See https://open.umich.edu/wiki/Health_OER_Network_Design_Jam_November_2010

1. 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 Michigan
November 11, 2010
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2. Agenda
6:00 Participants arrive
6:10 Welcome and overview of session
6:15 Introduction to the African Health OER Network
6:30 Questions?
6:40 Break into groups, numbering off (3 – 5 per
group)
Introductions in small groups
6:45 Brainstorming in small groups
7:05 Food
7:15 Share ideas with other groups, get feedback
7:25 Return to groups, refine ideas
7:45 Share ideas with other groups, get feedback
7:55 Closing

3. Challenges
 Educational materials are expensive
 Health care disparities
 Healthcare worker shortage, especially in
developing countries
 Crowded classrooms and ward rounds

4. Solution

5. Learning materials that are freely available and
licenses for use, redistribution, and adaptation.
OER

6. A Huge Array Of OERs Exist Today
Across 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

7. Examples of OER
[1 minute clip of Buruli Ulcer OER module]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cc1g5pZE8Jc

8. Motivations for OER
[2 -4 minute clips from UG and KNUST OER
documentaries]
KNUST:
http://openmichigan.blip.tv/file/4363813/
UG:
http://openmichigan.blip.tv/file/4365641/

9. 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.

10. 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

11. 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.

12. Help us build the Network
Lumaxart (flickr)

13. 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?

14. March 2010 Design Jam Takeaways
Advocacy
 academic incentive through awards (e.g. best
learning resource for X)
 students as drivers of the network (generating
demand)
Organizational Structure
 standardized metadata
 dynamic site content to encourage people to
return
Technical Platform
 explore LAN access through caching and tracking
local users who downloaded materials

15. Today’s Design Challenge
How can we engage students around the world
as content producers and advocates for health
open educational resources?

16. 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.

17. Seeds for Discussion
1. What can we have students do?
• Generate demand for OER
• Organize OER (e.g. keywords)
• Review OER
• Facilitate a community (e.g. study group)
around OER
• Other ideas?
2. Which students are we targeting? In which
disciplines? At which universities?
3. What are their incentives to participate?

18. 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.

19. Questions?
open.michigan@umich.edu
https://open.umich.edu/wiki/Health_OER_Collaborations