Crowdsourcing Video Translations for a Global Network for Health Education

Poster from Medical Education Day 2014 at University of Michigan.https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/149190/1/201404-mededday-poster-translation-final-170909223009.pdfDescription of 201404-mededday-poster-translation-final-170909223009.pdf : Poster (PDF

Lessons Learned about Coordinating Academic Partnerships from an International Network for Health Education

Poster for Medical Education Day 2014https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/149192/1/201404-mededday-poster-collablessons-4col-final-170909223007.pdfDescription of 201404-mededday-poster-collablessons-4col-final-170909223007.pdf : Poster (PDF

The African Health OER Network: Advancing health education in Africa through open educational resources

The original journal article can be found at http://www.ajhpe.org.za/index.php/ajhpe/issue/view/3.This short commentary explains the value proposition of open educational resources for health education, the motivations behind the creation of the African Health OER Network, its services and its collection of learning materials.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/94545/1/2010.12_oera-um-ajhpe_article-cc_by_nc.pd

Portable Local Area Network Empowers Sharing of Medical Education Materials in Settings with Restricted Internet & Electricity

Poster from Medical Education Day 2014 at University of Michigan.https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/149191/1/201404-mededday-poster-wanoffline-4col-final-170909223016.pdfDescription of 201404-mededday-poster-wanoffline-4col-final-170909223016.pdf : Poster (PDF

A Framework to Integrate Public, Dynamic Metrics Into an OER Platform

The full article is also available at http://openpraxis.org/index.php/OpenPraxis/article/view/118.The usage metrics for open educational resources (OER) are often either hidden behind an authentication system or shared intermittently in static, aggregated format at the repository level. This paper discusses the first year of University of Michigan’s project to share its OER usage data dynamically, publicly, to synthesize it across different levels within the repository hierarchies, and to aggregate in a method inclusive of content hosted on third-party platforms. The authors analyze their user research with a target audience of faculty authors, multimedia specialists, librarians, and communications specialists. Next, they explore a stratified technical design that allows the dynamic sharing of metrics down to the level of individual resources. The authors conclude that this framework enables sustainable feedback to OER creators, helps to build positive relationships with creators of OER, and allows the institution to move toward sharing OER on a larger scale.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/106587/1/CohenOmolloMalicke-MetricsFramework-OpenPraxis.pd

Collaboration between Developed and Developing Countries Offers Opportunities to Amplify Global Health Research

Slides for Ms. Omollo's portion of the panel are available at http://openmi.ch/sts13ahon.The complexity, scope and intensity of global health challenges demand international collaboration. Collaboration between developing and developed countries can be an effective strategy for tackling shared health issues. In recent years, government agencies and foundations have increased financial and human resources for international collaborative projects for health research and education. However, these international partnerships often encounter barriers such as resource, capacity, political and cultural differences which affect the motivations, balance of benefits, regulation of research, and ultimately outcomes of these programs. The current literature is resplendent with anecdotal reports, editorials and thematic introductions about attitudes and structural factors impacting partnerships between developing and developed countries. There is little research or documentation regarding systematic analysis of the social and technical factors that foster efficient, effective and sustainable international collaboration. The panelists will present three unique models of collaboration between developing and developed countries. They will examine the social, scientific, technological and organizational dynamics of these collaborations that must be aligned to effectively address challenges resulting from resource, capacity and power differences in the interaction of multiple organizational and national cultures. The lessons learned from these collaborations are intended to inform institutions and researchers who are engaged in multicultural and multinational health networks. The findings may also be a useful reference for policy makers and funding agencies for predicting and evaluating success of collaborative projects. The first panelist will present on the National Heart Lung and Blood – United Health Global Health Centers of Excellence (COE) Program (http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/about/globalhealth/centers/index.htm). Each COE collaborates with a research organization in a developed country to develop research and training infrastructure and to build capacity to conduct population based or clinical research to monitor, control or prevent cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases (CVPD). The program includes an Administrative Coordinating Center that coordinates and manages network communication, tracks COE research, training and capacity building activities, and offers consultations related to methodology, outcome measures and data management for collaborative studies. The panelist will discuss mid-point process evaluation and how findings from the evaluation are guiding the direction of the program through the end of the funding period. The second panelist will present on University of Michigan Health Systems-Peking University Health Science Center Joint Institute for Translational and Clinical Research (JI) (http://www.puuma.org/). The JI is a virtual cross-institutional research platform destined to facilitate high-impact, collaborative research to advance global health. The panelist will focus on how to develop shared and individual institutional management structures, processes and technical infrastructure that supports and sustains successful cross-institutional collaboration. The third panelist will discuss the African Health OER Network (“the Network”) (http://www.oerafrica.org/healthoer), a collaborative project between University of Michigan, an NGO in Africa, two universities in Ghana, and two universities in South Africa. The objective of this project is to advance health education in Africa by creating and promoting free, openly licensed teaching materials by African academics to share knowledge, address curriculum gaps, and support health education communities. The panelist will present a collaboration model that involves an iterative process of action, assessment, and reflection. She will summarize the communication and management practices developed through the interactive process that enabled the Network to implement the shared values of transparency, collaboration, and active participation, to foster South-South as well as North-South exchanges, and to ultimately achieve project goals and sustainability.Peer Reviewedhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/102597/1/2013_Luo-et-al-SciTS_Cross-Cultural and International Team Science.docxhttp://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/102597/2/2013_Luo-et-al-SciTS_Cross-Cultural and International Team Science.pd

A Framework to Integrate Public, Dynamic Metrics into an Open Educational Resources Platform

Poster from Medical Education Day 2014https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/149193/1/201404-mededday-poster-dynmetrics-final-170909223005.pdfDescription of 201404-mededday-poster-dynmetrics-final-170909223005.pdf : Poster (PDF

Differentiation in Access to, and the Use and Sharing of (Open) Educational Resources among Students and Lecturers at Technical and Comprehensive Ghanaian Universities

This paper is the second in a series of three with a common goal to present a fair OER picture for Sub-Saharan Africa, represented by large-scale studies in three countries: Kenya, Ghana, and South Africa. This paper examines a deliberate selection of four Ghanaian universities with randomly sampled students and lecturers. Distinct questionnaires for students and the lecturers have been used, which generated a response from in total 818 students and 38 lecturers. The major outcomes based on the empirical data are: (i) there is a significant digital differentiation among lecturers and students at technical versus comprehensive universities in terms of their proficiency and internet accessibility; and (ii) the awareness and appreciation of the OER concept and open licensing is low but from the actual variety and types of processing by respondents of educational resources (not necessarily open) there is a preparedness for openness for the future

Developing and deploying free, adaptable digital learning resources to enhance postgraduate curricula partnerships in sub-Saharan Africa

Poster presented at Health Professions Education Day 2015https://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/149195/1/hpeday-1000obgyns-omollo-verticalposter-sept15-151229145548.pdfDescription of hpeday-1000obgyns-omollo-verticalposter-sept15-151229145548.pdf : Poster (PDF

African Health OER Network Impact Research Plan

The goal of the evaluation research is to demonstrate the value and impact of the Network to funders, existing and potential institutional partners, OER creators and users, networks of African health education providers, and the international OER community. The successful 2010 Network grant proposal to the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation included a preliminary logic model and proposed a set of indicators for the first two years of the Network. This working paper reflects a revised understanding of how to promote OER to support health education in Africa, how to demonstrate the impact of OER on the health education sector, and when to expect various outcomes.William and Flora Hewlett Foundationhttps://deepblue.lib.umich.edu/bitstream/2027.42/149179/1/2011.05.09_health_oer_network_impactresearchplan.pdfDescription of 2011.05.09_health_oer_network_impactresearchplan.pdf : Working Document (May 2011) (PDF