health oer network design jam march 2010

Health OER Network Design Jam

Presenter:Kathleen Ludewig (MSI/MPP Candidate 2010)

Presented to: University of MichiganMarch 25, 2010

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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

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A Huge Array Of OERs Exist TodayAcross 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

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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?

open.michigan@umich.edu

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

Health_OER_Collaborations