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Reflections and Tips from Working in Information Services and Launching New Programs
Kathleen Ludewig OmolloMay 21, 2014 – xHub Addis
Slides at: http://tinyurl.com/kathleen-xhub-may2014 Except where otherwise noted, this work is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Copyright 2014 Kathleen Ludewig Omollo. Image CC BY NC SA Foomandoonian (flickr)
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PATH-Introductions-Presentation
- Highlights from being part of new programs
-“Unconference”- Tools and tips- Free resources and online
communities- Tracking Trends
Image CC:BY-NC-SA werkunz (Flickr)
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Office of Enabling Technologies
• Mission:• “The Office of Enabling Technologies aims to
strategically enhance learning experiences at individual, team, institutional, and international levels through novel uses of information services. By leveraging a diverse toolset of technologies, design and research principles, and interdisciplinary partnerships, we empower our community to lead in the rapidly changing healthcare environment. “
http://msis.med.umich.edu/et
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Enabling Tech - Lessons
• thinking about future, not just now• trends-monitoring• experimentation and creativity• physical space for collaboration• user-centered design
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Open.Michigan Initiative
• http://open.umich.edu/• Established 2008
• Two goals – culture of sharing knowledge– comprehensive, public, open collection of
scholarly activities
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Open.Michigan - Lessons
• Powerful small teams, w/ student engagement• building a brand• growing a community• developing tools• defining a strategy• open as way to build reputation & authority• widespread distribution (online, offline)• crowdsourcing
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African Health OER Network
• OER = Open Educational Resources• Two websites:
– http://oerafrica.org/healthoer – http://openmi.ch/healthoernetwork
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African Health OER Network - Lessons
• defining mission and services• coordinating remote and diverse community• multidirectional knowledge transfer
constraints can bring new approaches• embedding feedback channels• developing funding proposals• impact evaluation –
short-term, intermediate, and long term outcomes
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We Too• Part of half-time summer internship in 2009 with
Corporation for a Skilled Workfoce (http://www.csw.org/).
• Summary - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6igoLkpaF8U
Lessons:• Changing economy• Importance of social capital• building on existing programs
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General Reflections
• Seek peers who challenge you • Commitment and capacity to learn• Tension: Perfectionism and procrastination -
"Good is excellence in motion”• "Let yourself create those imperfect, yet
amazing ideas." (slideshare.net/denisejacobs)
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General Reflections
• Agile development - incremental development and collaboration with target audience
• Anticipate future, get higher level perspective
• "Don't forget to breathe. Don't forget to go home"
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Pause for Questions & Pause for Questions & DiscussionsDiscussions
Dkscully (flickr)
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Copyright 2014 Kathleen Ludewig Omollo. Except where otherwise noted, this work is available under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/.
Connect with Kathleen 13
umich.edu/~kludewig
http://slideshare.net/kludewig
@kathleena20
Linkedin.com/in/KathleenLudewigOmolloumich.academia.edu/KathleenLudewigOmollo/
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Learn more at open.umich.edu/share/license
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Group BrainstormingGroup Brainstorming
Tools - Productivity
• Tools and tips• Free resources and online communities• Tracking Trends
• (See PDF of whiteboard notes)
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Slides from this talk will be posted at http://tinyurl.com/kathleen-xhub-may2014.
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