MERLOT OERC (Open Education Resources for Cancer) Portal in Development - OERC India

MERLOT is partnering with physicians and nurses in the country of India to develop a portal for cancer resources.  The website, still in development, is online at http://oercindia.merlot.org/index.html

I and several of my colleagues representing OERC will participate in the Indian Cancer Congress 2013 from November 20-24. As of today,  2700 attendees who have signed up for the Congress. On November 20, I will provide a pre-conference 90 minute hands-on workshop on the MERLOT OERC India portal.  I will also participate in two of the nursing oncology pre-conference sessions.

I look forward to meeting representatives from the Ministry of Health, nursing faculty, and students during the stay in New Delhi.  

There will be have a table at the conference to share information about MERLOT, OERC, and INCTR (International Network for Cancer Training and Research).

If any of the readers for this blog are interested in MERLOT or cancer and open education resources or OERC India, please:

• Join MERLOT
• Search for learning resources
• Contribute new learning resources
• Create Personal Collections
• Make comments about learning resources

1st Indian Cancer Congress and MERLOT

I received confirmation last week that I am invited to attend the 1st Indian Cancer Congress (http://indiancancercongress2013.org/) to be held in New Delhi, India during November.  I will be representing MERLOT and conducting a workshop November 20th on MERLOT open education resources (OER) for cancer.  It is an exciting opportunity to network with oncology physicians and nurses from India.  I hope to have the opportunity to visit Indian schools of nursing and cancer treatment centers in addition to representing MERLOT at the Cancer Congress.  My ultimate goals for the trip are to assist oncology healthcare providers to:

• Use and contribute open education cancer learning resources specific to cancer care in India to MERLOT.
• Network using MERLOT. 
• Develop Personal Collections.
• Participate in the MERLOT peer review process.

I appreciate the many followers of my blog who are located in India.  I invite them to make suggestions regarding the visit this November.  

MERLOT Open Education Resources for Cancer - OERC

MERLOT (Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching) has a portal populated with open education resources specifically for cancer at http://oerc.merlot.org/.

Quoted from the website:

The OERC’s portal is open and free for everyone around the world to use to:

• Find free, open, and online educational and training resources.  We will be “recommending the best” and “linking to the rest” of materials that could meet your interdisciplinary needs.
• Contribute to the global digital library of cancer resources so everyone worldwide can have the best and latest information.
• Develop and lead the social networks needed to bring individuals out of isolation and into a supportive community.
• Participate in online community conversations with cancer researchers, physicians, healthcare professionals, and others working in cancer education to freely share experiences and expertise.

The portal is designed for all people interested in cancer types, treatment, care, and prevention.  MERLOT seeks new contributions and about the portal. Please feel free to email me with suggestions and comments.