[FC-discuss] FC Reaching Out To Development Communities?

[Greg Grossmeier]

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

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
> www.blurringborders.com <http://www.blurringborders.com>
> 
> On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 5:07 PM, Greg Grossmeier 
> <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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