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

[Kevin Donovan]

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
>
> 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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