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

1. 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

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

3. 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.

4. 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?