uon sph oer - addressing myths & motivations
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This presentation identifies motivations for and myths about open educational resources. The presentation was shared for a workshop "Open Education for Collaboration, Flexibility, and Global Visibility", which I gave at University of Nairobi on August 27, 2013. All of the materials for the workshop are available at http://openmi.ch/uon-aug2013.TRANSCRIPT
Kathleen Ludewig OmolloUniversity of Michigan - Open.Michigan InitiativeAudience: University of Nairobi School of Public
HealthDownload slides: http://openmi.ch/uon-aug2013
Except where otherwise noted, this work is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.Copyright 2013 The Regents of the University of Michigan.
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Open Education for Collaboration, Flexibility, and
Global Visibility
Vision of open education
Image CC:BY Sherrie Thai (Flickr)
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
Slide from: http://wcet.wiche.edu/connect/oer-webcast
“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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Image CC:BY-SA opensourceway (Flickr)
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