Presentation given by Kathleen Ludewig Omollo for the kick-off of the Ann Arbor Data Dive and analysis of African Health OER Network content and contacts.

1. A2 Data Dive: African Health Open
Educational Resources Network
Kathleen
Ludewig
Omollo,
University
of
Michigan
February
10,
2012
Ann
Arbor
Data
Dive
/
Data
Without
Borders
Slides
at:
h;p://openmi.ch/a2datadive-­‐healthoer
Except
where
otherwise
noted,
this
work
is
available
under
a
Crea8ve
Commons
A;ribu8on
3.0
License.
Copyright
©
2012
The
Regents
of
the
University
of
Michigan.

2. CHALLENGES
TO
HEALTH
EDUCATION
IN
AFRICA
• low
budget,
small
workforce,
high
disease
burden
• scarce,
aging,
and
emigra8ng
teaching
staff
• not
enough
instructors
or
classroom
spaces
• repe88ve
instruc8onal
responsibili8es
• and….

3. • large
lectures
and
crowded
clinical
situa8ons
Ward
Rounds.
Photo
by:
University
of
Ghana.
Ward
Rounds
at
Kwame
Nkrumah
University
of
Science
and
Technology.
Photo
by:
Cary
Engleberg
2 minute video interview: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFjJe8ZJkJU

4. • expensive,
out-­‐of-­‐date
materials
w/o
contextually
appropriate
scenarios
When
you
look
in
textbooks
it’s
difficult
to
find
African
cases.
The
cases
may
be
pre=y
similar
but
some>mes
it
can
be
confusing
when
you
see
something
that
you
see
on
white
skin
so
nicely
and
very
easy
to
pick
up,
but
on
the
dark
skin
it
has
a
different
manifesta>on
that
may
be
difficult
to
see.
Images
by:
Kwame
Nkrumah
University
of
Science
and
Technology.
-­‐Richard
Phillips,
lecturer,
Department
of
Internal
Medicine,
KNUST
(Ghana)

5. WHAT
IS
“THE
NETWORK”?
The
mission
of
the
African
Health
Open
Educa8onal
Resources
(OER)
Network
(est.
2008)
is
to
advance
health
educa8on
in
Africa
by
crea8ng
and
promo8ng
free,
openly
licensed
teaching
materials
created
by
Africans
to
share
knowledge,
address
curriculum
gaps,
and
support
health
educa8on
communi8es.

6. Gather Existing Materials
Assist health professionals in finding materials that
are free, electronic, and openly licensed (i.e.
expressly allow the general public to use, adapt,
copy, and redistribute)
APPROACH
Facilitate
Discussion
Foster dialogue
Publicly between health Adapt and Create
Distribute professionals around New Materials
Materials pedagogy, policy, Provide tools and
Promote the materials peer review, and openness guides for educators
worldwide through via onsite consultation, and students to design,
multiple online and discussion lists, conference license, and share
offline methods calls, and newsletters learning materials

7. LEGEND Distribution Flow for African Health OER Network
Health OER
LOCAL INSTITUTIONS Server icon public domain,
http://clker.com/
All other icons - excluding
Computer trademarks - are public
Lab domain or CC BY from
http://thenounproject.com/
DVD/CD
SAIDE
Server OTHER
(Public)
Search Utility
(Referatory)
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Hard drive
Internet
Television
Service
Print-On-
Demand-Books
Mobile
Distribution

9. RESEARCH
QUESTIONS
FOR
DATA
DIVE
• Which
educa8onal
materials
are
being
used,
by
whom,
where,
how,
and
why?
• How
do
Network
par8cipants
interact
with
each
other,
who
is
interac8ng
with
whom,
and
for
what
purpose(s)?
Data
Sets
at
h;p://db.;/eA3B4MM1.

10. LEGEND Distribution Flow for African Health OER Network
Health OER
LOCAL INSTITUTIONS Server icon public domain,
http://clker.com/
All other icons - excluding
Computer trademarks - are public
Lab domain or CC BY from
http://thenounproject.com/
DVD/CD
SAIDE
Server OTHER
(Public)
Search Utility
(Referatory)
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
Hard drive
Internet
Television
Service
Print-On-
Demand-Books
Mobile
Distribution

11. PLUS,
CONTACTS
(IN
CIVICRM)
Image by lumaxart (Flickr)

12. QUESTIONS
Email:
kludewig@umich.edu
Event
Links
Event
Page:
h;p://a2datadive.weebly.com/
Project
Data
Sets:
h;p://db.;/eA3B4MM1
Websites
h;p://www.oerafrica.org/healthoer
(primary;
in
S.
Africa)
h;p://openmi.ch/healthoernetwork
(secondary;
in
U.S.)