Definitely. That would be a great help. Thanks. On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 7:06 PM, Greg Grossmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>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 > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Discuss mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss >
_______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
