Post on 19-Aug-2015
Building Capacity in Developing Countries:
OER for Food Safety
Gwyn Ann HeyboerMichigan State University
TEAM
Dr. Leslie Bourquin
Sunnie Kim
Dr. Deepa Thiagarajan
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WHO
MSUglobal
Revenue
Research
Reputation
PFID
Agricultural Education
Small farmers
Developing Countries
PURPOSE
AssessmentOERFramewor
k
Food Safety Learning Tools
Food Safety Certification in Recognized Schemes
Emerging Markets in Developing Countries
OVERVIEW
• Competency framework• OER resources• Competency mapping tool• Assessment development• Pilots
training | information sharing | capacity
building
developing countries
The William and Flora Hewlett
Foundation
USAID
COMPETENCY FRAMEWORK
• Competency statements• Faculty | government | private
industry
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LEARNING RESOURCES / OER
• ID Documentation | Procedures– Stand alone & part of course
• Formats– PowerPoint, video, audio, PDF, open office,
training manuals– English, Chinese,
Arabic, Spanish
• Source– Face-to-Face
Workshops– Other resources
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ASSESSMENTS
• 4-5 test items for each competency statement
• Random selection for pre/post assessment
• Each assessment– 130 questions– 10 demographic
• Pilot– Changes to test
items/lectures
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COMPETENCY MAPPING TOOL
• Goal: Map OER resources to competency framework– Open Source Technology: Drupal– Created open course module mapping tool
www.foodsafetyknowledgenetwork.org
COMPETENCY MAPPING TOOL
COMPETENCY MAPPING TOOL
COMPETENCY MAPPING TOOL
PILOT GROUP #1: CHENNAI, INDIA• 74 participants • 25 companies & 6 public
organizations
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PILOT GROUP #1: CHENNAI, INDIA• September 2009 | 3-day training• Lectures & pre/post assessment• Camtasia Relay
www.fskntraining.org/training/basiclevelchennai
PILOT GROUP #2: ONLINE - INDIA• Metro Cash & Carry: Sept. - Dec.
2009• 63 participants
PILOT GROUP #2: ONLINE - INDIA• Resources from workshop in Chennai– Uploaded to CMS– CD version was available
• Each participant received a username/password to an online course
• Timeline– 2 weeks: Pre-Assessment– 2 months: online learning modules– 1 month: Post-Assessment
PILOT GROUP #3: CAIRO, EGYPT
• 74 participants • 25 companies & 6 public
organizations• Train the trainer• Translation of Presentations &
Assessments
PILOT GROUP #4: TATA TETLEY TEA• Online - Spring 2010• 29 participants• Internal training program
PILOT GROUP #5: SHANGHAI, CHINA• Coca-Cola employees/suppliers• 142 participants
PILOT GROUP #5: SHANGHAI, CHINA• November 2009 – 4 day training
• Translation of lectures/assessment to Mandarin Chinese
• Live video recording– Camtasia
PILOT SUMMARY
• 90 training resources• 6-16% increase in score pre/post• Lowest scores showed most
improvement• Preference to audio files over video
(online pilots)
CHALLENGES
• Additional content partners• Legal limitations• Availability of experts
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NEXT STEPS
• In two years…– Over 100 competency statements– Over 90 OERs relating to food safety– Development of assessment instruments– Five pilots | nearly 350 participants
• Future plans…– Additional pilot programs– Expansion to next level of
competencies
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EXAMPLES
Food Safety Knowledge Network
www.foodsafetyknowledgenetwork.org
Pilot Programswww.fskntraining.org
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LINKS
MSUglobalwww.msuglobal.com
Partnership for Food Industry Development
www.pfid.msu.edu
Virtual University Design and Technology
www.vudat.msu.edu
www.msuglobal.com
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