2011 AHON Services List - Workshops

Adapted from http://open.umich.edu/sites/default/files/2011_12_14-health_oer_network_services_list.pdf

Depending on needed expertise or geography, the following services are offered by staff of Saide/OER Africa, University of Michigan, or other Network participants. These services may be provided as a complete package or customized according to interest and budgetary constraints. Inquiries regarding Network services and budget should be directed to healthoer@oerafrica.org

OER and copyright awareness workshops
OER awareness workshops introduce teaching and support staff to the underlying value proposition and principles of OER, as well as to the notion of open licenses such as Creative Commons. These workshops explore the conditions of various open licensing arrangements and considerations of how institutional and governmental policy environments affect use of OER and open licensing. Longer workshops will address the economic benefits of OER, both in terms of marketing institutions, programmes, and individuals and in cost-effectiveness of materials production, and arguments in support of and against use of OER.


 * Typical Duration: 0.5 – 2 Days
 * Intended Audience: Administrators, teaching staff, librarians, instructional

designers, graphic designers and artists, technology support staff

Policy review workshops
Policy review workshops introduce participants to the policy environment needed for effective use of OER, addressing relevant policies at the faculty, institutional, national, or association level. Policy review is integral to advocacy for OER, by allowing institutions to appreciate which of their policies, (e.g., remuneration, promotion, intellectual property, quality assurance, etc.), serve to hinder or support the use of OER. Ideally, we will conduct a review of existing policies prior to the workshop, so that the workshop can focus concretely on the current policy environment within which participants operate.


 * Typical Duration: 1 - 2 Days
 * Intended Audience: Administrators, teaching staff, librarians, technology support staff

OER production and technical support workshops
OER technical support workshops focus on teaching and learning materials development, helping teaching staff to acquire new pedagogical and information literacy skills in order to find, use, create, adapt, and share educational content under open licenses. The workshops also address how to review existing content in order to ensure that all necessary copyrights and privacy rights are cleared before content is released under an open license. Depending on duration, this workshop may also explore distribution methods (e.g. online, offline, mobile) for sharing OER on campus and worldwide and examine analytics and other systematic methods to track usage of OER.


 * Typical Duration: 1 – 5 Days
 * Intended Audience: Teaching staff, librarians, instructional designers, graphic designers and artists, technology support staff

Curriculum review and development workshop
During the curriculum review and development workshop, individuals committed to authoring or advising learning materials will gather to identify specific topics for OER modules. Participants will form project teams and begin to develop the overall purpose, learning outcomes, and structure for each module. Depending on length, this workshop will also cover the basic steps involved in OER materials production, with particular emphasis on the quality review and assessment/monitoring phases.


 * Typical Duration: 1 – 2 Days
 * Intended Audience: Administrators, teaching staff, instructional designers