Kathleen Ludewig OmolloUniversity of Michigan - Open.Michigan InitiativeAudience: University of Nairobi School of Public

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Open Education for Collaboration, Flexibility, and

Global Visibility

Vision of open education

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circulate new ideas

develop new skills

foster collaboration and innovation

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Image CC:BY-NC-SA Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology

It can be difficult to find relevant materials.When you look in

textbooks it’s difficult to find African cases.

[S]ometimes 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 manifestation that may be difficult to see.

Professor at Partner Institution in Ghana

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4Caesarean Section OER Module, CC BY-NC University of Ghana and Dr. N. Cary Engleberg.

Flexibility of Content

Image CC:BY NC University of Ghana and Cary Engleberg

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5Caesarean Section OER Module, CC BY-NC University of Ghana and Dr. N. Cary Engleberg.

Flexibility of Content

Image CC:BY NC St. Paul Hospital Millennium Medial College (Ethiopia), University of Ghana, Cary Engleberg

(placeholder to Lia)

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Flexibility of Content 6

High Visibility 7

High Visibility 8

Inclusion in first page of search results

Recognition 9

Cost Savings 10

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Cost Savings 11

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“Through the Health Open Educational Resources program, we are transforming our health curriculum to provide students with richer learning experiences and strengthening their ability to practice in a global health context.”

James O. Woolliscroft, M.D.Dean, University of Michigan Medical School

Collaboration: Local + Global Benefits

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Advance health education in Africa by:

•Creating and promoting free, openly licensed teaching materials created by Africans to share knowledge

•Identifying and addressing curriculum gaps

•Bridging health education communities

Collaboration: African Health OER Network

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African Health OER Network, est. 2008

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African Health OER Network, Current15

“We have limited resources but because of the Internet, we can share. The South has diseases [the Global North] knows nothing about. Our materials are relevant to us and in the North.”

Professor at Partner Institution in South Africa

Exchange of knowledge16

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Dispelling Myths

Myth that open content is separate from regular materials development

Myth open licenses & peer review cannot coexist

Myth that open licenses cannot coexist with print or commercialized complements

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Addressing Misunderstandings & Fears

Misunderstanding of authors’ or institutionals rights when signing publishing agreements

Misunderstanding of copyright

Misunderstanding of plagiarism

Fear that open education will drive out face to face interactions or formal education

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Questions? 19