Presentation by Ted Hanss, Catherine Ngugi, Neil Butcher, and Mary Lee at the Open CourseWare Consortium in May 2010. Video of talk is also available on YouTube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kM6tFDMngNE
39. Thank you Catherine Ngugi Neil Butcher [email_address] [email_address] Ted Hanss Mary Lee [email_address] [email_address]
Editor's Notes
25/11/2009 Catherine Ngugi OER Africa OER in Developing Countries Partnerships for Effective Collaboration
OER Africa KeMU Policy Review and OER Workshop
Catherine Ngugi OER Africa 25/11/2009 OER in Developing Countries Partnerships for Effective Collaboration
Catherine Ngugi OER Africa 25/11/2009 OER in Developing Countries Partnerships for Effective Collaboration
Catherine Ngugi OER Africa 25/11/2009 OER in Developing Countries Partnerships for Effective Collaboration
OER Africa KeMU Policy Review and OER Workshop
OER Africa KeMU Policy Review and OER Workshop
MYL Introduction Overview of 10 minute presentation – the role that Tufts does and will play in efforts to increase access to rich resources throughout Africa and beyond
Tufts faculty member Pearl Robinson, Professor of Political Science, started in the early 2000s (~2003-4) to work with faculty in East Africa for curriculum co-development in political science – she now works with University of Ghana Jeff Griffiths, Associate Professor of Public Health and Family Medicine, began working with partners in East Africa in mid 2000s (2005-6) and continues working with these partners
OER Africa KeMU Policy Review and OER Workshop
25/11/2009 Catherine Ngugi OER Africa OER in Developing Countries Partnerships for Effective Collaboration
25/11/2009 Catherine Ngugi OER Africa OER in Developing Countries Partnerships for Effective Collaboration
Catherine Ngugi OER Africa 25/11/2009 OER in Developing Countries Partnerships for Effective Collaboration
Catherine Ngugi OER Africa 25/11/2009 OER in Developing Countries Partnerships for Effective Collaboration
OER Africa KeMU Policy Review and OER Workshop
Future workshops were run by Ghanaians.
OER Africa KeMU Policy Review and OER Workshop
o Intra- and inter-institutional collaboration Technical infrastructure Enables engagement, interaction, integration across academic institutions, hospitals, secondary clinics, students, faculty, staff, community Supports and enhances education in health sciences – tools for active learning Manages knowledge Supports administrative functions through digital repository, content reuse, robust UMLS indexing and search, links to library literature adjacent to teaching and learning i.e. curriculum mapping, course evaluation, evaluation of students in clinical settings, tools to track clinical experiences
Tufts has partnerships with institutions around the world Tufts network of TMC and affiliated hospitals, vet clinics throughout New England New York Hawaii EACC CMC Saudi Arabia All use TUSK for integrated access to medical education resources
Tufts network throughout New England exemplifies the ‘hub and spoke’ model Tufts in Boston is main hub, serving dozens of affiliated hospitals and clinics, in addition to Cummings School of Vet Med TUSM TUSDM Public Health programs And affiliated hospitals / clinics
CMC and its network of 200+ secondary hospitals
CMC is eager to share and co-develop content – conversations with UNairobi RESPOND will benefit from EACC – hub and spoke to serve Congolese centers
Mobile TUSK and USAID RESPOND … this learning system is one of the innovations that Tufts University brings to USAID’s new Emerging Pandemic Threats program. Through our Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine, Tufts is a key partner in the 5-year USAID RESPOND initiative to address global academic and field training needs to effectively respond to emergent infectious diseases. Collaborations across Tufts: Cummings vet, med public health, Feinstein International Center, CELT Collaborations across country: DAI, U Minnesota Across the world: Congo Basin, Southeast Asia, Gangetic Plain, Amazon Basin Image courtesy of the CIA World Fact Book
Implications for content sharing, medical education, K-12 / primary and secondary education, open source, LMS, etc. implications
OER Africa KeMU Policy Review and OER Workshop
25/11/2009 Catherine Ngugi OER Africa OER in Developing Countries Partnerships for Effective Collaboration