Ted Hanss Chief Information Officer University of Michigan Medical School Except where otherwise noted, this work is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License. Copyright 2012 The Regents of the University of Michigan Initiative Description Initiative Goals Initiative Engagemen t July 2012
58,947 students Health System 26,007 faculty, staff, volunteers, and students 3 campuses Ann Arbor, Dearborn, Flint 42,301 faculty and staff
The mission of the University of Michigan is to serve the people of Michigan and the world through preeminence in creating, communicating, preserving and applying knowledge, art, and academic values, and in developing leaders and citizens who will challenge the present and enrich the future.
Office of Enabling Technologies Medical School Information Services University of Michigan Medical School open.umich.edu/education/med Our Home
The mission of the African Health Open Educational Resources (OER) Network is to advance health education in Africa by creating and promoting free, openly licensed teaching materials created by Africans to share knowledge, address curriculum gaps, and support health education communities.
When you look in textbooks it’s difficult to find African cases. [S]ometimes 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 Medicine, KNUST (Ghana) Image CC:BY-NC-SA Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology
“Open.Michigan enables University of Michigan faculty, students, staff and others to share their educational resources and research with the world.”
1 2 culture of sharing comprehensive public access
1 culture of sharing Build partnerships and communities of sharing Make visible the community and support it needs Increase support for OER production
2 comprehensive public access Make it easy to create and use open content Build tools, processes, increase visibility of content Consult, educate, train
Phase One Build processes, tools, policy Phase Two Refine processes, identify culture Phase Three Build community, evaluate, strategize
Phase One Build processes, tools, policy
Phase Two Refine processes, identify culture dScribe volunteers Expand OER Community Events dScribe volunteers Expand OER Community Events Policy Publishing
Phase Three Build community, evaluate, strategize MERLOT, Global Health Disparities, Emergency Health Digital storytelling, eTextbooks, U-M Wikipedians, HASTAC Medical Textbook of the Future, Diagnose This, A2DataDive Evaluatio n Strategic Planning Analytics Catalyze community interests Connect with other initiatives Consult on new projects
Facilitate OER Production Affordability (low/no cost) Ease of Reuse openmi.ch/history373 History 373: History of the American West Michael Witgen CC: BY-SA
Facilitate OER Production Affordability (low/no cost) Ease of Reuse lib.umich.edu/eb m STATS 250: Introduction to Statistics and Data Analysis Brenda Gunderson CC: BY-NC-SA
CC: BY-NC Michael Hortsch Expand and Improve OER offerings Quality Innovation New distribution channels
Expand and Improve OER offerings Participatory Learning Skills-based Collaboration openmi.ch/cgh-handbook openmi.ch/pharm476-w11
es CC: BY-NC-SA CC: BY-NC-SA “Soldering badge” adafruitSoldering badge A badge is a symbol of identity, signifying a level of achievement or character, participation in an event or activity, or belonging to a group. Open.Michigan wants to harness the excitement created by those who share or advocate for sharing scholarly material and use that to gain momentum in the open education movement at the University of Michigan.
Outcome s Participation 360 contributors 71 UMMS faculty 114 dScribes (volunteers) 21 U-M units 387 mailing list members Collection 1,142 materials 188 videos 180 courses & resources 10,000 views per month 13 U-M colleges & schools 1 million YouTube views 27,000 SlideShare views
Open.Michigan’s analytics dashboard (openmi.ch/-DashBoard) Ongoing Analysis
Futures …
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