONLINE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnGPohV3eZI

“Nothing will stop the incessant march” – mooc mooc

http://www.moocmooc.com/

Food Fraud MOOC

http://foodfraud.msu.edu/mooc/

http://metroagcourse.com/weekly-sessions/week-1-2

TRENDS IN OPEN

#1 Open Knowledge #2 Open Curriculum

#3 Translational Scholars #4 Massive Open Online…

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

NETWORKS

OF

NETWORKS

Strategic Partnerships

Community Engagement

Knowledge Co-Creation

PROCEED

UNTIL

APPREHENDED CHRISTINE GEITH, PH.D.

ASSISTANT PROVOST, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MSUGLOBAL KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING INNOVATIONS

MSUGLOBAL.MSU.EDU