Invited presentation on Jan 10, 2013 given by Kathleen Ludewig Omollo (University of Michigan) via video conference to an OER seminar hosted by the Ghana-India Kofi Annan Centre of Excellence in ICT in Accra, Ghana. Seminar details: http://www.eventbrite.co.uk/event/5143351904. Editable (PPT) version of presentation with presenter notes is posted at http://open.umich.edu/node/6653/. Presentation CC BY Regents of the University of Michigan

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Sharing knowledge beyond borders
using Open Educational Resources:
Lessons from University of
Michigan’s experience
Kathleen Ludewig Omollo
International Program Manager, Office of Enabling Technologies
Medical School Information Services
University of Michigan
January 2013, AITI-KACE OER Workshop
Slides at: http://openmi.ch/slides-aiti13
Except where otherwise noted, this work is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/. Copyright 2013 The Regents of the University of Michigan

2. 2007: Vision 2
Share our knowledge,
Allow and train others to build upon it,
Gain new knowledge in return
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3. 2008: Launch open.michigan 3
Help our faculty,
students, staff
and others to
share their
educational
resources and
research with the
world
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4. 2008: Launch African Health OER Network 4
“When you look in
textbooks it’s difficult to find
African cases. The cases
may be pretty similar but
sometimes 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.”
-Richard Phillips, lecturer,
Department of Internal
Image CC:BY-NC-SA Kwame Nkrumah
Medicine, KNUST (Ghana)
University of Science and Technology

5. Connecting institutions, individuals 5
“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.”
African Health OER Network
Participant from South
Africa
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6. Tactics 6
Phase Three
Build community,
evaluate, strategize
Phase Two
Refine processes,
develop culture
Phase One
Build processes,
tools, policy
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7. P1: Build processes, tools, policy 7
Identify and resolve policy issues
Address incentives for contributors
Develop training & software
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8. P2: Rene processes, develop culture 8
Make it easier for people to share
Increase awareness of open
Empower students as authors
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9. P3: Build community, evaluate, strategize 9
Make it even easier for people to share
Catalyze community interests
Partner with other initiatives & projects
Monitor usage & assess impact
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10. Challenges 10
Myth that OER is separate from regular
materials development
Myth that open licenses cannot coexist with
peer review or print
Authors misunderstanding copyright or open
licenses (e.g. adding other barriers to use)
Shift from creation to adaptation
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11. Opportunities 11
Millions of resources licensed – many
available for commercial innovation
Adaptation, translation, curation for new
contexts and delivery methods
Open policy movement: public funds =
public access
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12. Explore 12
Open.Michigan
Main - http://open.umich.edu
Infokit - http://open.umich.edu/about/infokit
African Health OER Network
Summary - http://openmi.ch/blog-ahon-complete
Main - http://www.oerafrica.org/healthoer
Newsletter - http://openmi.ch/healthoernetwork-newsletter
Models and Software
Guides – http://openmi.ch/healthoer-guides
dScribe (Clearance Process) - http://open.umich.edu/dScribe
OERca (Content Analysis) – http://open.umich.edu/wiki/OERca
OERbit (Publishing) - http://open.umich.edu/oerbit
Open Case Builder (Authoring) - http://openmi.ch/casebuilder
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13. Closing 13
For more info, contact:
open.michigan@umich.edu
This presentation builds upon slides
and discussions with other
Open.Michigan team members,
including:
Emily Puckett Rodgers,
Pieter Kleymeer, Garin Fons,
Greg Grossmeier, Susan Topol,
Dave Malicke, Ted Hanss, and
Erik Hofer
Presentation by Kathleen Ludewig Omollo. Copyright 2013 The Regents
of the University of Michigan. Except where otherwise noted, this work is
available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/.