Health OER Network Design Jam March 2010

Health OER Network Design Jam Presenter: Kathleen Ludewig (MSI/MPP Candidate 2010) Presented to: University of Michigan March 25, 2010 Copyright 2010 Regents of the University of Michigan. Except where otherwise noted, this work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this license, visit <http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/>.

Introductions

Challenges
Educational materials are expensive
Disparity in health care within and between countries
Healthcare worker shortage, especially in developing countries

Solution

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

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 Slide from Presentation CC BY William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Presentation at University of Michigan, October 23, 2008

OERs Are Available Across The World Slide from Presentation CC BY William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, Presentation at University of Michigan, October 23, 2008

Caveat The resources may be free, but there are other barriers (e.g. technical, social) to access.

What work has been so far? http://web.knust.edu.gh/oer/ http://freecourseware.uwc.ac.za/freecourseware/school-of-public-health/measuring-health-and-disease-1-introduction-to http://www.oerafrica.org/healthoer/AfricanHealthOERVisionStatement/tabid/955/Default.aspx

Student involvement

Tonight’s Session Can we build a shared social network platform that addresses global health education needs and increases the sharing of health education resources? https://open.umich.edu/wiki/Health_OER_Network_Design_Jam_March_2010 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? [email_address] https://open.umich.edu/wiki/Health_OER_Collaborations

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