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Supercourse: Open Source Model and Crossing Digital Divide EunRyoung SaEunRyoung Sa, Akira Sekikawa, Ron LaPorte Department of Epidemiology Graduate School.

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1 Supercourse: Open Source Model and Crossing Digital Divide EunRyoung SaEunRyoung Sa, Akira Sekikawa, Ron LaPorte Department of Epidemiology Graduate School of Public Health University of Pittsburgh

2 Overview Open Source model In health care In education Digital Divide Supercourse effort Development & utilization Future plans Supercourse?

3 Supercourse Online teaching assistant system Online library of lectures Epidemiology, Informatics, Global Health Mission To improve global health through better training in prevention Overview

4 Objectives To improve Epidemiology training To provide high quality lectures To make them available to any faculty and institute worldwide Overview

5 Developers Global Health Network - Supercourse working group University of Pittsburgh Department of Epidemiology WHO Collaborating Center Center for Disease Monitoring and Telecommunication Overview

6 Funding sources NASA 1997-1999 National Library of Medicine 2000-2004 Overview

7 Global Health Network (GHNet) Major roles: Providing lectures Using lectures Reviewing lectures Distributing lectures (CDs) 4500 members From Japan: 83 3500 universities 130 countries Overview

8 Supercourse faculty Full professors Epidemiologist From developed countries Overview

9 Supercourse Faculty’s major areas: Cancer Environmental/Occupational health Infectious disease AIDS/HIV Diabetes Medical/Health informatics and technology Overview

10 Lecture design: Icon-driven learning model Online review system Overview

11 Format Title Objectives Author’s Biography Review References Lecture Part

12 How many lectures?

13 Overview Supercourse content: Epidemiology lectures (62%) Introductory Special Diseases Public Health lectures (23%) Informatics lectures (12%) Biostatistics lectures (3%)

14 Global Health Lectures

15 For whomStudents: Working, living remote Professors: Teaching medicine, public health For whatDegreeLecture Designed for LearningTeaching ProvidesCourses for studentLectures for faculty BandwidthHigh-bandwidth: 10mbLow-bandwidth: 56k Accessibility DomesticGlobal Cost Development cost: expensive Tuition: USD 10,000~20,000 Development cost: Zero Tuition: Free lectures Distance learning vs. Supercourse Distance Learning

16 Supercourse lectures: Open Source lectures Free Global collaboration High quality Copyleft: No copyright Free copy, modification, redistribution Open Source Model

17 Background New model for software development Originated from computer hacking culture Success of Linux New market for software industry

18 Open vs. Closed Success factors: Open collaboration Efficient development Time & cost Stable software High quality Flexible development Customizable

19 Open Source Model Benefits: Convenience of collaboration International Active virtual community No legal or organizational barriers For developing countries: Cost Autonomy

20 Open Source Movement Software industry: e.g. Linux, Apache Other areas: Biomedical science & publishing e.g.Human Genome project, PrePrint Server Health care system e.g.OSHCA Education e.g. Open Course Ware, Supercourse c.f. Advanced Distributed Learning

21 Open Source Health Care OSHCA Open Source Health Care Alliance www.oshca.org Since 2000 Consortium Governmental organization UK NHS Industry Academia: IMIA AMIA

22 Open Source Health Care Projects: Hospital management system InControl, VistA Electronic health record system Gnotary, OpenEHR TeleDiab Project Medal project

23 Open Source Education MIT OCW Open Course Ware http://www.mit.edu/ Announced in 2001 Open web lectures lecture notes, course outlines, reading lists, assignment Global Copyright 500 OCW by 2003

24 ADL Advanced Distributed Learning www.adlnet.org US DOD Since 1999 Open lecture sharing system Object oriented distributed system Sharable reusable content SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model) Consortium SCORM development phase c. f. Alliance of Remote Instructional Authoring and Distribution Network for Europe (ARIADNE) ariadne.unil.chariadne.unil.ch Open System for Education

25 Open Source Education SupercourseOCWADL Availability1997-2002-Not know TechnologyWeb-based OODS LicenseFree Not free Copyright Free copy Free distribution Copy, distribution with permission No copy No distribution Content Epidemiology Informatics Engineering, Architecture, etc. Most of distance education topics

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