1 Aug 02:11
Re: FC Reaching Out To Development Communities?
From: Kevin Donovan <kdonovan11 <at> gmail.com>
Subject: Re: FC Reaching Out To Development Communities?
Newsgroups: gmane.org.freeculture.discuss
Date: 2008-08-01 00:11:10 GMT
Subject: Re: FC Reaching Out To Development Communities?
Newsgroups: gmane.org.freeculture.discuss
Date: 2008-08-01 00:11:10 GMT
Definitely. That would be a great help. Thanks.
On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Greg Grossmeier <greg.grossmeier <at> gmail.com> wrote:
Kevin (or anyone else),
If you are interested in learning more about Michigan's method I could
put you in contact with the right people.
Greg> www.blurringborders.com <http://www.blurringborders.com>
Kevin Donovan wrote:
> Greg, that's great to hear. I'd look at open.michigan but didn't realize
> the method in which you were doing it. I've already circulated my draft
> proposal, but think the ideas you guys are using are great.
>
> All, since this seems to be something supported fairly widely, let's get
> a session on it at the Conference. (btw, I notice that UAEM is having a
> conference at Berkeley the weekend after us:
> http://www.essentialmedicine.org/)
>
> Kevin
>
> --
> Kevin Donovan
> Georgetown '11: SFS
>
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Greg Grossmeier
> Discuss <at> freeculture.org <mailto:Discuss <at> freeculture.org>> <greg.grossmeier <at> gmail.com <mailto:greg.grossmeier <at> gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> Kevin Donovan wrote:
> > I'm working to bring OpenCourseWare to Georgetown (tips appreciated!)
> > and hopefully it will focus on the role of open educational
> resources to
> > help developing countries. I'd love to help out with any projects
> > regarding this dev+FC and imagine the folks at
> http://freedomforip.org/
> > would, as well.
>
> I would point you to what the University of Michigan is doing. And not
> only because I am a part of the group working on it.
>
> The difference between what Michigan is doing and what others like MIT
> are doing is that Michigan's is sustainable WITHOUT gobs of money.
>
> At MIT, they have a full time staff that the profs send their materials
> to, if the staff can't clear copyright on a image or something they send
> a request out to someone in India to make a replacement.
>
> What Michigan is doing (just started this past year) is to elicit the
> help of students. A student who is enrolled in the class will be the
> one vetting the material, asking the prof for citations, and even
> redrawing a flow diagram if need be. They will be "paid" in class
> credits or a nominal fee (for the Business school students mainly, who,
> at least at Michigan, won't do anything without a monetary reward... but
> I digress).
>
> For more information see: http://open.umich.edu and
> https://open.umich.edu/projects/oer.php in particular.
>
> Hope that helps.
>
> Greg
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