Keynote at the 10th Annual OpenEd Conference, November 6-8, 2013, Park City, Utah. The Impact of Possible by Christine Geith.

1. THE IMPACT OF
POSSIBLE
#OPENED13 @CHRISTINEGEITH

2. “Every day, MSU scientists, scholars
and students go where the tough
problems exist and work to find
solutions to make life better in
Michigan and around the world.”

3. SPARTANS
WILL.
http://www.msu.edu/spartans-will/

4. NETWORKS
OF
NETWORKS
Strategic Partnerships
Community Engagement
Knowledge Co-Creation

6. “If you change the way you look
at things, the things you look at
change”
Wayne Dyer

7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9welg5vE9GY

8. FOOD SAFETY
CHALLENGE

9. FSKNtraining.org
Foodsafetyknowledgenetwork.org

10. Small Scale Farmer
• Meet standards of
domestic retail chains or
larger farmers
• Produce high quality
products
• Higher prices for their
product
• Trained by certified
government/NGO/
university employees
Progressive Young
Farmer
• Meet standards of
domestic retail chains
• Make connections
with potential buyers
• Higher prices for
products
Auditor
• Understand changes
in regulations
• A need to be certified
for their job
Quality Assurance
Manager
• Minimize risk of
compromising
product/company
reputation
• Streamline control
processes based on
best science available
• Minimize costs

11. CREATED IN
India, China, Vietnam, Thailand, Brazil,
Columbia, Russia, Ukraine, Egypt and the
United States
WITH
Consumer Goods Forum, Hewlett Foundation,
USAID, World Trade Organization, World
Bank, UNIDO,Tata Group, Wal-Mart, Metro
Cash and Carry, Coca-Cola
Designing Corporate Training in Developing Economies Using Open Educational Resources
Geith, Chris; Vignare, Karen; Bourquin, Leslie D.; Thiagarajan, Deepa
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, v14 n3 p3-12 Nov 2010 http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/EJ909878.pdf

12. http://wp.me/pJlTi-82

13. AGRICULTURE
CHALLENGE
CURRICULUM

15. FUNDED BY THE BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION

18. 6 Universities
Haramaya University, Ethiopia
Makerere University, Uganda
Mekelle University, Ethiopia
Moi University, Kenya
Sokoine University, Tanzania
United States International University, Kenya
4 Programs
MSc Plant Breeding/Crop Science
PhD Soil and Water Management
MSc Ag Info and Comm Management
Certificate in Agribusiness

19. http://www.oerafrica.org/agshare/
http://agsharetoolkit.com/
Journal of Asynchronous Learning Networks, Volume 17:2 - July 2013
A Special Issue on OER and Online For International Rural, and Hard-To-Reach Populations
Christine Geith and Karen Vignare, Editors
http://sloanconsortium.org/node/407776

20. FOOD SYSTEM
CHALLENGE

21. USAID HIGHER EDUCATION SOLUTIONS NETWORK
http://gcfsi.isp.msu.edu/

23. DETROIT FOOD
CHALLENGE

26. http://foodplusdetroit.org/

27. http://metroagcourse.com/

30. “What is OUR sacred story?”
Audrey Watters

33. CONNECTION
IMPACT

34. “We heal a system by connecting more
of it to itself.”
Paul Hawken

35. PROCEED
UNTIL
APPREHENDED
CHRISTINE GEITH, PH.D.
ASSISTANT PROVOST, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, MSUGLOBAL
KNOWLEDGE AND LEARNING INNOVATIONS
MSUGLOBAL.MSU.EDU