Transcript EBCT - Technology Assessment & Research Proposal

Supercourse:
Open Source Model and
Crossing Digital Divide
EunRyoung Sa,
Akira Sekikawa, Ron LaPorte
Department of Epidemiology
Graduate School of Public Health
University of Pittsburgh
Supercourse?
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Overview
Open Source model
In health care
 In education
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Digital Divide
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Supercourse effort
Development &
utilization
Future plans
Overview
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Supercourse
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Online teaching assistant system
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Online library of lectures
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Epidemiology, Informatics, Global Health
Mission
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To improve global health through better
training in prevention
Overview
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Objectives
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To improve Epidemiology training
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To provide high quality lectures
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To make them available to any
faculty and institute worldwide
Overview
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Developers
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Global Health Network Supercourse working group
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University of Pittsburgh
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Department of Epidemiology
WHO Collaborating Center
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Center for Disease Monitoring
and Telecommunication
Overview
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Funding sources
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NASA
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1997-1999
National Library of Medicine
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2000-2004
Overview
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Global Health Network
(GHNet)
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Major roles:
Providing lectures
 Using lectures
 Reviewing lectures
 Distributing lectures (CDs)
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4500 members
From Japan: 83
 3500 universities
 130 countries
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Chairp
erson
2%
Overview
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Supercourse
faculty
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Develo
ping
30%
Full professors
Epidemiologist
From developed
countries
Develo
ped
70%
Full
Prof.
Inform 62%
ation
Technol
ogy&
Teleco
m.
Epidemi
ology&
Health
90%
Assist.
Prof.
19%
Assoc
Prof.
17%
Overview
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Supercourse Faculty’s major areas:
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Cancer
Environmental/Occupational health
Infectious disease
AIDS/HIV
Diabetes
Medical/Health informatics and
technology
Overview
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Lecture design:
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Icon-driven learning
model
Online review system
Format
Title
Review
Objectives
References
Author’s
Biography
Lecture Part
How many lectures?
Overview
Supercourse
content:
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Informat
ics
Biostat.
12%
3%
Public
Health
23%
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Epidemi
ology
33%
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Special
Disease
29%
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Epidemiology
lectures (62%)
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Introductory
Special Diseases
Public Health
lectures (23%)
Informatics lectures
(12%)
Biostatistics lectures
(3%)
Global Health Lectures
Distance learning vs. Supercourse
Distance Learning
For whom Students:
Working, living remote
Professors:
Teaching medicine, public
health
For what
Degree
Designed for Learning
Lecture
Teaching
Provides
Courses for student
Bandwidth High-bandwidth: 10mb
Accessibility Domestic
Lectures for faculty
Low-bandwidth: 56k
Global
Cost
Development cost:
Development cost: Zero
expensive
Tuition: Free lectures
Tuition: USD 10,000~20,000
Open Source Model
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Supercourse lectures:
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Open Source lectures
Free
 Global collaboration
 High quality
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Copyleft:
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No copyright
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Free copy, modification, redistribution
Open Source Model
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Background
New model for software
development
 Originated from computer
hacking culture
 Success of Linux
 New market for software
industry
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Open vs. Closed
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Success factors:
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Open collaboration
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Efficient development
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Stable software
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Time & cost
High quality
Flexible development
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Customizable
Open Source Model
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Benefits:
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Convenience of collaboration
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International
Active virtual community
 No legal or organizational
barriers
 For developing countries:
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Cost
 Autonomy
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Open Source Movement
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Software industry:
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e.g. Linux, Apache
Other areas:
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Biomedical science & publishing
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Health care system
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e.g.Human Genome project, PrePrint Server
e.g.OSHCA
Education
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e.g. Open Course Ware, Supercourse
c.f. Advanced Distributed Learning
Open Source Health Care
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OSHCA
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Open Source Health Care Alliance
www.oshca.org
 Since 2000
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Consortium
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Governmental organization
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UK NHS
Industry
 Academia:
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IMIA
AMIA
Open Source Health Care
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Projects:
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Hospital management system
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InControl, VistA
Electronic health record
system
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Gnotary, OpenEHR
TeleDiab Project
 Medal project
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Open Source Education
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MIT OCW
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Open Course Ware
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http://www.mit.edu/
Announced in 2001
Open web lectures
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lecture notes,
course outlines,
reading lists,
assignment
Global
Copyright
500 OCW by 2003
Open System for Education
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ADL
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Advanced Distributed Learning
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US DOD
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www.adlnet.org
Since 1999
Open lecture sharing system
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Object oriented distributed system
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Sharable reusable content
SCORM (Sharable Content Object Reference Model)
Consortium
SCORM development phase
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c.f. Alliance of Remote Instructional
Authoring and Distribution Network for
Europe (ARIADNE) ariadne.unil.ch
Open Source Education
Supercourse
OCW
ADL
Availability
Technology
License
Copyright
1997Web-based
Free
2002Web-based
Free
Not know
OODS
Not free
Free copy
Free distribution
Copy, distribution
with permission
Content
Epidemiology
Informatics
Engineering,
Architecture, etc.
No copy
No distribution
Most of distance
education topics