Current Events

'''Open.Michigan hosts workshops, training sessions, open workshops and also participates in a lot of community activities, all with the goals of fostering a more open culture and teaching others about the benefits of open licenses. Below are our most recent activities. For a (mostly) comprehensive list of our presentations and activities please visit our 'Presentation, poster, and diagram downloads'page.'''

Winter 2011 -- Catalyst Series
This series aims to partner with local activities and organizations to promote the growth and development of open projects at the University of Michigan and in the Ann Arbor community. Open.Michigan will provide space, publicity, food and expertise to each event. Groups may apply to partner with Open.Michigan through the Catalyst series if they have an idea or project they want to see come to fruition and be openly licensed. You can read our blog post for more information.

Description The Open.Michigan initiative facilitates opportunities to exchange knowledge, innovate and connect with likeminded people through projects and ideas that are shared across the world. Are you working on a project you would like to share with others? Could you use some extra hands or expertise to make your ideas become reality? Are you interested in brainstorming your ideas with others?

For the winter 2011 term, Open.Michigan is hosting our Catalyst series. Once a month we will host a student or community group that needs some extra space, expertise or people power to bring an idea to fruition. Basically, you provide the idea and we provide the logistics. We will provide you with the space, food and publicity you need to help you complete your ideas or projects. We’ll invite members of the community to come out and help you complete these ideas, allowing you to promote your group, your idea or get your work published quickly and easily. Our only requirement is that you make your project open. By applying an open license to your work others may share and adapt your ideas to create new ones. We will either host your work on our website or link to it, promoting it and archiving for future use. If you’re interested in working with Open.Michigan, please fill out the online form. If you have questions, please feel free to contact me at: epuckett[at]umich.edu.

Photos All photos of our events, including whiteboard notes and remarks can be found on our flickr site: Open.Michigan

Develop a Participant Tracking System
University of Michigan, North Quad room 1255

Thursday, March 24 6-8 pm

Community organizations often host events that bring people together in a safe, productive environment. But these organizations need a way to track their participants and to ensure they’re providing the best possible experience to their community.

Join the Community Information Corps and Open.Michigan as we brainstorm how to develop a participant tracking system based on the needs of two area organizations: the Neutral Zone and the Ruth Ellis Center. During this event, participants will


 * Identify opportunities for how this system can be developed and begin the design process.
 * Brainstorm and design prototypes for the system.
 * Pitch your design to representatives from the Neutral Zone and the Ruth Ellis Center!

Learn More: http://cic.si.umich.edu/ | http://www.neutral-zone.org/ | [http://www.ruthelliscenter.org/

Learn Arduino!
All Hands Active, 525 E. Liberty St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Saturday, March 26 10 am-1 pm

Learn Arduino! Open.Michigan, All Hands Active, Ingenuitas and MLibrary’s Copyright Office are teaming up to provide students and community members a free hands-on introduction to the open hardware phenomenon Ardunio. This tool has been growing in popularity over the years. It’s a cheap, easy to learn tool you can use to make your own smart interactive devices. Want to check it out?

What to Expect

10 am: Learn about the folks behind the Open.Michigan initiative, All Hands Active (AHA), Ingenuitas and the MLibrary Copyright Office and why we care about open activities.

11 am: Introduction to Arduino and then get hands-on experience with Arduino kits donated by AHA and Ingenuitas. Be prepared to learn together and share kits.

 

Learn More: http://www.allhandsactive.com/ | http://ingenuitas.com/ | http://www.lib.umich.edu/copyright

January 2011: 'Textbook' of the Future Design Jams
Held on January 13 and January 20 2011.

What would a medical digital ‘textbook’ of the future look like? What kinds of information would it have? How would you interact with it? When would you use it?

The Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the University of Michigan Medical School would like to create the medical "textbook" of the future. Flex your design and innovation skills. Join the Open.Michigan and the Medical School's Learning Resources Center Multimedia Development teams and bring your perspective, skills, expertise and interests to shaping this project as we address the educational opportunities of the 21st century. We will host two design jams with the goal of transforming this idea into a reality.

Fall 2010 -- Open.Michigan Event Series
We hosted several events in the fall term including unconferences, workshops and design jams.


 * Our OER Workshop materials can be found at: Create OER Workshop
 * Our Health OER Network Design Jams can be found at: Health OER Network Design Jam November 2010
 * Our Open Education Coordinator's Ignite 4 Presentation can be found on Youtube