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4 TRENDS IN OPEN
Christine Geith, Ph.D. Michigan State University
Asst. Provost & Executive Director MSUglobal @CHRISTINEGEITH
Greetings from Singapore!
“Every day, MSU scientists, scholars and students go where the tough problems exist and work to find solutions to make life better in
Michigan and around the world.”
WE SHARE A MISSION
http://www.msu.edu/spartans-will/
#1 OPEN KNOWLEDGE
FSKNtraining.org Foodsafetyknowledgenetwork.org
Small Scale Farmer
• Meet standards of domestic retail chains or larger farmers
• Produce high quality products
• Higher prices for their product
• Trained by certified government/NGO/ university employees
Progressive Young Farmer
• Meet standards of domestic retail chains
• Make connections with potential buyers
• Higher prices for products
Auditor
• Understand changes in regulations
• A need to be certified for their job
Quality Assurance Manager
• Minimize risk of compromising product/company reputation
• Streamline control processes based on best science available
• Minimize costs
CREATED IN India, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Brazil,
Columbia, Russia, Ukraine, Egypt and the United States
WITH Consumer Goods Forum, Hewlett Foundation,
USAID, World Trade Organization, World Bank, UNIDO,Tata Group, Wal-Mart, Metro
Cash and Carry, Coca-Cola
Designing Corporate Training in Developing Economies Using Open Educational Resources Geith, Chris; Vignare, Karen; Bourquin, Leslie D.; Thiagarajan, Deepa Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, v14 n3 p3-12 Nov 2010
http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ909878.pdf
#2 OPEN
CURRICULUM
FUNDED BY THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION
6 Universities
Haramaya University, Ethiopia Makerere University, Uganda Mekelle University, Ethiopia Moi University, Kenya
Sokoine University, Tanzania United States International University, Kenya
4 Programs
MSc Plant Breeding/Crop Science PhD Soil and Water Management
MSc Ag Info and Comm Management Certificate in Agribusiness
http://www.oerafrica.org/agshare/
http://agsharetoolkit.com/
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, Volume 17:2 - July 2013 A Special Issue on OER and Online For International Rural, and Hard-To-Reach
Populations Christine Geith and Karen Vignare, Editors http://sloanconsortium.org/node/407776
“Knowing is an act of participation.”
Etienne Wenger
IWMI STUDY CONCLUSIONS
• Develop uptake strategies
• Partner for impact
• Capacity build
• Use participatory approaches
• Communicate inside and out
• Adapt to local environment
• Build your reputation
• Capture lessons learned
#3 STUDENT
TRANSLATIONAL
SCHOLARS
http://wp.me/pJlTi-8a
#4 MASSIVE
OPEN ONLINE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnGPohV3eZI
“Nothing will stop the incessant march” – mooc mooc
http://www.moocmooc.com/
http://metroagcourse.com/weekly-sessions/week-1-2
TRENDS IN OPEN
#1 Open Knowledge #2 Open Curriculum
#3 Translational Scholars #4 Massive Open Online…
“We heal a system by connecting more of it to itself.” Paul Hawken
NETWORKS
OF
NETWORKS
Strategic Partnerships
Community Engagement
Knowledge Co-Creation
PROCEED
UNTIL
APPREHENDED CHRISTINE GEITH, PH.D.
ASSISTANT PROVOST, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MSUGLOBAL KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING INNOVATIONS
MSUGLOBAL.MSU.EDU