These are the introductory slides for a workshop "Open Education for Collaboration, Flexibility, and Global Visibility", which I gave at University of Nairobi on August 27, 2013. All of the materials for the workshop are available at http://openmi.ch/uon-aug2013.

1. Kathleen Ludewig Omollo
University of Michigan - Open.Michigan Initiative
Audience: University of Nairobi School of Public Health
Download slides: http://openmi.ch/uon-aug2013
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Workshop
Format &
Introductions
Workshop
Objectives
Workshop
Schedule
Open Education for Collaboration,
Flexibility, and Global Visibility
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2. Workshop Format
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Transparen
t
Participatory Collaborative

3. Workshop Format
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Minimize presentations: Maximize interactions:
Images from: Designing Collaborative Workshops, Peer to Peer University, CC BY SA,
https://p2pu.org/en/courses/77/designing-collaborative-workshops/.

4. Workshop Format
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Know your Peers:
Introductions, under 2 minutes each:
•Name
•Specialty
•Any experience you have with “open”
(e.g. open educational resources, open
access, open data)

5. Workshop Format
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Participant feedback:
What are you hoping to cover during
today’s workshop?

6. Workshop Objectives
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1. Define key terms and concepts
2. Understand the basics of copyright
law and open licenses
3. Identify and address incentives for
and myths about open content

7. Workshop Objectives
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4. Search for, locate, and evaluate open
educational resources for public
health
5. Understand how to legally identify,
classify, and attribute third-party
content
6. Demonstrate tools for creating and
distributing digital learning materials

8. Workshop Objectives
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7. Examine approaches to designing
learning experiences that promote
social-cognitive learning
8. Brainstorm opportunities to integrate
open education practices into the
local curriculum
9. Recommend guides and interest
groups for open education exploration

9. Workshop Schedule
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9:30 Key Definitions and Concepts
9:50 Example Open Educational Resources for
Health
10:00 Dispelling Myths and Addressing Motivations
for Open Education
10:15 Introduction to Open Licenses
10:25 Hands-On Activity: Locating and Evaluating
OER
11:00 Tea Break

10. Workshop Schedule
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11:15 Share Results of Hands-On Activity: Locating
and Evaluating OER
11:30 Models and Technologies to Support Open
Education
11:50 Hands-On Activity 2: Addressing legal issues
before releasing content publicly
12:20 Open Education - Designing the Learning
Experience
12:40 Small Group Discussion: Integrating Open
Education into the School of Public Health

11. Workshop Schedule
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13:10 Closing Remarks
13:20 Complete Feedback Forms
13:30 Lunch

12. Questions?
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