Presentation on Health OER at the AAMC annual conference.
- 1.Co-Developing Health OpenEducational Resources Ted Hanss
Director, Enabling Technologies 9 November 2009 Copyright 2009 The
University of Michigan. This work is licensed under the Creative
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2. Agenda
- Definition of Health Open EducationalResources (OER)
Public Domain: Michael Reschke
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:OERlogo.svg 3. Definition of
Health OER 4. Health OER
- Educational materials and resources offered freely and openly
for anyone to use and, under some licenses, to re-mix, improve, and
re-distribute [Wikipedia]
- Developed with and for health care providers at all levels
(students to professionals) and in all disciplines
5. Institutional Goals for OER
- Make teaching and learning resources easier to reuse for your
community and for people everywhere
- Increase collaboration across institutions and disciplines
- Use innovative software tools and explore research
opportunities
- Support the mission of the university
6. Health OER 7. 2007
- Dean Woolliscroft commits the Medical School to publishing all
of its pre-clinical materials as OER
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- Part of the vision to be a global medical school and a
recognized innovator in medical education
- Medical School and the School of Information collaborate on
developing student-centered dScribe publishing process
- All U-M health science deans pledge their support
- Health OER planning grant submitted to Hewlett Foundation
8. 2008
- U-M President Mary Sue Coleman leads delegation to Ghana and
South Africa(February and March)
- Hewlett Foundation awards planning grantwith additional support
from Soros and FAIMER (March)
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- Health OER workshop in Ghana (May)
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- dScribe development and materials piloting
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- Grant writing trip in Africa (July)
- Institute of Medicine meeting (September)
- Hewlett awards Design Phase grant (Nov)
9. Human Resources for Health
- Any long-term solution to the global health crisis
requiresinvestment in human resources .
- Only well-trained health providers can ensure:
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- Achievement of the UNs Millennium Development Goals,
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- Implementation of global vaccination and medication
distribution, and
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- Preparation for the nextepidemic
10. 2009
- Health OER Design Phase partnership ofU-M, OER Africa,
University of Ghana and Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and
Technology (Ghana), and University of Cape Town and University of
the Western Cape (South Africa)
11. 2009 Design Phase Tasks
- Hold policy/sensitization workshops
- Identify curricular needs
- Emphasis on co-creation of OERs that work in respective local
contexts
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- Assess capacity to collaborate
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- Design framework for assessing OER use and effect on learning
outcomes and faculty productivity
12. University of Ghana Workshop 13. Dr. Englebergs Sabbatical
14. July 2009 Cape Town Workshop 15. Major Deliverable
- A long term logic model and sustainable, scalable,
collaborative content development programs for comprehensive, open
health professions curricula.
16. Gates Foundation Grant
- Ghana Michigan Collaborative Health Alliance for Reshaping
Training, Education, and Research (CHARTER)
- Two year human resources for health planning grant awarded in
Nov 2008
- Partnership of U-M, UG, KNUST, Ghana Ministry of Health, Ghana
Health Service
- OER processes embedded in education goals
17. Clinton Global Initiative University Kathleen Ludewig, Matt
Simpson, Nejay Ananaba 18. Clinical Skills Tele-Mentoring
- Laparoscopic skills training byDr. Jonathon Finks to Medical
and Surgical Skills Institute at the Univ. of Ghana
19. Health OER Example 20. 21. 22. 23. 24. Wins!
- Enthusiastic early adopter faculty
- Strong institutional leadership
- Intra-institutional partnerships (e.g., between College of
Health Sciences and Dept of Communications and Design)
25. Challenges
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- IP ownership, faculty incentives (e.g., promotion, release
time)
- Infrastructure challenges
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- Connectivity, bandwidth, servers and support
26. Desires
- Stronger and broader networks (inter-institutional, sharing of
skills/interests)
27. More info: open.umich.edu slideshare.net/group/openmichigan
[email_address] Presentation contributors include Garin Fons, Ted
Hanss, Pieter Kleymeer, David Stern, Ohene Opare-Sem, Cary
Engleberg