Reflections and Tips from Working in Information Services and Launching New Programs

Kathleen Ludewig OmolloMay 21, 2014 – xHub Addis

Slides at: http://tinyurl.com/kathleen-xhub-may2014 Except where otherwise noted, this work is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Copyright 2014 Kathleen Ludewig Omollo. Image CC BY NC SA Foomandoonian (flickr)

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PATH-Introductions-Presentation

- Highlights from being part of new programs

-“Unconference”- Tools and tips- Free resources and online

communities- Tracking Trends

Image CC:BY-NC-SA werkunz (Flickr)

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Office of Enabling Technologies

• Mission:• “The Office of Enabling Technologies aims to

strategically enhance learning experiences at individual, team, institutional, and international levels through novel uses of information services. By leveraging a diverse toolset of technologies, design and research principles, and interdisciplinary partnerships, we empower our community to lead in the rapidly changing healthcare environment. “

http://msis.med.umich.edu/et

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Enabling Tech - Lessons

• thinking about future, not just now• trends-monitoring• experimentation and creativity• physical space for collaboration• user-centered design

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Open.Michigan Initiative

• http://open.umich.edu/• Established 2008

• Two goals – culture of sharing knowledge– comprehensive, public, open collection of

scholarly activities

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Open.Michigan - Lessons

• Powerful small teams, w/ student engagement• building a brand• growing a community• developing tools• defining a strategy• open as way to build reputation & authority• widespread distribution (online, offline)• crowdsourcing

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African Health OER Network

• OER = Open Educational Resources• Two websites:

– http://oerafrica.org/healthoer – http://openmi.ch/healthoernetwork

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African Health OER Network - Lessons

• defining mission and services• coordinating remote and diverse community• multidirectional knowledge transfer

constraints can bring new approaches• embedding feedback channels• developing funding proposals• impact evaluation –

short-term, intermediate, and long term outcomes

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We Too• Part of half-time summer internship in 2009 with

Corporation for a Skilled Workfoce (http://www.csw.org/).

• Summary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6igoLkpaF8U

Lessons:• Changing economy• Importance of social capital• building on existing programs

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General Reflections

• Seek peers who challenge you • Commitment and capacity to learn• Tension: Perfectionism and procrastination -

"Good is excellence in motion”• "Let yourself create those imperfect, yet

amazing ideas." (slideshare.net/denisejacobs)

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General Reflections

• Agile development - incremental development and collaboration with target audience

• Anticipate future, get higher level perspective

• "Don't forget to breathe. Don't forget to go home"

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Pause for Questions & Pause for Questions & DiscussionsDiscussions

Dkscully (flickr)

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@kathleena20

Linkedin.com/in/KathleenLudewigOmolloumich.academia.edu/KathleenLudewigOmollo/

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Group BrainstormingGroup Brainstorming

Tools - Productivity

• Tools and tips• Free resources and online communities• Tracking Trends

• (See PDF of whiteboard notes)

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