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How to Grow Your Research with Social Media, Open Content and
Experiential Learning
Christine Geith, Ph.D. Assistant Provost & Executive Director,
MSUglobalMichigan State University
East Lansing, Michigan USA
University of Southern Queensland, Towoomba, Australia, 10 September 2013
About MSU
• US Land-Grant University• First institution of higher learning in the
United States to teach scientific agriculture• Top 100 World Ranking• Research - $477 million in 2012–13• 49,000 students (10,000 graduate)• 5,000 faculty/academic staff• 17 colleges
• Launched in 2000• MSUglobal is an academic unit in the Office of the Provost
reporting to the Graduate School
We co-create with academic units to: • increase off-campus revenue through business models and
products that use technology and innovative learning concepts
• enhance their research agenda through use of knowledge networks and other tools
• establish their reputation as the “go-to” place in their field
About MSUglobal.msu.edu
MSUglobal.msu.edu
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Multi-State Certification Consortium
American Citizen Planner
Michigan State
University of Nebraska
Iowa State
University of Minnesota
Knowledge Collaboration
http://myhorseuniversity.com/
My Horse University
Knowledge Sharing Platform
http://knowledgenetwork.alumni.msu
.edu/
Alumni Association Knowledge Network
Open Resources
Programs
Research
Product Suite Model
Knowledge Collections
Scholarship
Learning & Teaching
Impact on Challenges
Translational Scholar Model
Student Action
Research and Knowledge
Outputs
Industry-AlignedCapacity-Building PlatformOpen Content
Food Safety Knowledge Network
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• Goal is to help strengthen the food industry’s response to the complex food safety knowledge and training challenges that affect emerging markets by providing access to free learning resources.
Challenge
FSKNtraining.orgFoodsafetyknowledgenetwork.org
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(Name of Person/Project)
• The open resources on this site are curated by experts in the field. They are aligned to a set of core competencies so that users can identify the specific area the resource covers while trusting the quality of the content.
Products
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Products
Competency Event Language
• Presentations and downloadable open resources from training sessions given by experts in the field of food safety.
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Public/Private Collaboration• Michigan State University• Consumer Goods Forum Global Food Safety Initiative• Coca-Cola, Tetly
• United Nations International Development Organization
• World Bank
Network
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Network
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• Used in capacity building programs in India, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Brazil, Columbia, Russia, Ukraine, Egypt and the United States
• Capacity building for Tata Group, Wal-Mart, Metro Cash and Carry, Coca-Cola
Impact
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• USAID Partnership for Food Industry Development• United Nations Industrial Development Organization• World Trade Organization• World Bank• Corporations
Funding
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• Challenge– Reduce foodborne illness through improved industry competencies
• Knowledge– Industry capacity building in developing countries
• Products – Open Learning & Teaching Resources– 200 hours of open online training in 12 languages; proprietary online
assessment • Network
– industry, development agencies and governments in developing countries; networks of training partners
• Impact– 10 countries
• Funding– critical solution in $4M in grants during the past 5 years
FSKN Platform
Open Resources
Programs
Research
FSKN – OPEN CONTENT
Knowledge Collections
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Global Innoversity
• Innovation accelerator through which the world’s metropolitan regions get inspired and supported to develop, co-create and share innovations in food, agriculture and integrated resource systems.
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www.globalinnoversity.orgwww.metroagcourse.com
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Innovation Accelerator
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• How will food and related resource systems evolve to serve a 2050 global population over nine billion, 70 percent of whom will live in metro regions?
Challenge
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• A methodology for developing metropolitan agriculture in innovation clusters in metropolitan regions around the world.
Knowledge
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Network
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Knowledge Creation Platformhttp://metroagcourse.com
Products
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Global Innoversity Platform
• Challenge– Feeding metropolitan regions with less water and energy
• Knowledge– Innovation methodology from 35 projects in Transforum
• Products– MOOC, monthly webinars, convenings, case studies, open content
repository• Network
– Founding coalitions in 7 cities• Impact
– Emerging• Funding
– MSU & Metropolitan Agriculture Foundation
Open Resources
Programs
Research
Innoversity – SOCIAL MEDIA
Knowledge Collections
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Translational Scholars
• As part of a research team, graduate and undergraduate students not only conduct research but also serve in a translational role, creating open knowledge for stakeholders of the research.
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Publishable research such as a thesis or
contribution to a paper
A teaching case or
example, including
open data, print or video
Training or information
materials for their research
community or setting
Products
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• The teaching case and the community materials are designed to be peer reviewed and published as Open Educational Resources.
Products
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• The AgShare project, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, is working to scale up the AgShare Method of Translational Scholars by embedding the model in their participatory action research teams.
OERafrica.org/AgShare
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• AgShare Phase I was piloted during 2010-2012 at four African universities in three countries: • Makerere University, Uganda• Haramaya University, Ethiopia• Moi University, Kenya • United States International University, Kenya
• AgShare Phase II is embedding the AgShare Translational Scholar method into RUFORUM shared degree programs and research teams.
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• Students’ capacity to conduct meaningful, high quality independent research in the research component of the master’s degree
• More relevant and effective student learning in the coursework component of the master’s degree
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• The way in which academic university staff now conceptualize their role as teachers and researchers
• Farmers’ practices that lead to improved quality and productivity, and that position them to begin moving away from subsistence farming
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Translational Scholar Platform
• Challenge– Linking theory and practice in agriculture science
• Knowledge– Open technical and social methods
• Products– Translational Scholar methodology and OER tools
• Network– 30 university RUFORUM network
• Impact – Emerging
• Funding– $2M Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Scholarship
Learning & Teaching
Impact on Challenges
Translational – EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING
Student Action
Research and Knowledge
Outputs
Open Resources
Programs
Research
Center for Global Food System Innovation
Knowledge Collections
Scholarship
Learning & Teaching
Impact on Challenges
Student Action Research and Knowledge Outputs
NETWORKS OFNETWORKS
Strategic PartnershipsCommunity EngagementKnowledge Co-Creation
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Thank You!
Christine Geith, Ph.D.Assistant Provost & Executive Director, MSUglobal
Email: [email protected]
@christinegeith