Joint OER Ghana Workshop - Introduction

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Introduction to the Joint OER Production and Support Workshop, Ghana

Kathleen Ludewig Omollo, University of MichiganOctober 27, 2011

Kumasi, Ghana

Expanded presentation at: http://openmi.ch/si575-fall2011-healthoernetwork

LOGISTICS

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WHAT IS “THE NETWORK”?

The mission of the African Health OER Network is to advance health education in Africa by using open educational resources (OER) developed by and targeted toward Africans in order to share knowledge, address curriculum gaps, and support communities around health education.

HISTORY OF THE NETWORK

PARTICIPANT MAP - INDIVIDUALS

85 Individuals Signed Declaration of Support

http://batchgeo.com/map/d70937ef6be461a3571274817b590a52

PARTICIPANT MAP - ORGANIZATIONS

http://batchgeo.com/map/a70a5bf6278d936e23737b968fc5317c

19 Organizations Signed Declaration of Support

• OER Africa• University of Michigan• Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology• University of Ghana • University of Cape Town • University of the Western Cape • University of Malawi• Makerere University• EBW Healthcare• Global Health Informatics Partnership• MedEdPORTAL

MOTIVATION FOR WORKSHOP

This intensive, in-person workshop will enable hands-on experimentation with software and audiovisual equipment, facilitate greater dialogue around policy issues such as copyright and privacy and how they differ across institutions and strengthen the sense of community among OER support staff in peers dispersed across Ghana. The workshop will be, with individuals from the University of Ghana, KNUST, and University of Michigan alternating as presenters and facilitators of the technical sessions.

FORMAT OF WORKSHOP

The workshop will be highly participatory, drawing on some facilitation principles from Bar Camp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BarCamp) and other unconference (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unconference), revisiting and adapting the agenda as the workshop progresses.

OUTCOME OF WORKSHOP

The end product of this workshop will be a collection of instructional guides and video recordings of the workshop presentations to be shared with OER support staff and a plan for the next set of collaborative activities among OER support staff at the member institutions of the African Health OER Network.

REVIEW DAY ONE AGENDA

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