ECO-SYSTEM for VIETNAM OER

The Vietnam Foundation Public non-profit 501(c)(3) established together with the U.S. National Academies Mission: To improve the lives of the Vietnamese people through education Strategy: High-Impact, Deep-Reach, Technology- Driven, Community-Focused OER is a cornerstone program Strong and committed leadership team Offices in Washington and Hanoi

Key Message Three Legs Four Layers One Base

Three Development Legs Community Development Evangelists – Missionaries – Mafia Content Development Intellectuals – Academia – Dictatorship Technology Development Software Wizards – Nerds – Groupies

Four Layers of Audience Global Level A shared knowledge base for all to learn and contribute Regional Level Countries cooperate on many issues including education and trade A harmonized base of knowledge and school curriculum to makes it easy for student and faculty exchanges National Level Countries have unique characteristics and need customization Institutional/Enterprise Level Research institutions, universities and companies have special requirements for their internal knowledge systems

Regional Support Centers CONNEXCENT ASIA EUROPE AFRICA CNX CENTRAL Regional, National and Institutional Focus Deployment Customization Training of users and authors Global Focus

CONNEXCENT ACTIVITIES Consulting on CNX Platform Software Development for CNX Platform CNX Platform Deployment/Customization at all levels CNX Platform Training Authors Users Administrators CNX Platform Hosting Other Services Help Lines Print on Demand

One Base of Supporters VOER needs to exist within a supportive eco-system Authors and learners Organizations from public, private and non-profit sectors that benefit from the impact of VOER Establishing the Alliance for Vietnam Open Learning Technologies (VOLT) Public institutions and government agencies Private companies and SOEs International and domestic NGOs Strategy: To create stakeholders and sense of ownership

The Vietnam Case What have we done? We have assembled a local expert team for CONNEXCENT ASIA We have signed Cooperation Agreements with Ministry of Education and Training Hanoi Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Center for Promotion of Advancement of Society Institute of Sociology of Vietnam The Online Management Training Company … Many more to come once ER is officially released We are building the VOLT Alliance We are working closely with CNX Central to test ER

Recap … 3 – 4 – 1 Thank You! We need your support.