Final Report of a Novel and Successful Online Public Health Capacity Building Experiment – Peoples-uni

Richard Frederick Heller; Alan Barrett; Omo Oaiya; Jane Heller; Rajan Madhok

doi:10.55982/openpraxis.14.1.150

Final Report of a Novel and Successful Online Public Health Capacity Building Experiment – Peoples-uni

Open Praxis

Volume 14 (2022): Issue 1

By: Richard Frederick Heller , Alan Barrett, Omo Oaiya , Jane Heller and Rajan Madhok

Open Access

|Nov 2022

Abstract

The People’s Open Access Education Initiative (Peoples-uni) was established as an educational charity to help reduce inequalities in access to the higher education required to build Public Health capacity through workforce development for health professionals in low- to middle-income countries (LMICs). Online learning, using open source software, Open Educational Resources and an international cadre of volunteer tutors, underpinned a low cost programme which produced a number of successful outcomes including university validated master’s level awards, continuing professional development, positive feedback from students, and the application by alumni of skills learned. Peoples-uni closed in 2021, its programme taken over by another organisation, and this paper builds on previous reports to summarise the experience and draw lessons for others who may wish to contribute in a similar way.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.55982/openpraxis.14.1.150 | Journal eISSN: 2304-070X

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Language: English

Page range: 83 - 92

Submitted on: Sep 16, 2021

Accepted on: Jan 17, 2022

Published on: Nov 25, 2022

Published by: International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)

In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services

Keywords:

Online capacity building,

public health,

low- to middle-income countries,

online learning,

international education,

open educational resources,

Open Online Courses

© 2022 Richard Frederick Heller, Alan Barrett, Omo Oaiya, Jane Heller, Rajan Madhok, published by International Council for Open and Distance Education (ICDE)
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.

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