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SUMMARY;LANGUAGE=en-gb:Using open education to strengthen global eye care: Strategic action and international collaboration (Poster) [1083]
DESCRIPTION:Track: Strategic and reputational advantages of openness\nPurpose\n\nMany low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) urgently need more trained healthcare staff to deliver eye care services. There are 285m visually impaired people globally\, 90% live in LMICs.\n\nTo address this issue\, our programme aims to:\n\nScale up the impact of a successful face-to-face course in public health eye care using Open Education (OpenEd) approaches and create content relevant at a local level.\nBuild sustainability and capacity by promoting OpenEd amongst eye care educators internationally\n\nMethods \n\nWe created a short\, openly licensed\, online course:\n\nContent applicable across multiple cultures and settings.\nHypothetical case study for application of learning\nLocal course mentors who support discussion and share experience\nBite-size resources published in multiple formats for access needs and learning preferences\nDelivered pilot on institutional Moodle with eye care workers from Kenya\, Botswana and Ghana\nGlobal delivery twice on Futurelearn\n\nData collected on participant demographics\, engagement and attitudes to OpenEd through pre- and post-course surveys\, analytics and qualitative interviews.\n\nFindings\n\n3\,001 participants have actively engaged with the course\nFirst online course for 84% of respondents in pilot and 64% on Futurelearn (1st run)\nSatisfaction: 98% of pilot respondents thought it was a good learning experience. 96% thought course was good or excellent on Futurelearn.\n\nQualitative findings:\n\nInternet access remains challenging\nApplication of learning: clinical practice and educational re-use\n\nNext steps\n\nFacilitate four African educational institutions to adapt the course for their contexts and training curriculi. We will support development of an international community of interest in OpenEd eye care.\nhttp://oer16.oerconf.org/sessions/using-open-education-to-strengthen-global-eye-care-strategic-action-and-international-collaboration-poster-1083/
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URL:http://oer16.oerconf.org/sessions/using-open-education-to-strengthen-global-eye-care-strategic-action-and-international-collaboration-poster-1083/
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