Part 3: Anaerobic infections
Part 3 of 3-part lecture series about infections with Gram-negative obligate anaerobes more
Part 2: Anaerobic infections
Part 2 of 3-part lecture series about infections with Gram-negative obligate anaerobes more
Part 1: Anaerobic infections
Part 1 of 3-part lecture series about infections with Gram-negative obligate anaerobes more
Fastidious Gram-negative bacteria
A single lecture about bacterial vaginosis, HACEK infections, and legionella. more
Reflections on the past two and a half years of a collaborative African health OER project
In early 2011, the OpenCourseware Consortium (OCWC) invited University of Michigan and OER Africa to do a guest blog post [1]about their reflections of participating in a collaborative health OER project. [1] http://www.ocwconsortium.org/en/community/blog/2011/04/29/reflections-on-the-past-two-and-a-half-years-of-a-collaborative-african-health-oer-project/ more
Recommended Practices for Packaging and Distributing OER
OER may be distributed in a variety of formats, including electronically online, removable media (e.g. CD/DVD, or USB), and/or paper hard copies. In order to maximize its reach and visibility, OER is often distributed online which introduces new considerations such as managing file size and selecting appropriate descriptive data (commonly referred to as metadata). File size is an especially... more
Growing an Institutional Health OER Initiative: A Case Study of the University of Ghana
This case study is the result of semi-structured interviews with teaching faculty, other staff and students involved in health OER activities at UG. The interviewees (listed at the end of this study), gave their consent for the author to use their names and direct quotations, and their words are included here verbatim. This case study explores CHS’s experience with OER, highlighting... more
Fostering Cross-institutional Collaboration for Open Educational Resources Production
Although there are over a quarter of a million open courses published by an increasing number of universities, it remains unclear whether Open Education Resources (OER) is scalable and productively sustainable. The challenge is compounded when OER is examined in the light of its potential to allow both educators and learners in developing countries to contribute geographically bound learning... more
