User:Mlforward

=My Profile=

Professional Background

 * Executive Director, OpenCourseWare Consortium July 2009-present http://www.ocwconsortium.org
 * Dean of African Studies, SIT Study Abroad July 2000-June 2009 http://www.sit.edu/studyabroad/
 * Academic Director - Madagascar, SIT August 1994-January 2000

My Interests

 * Sharing  promoting OER development worldwide
 * Connecting  people and ideas around the globe
 * Creating  new ideas, remixes, reuse

Specific topical areas:

1. Renewable energy
 * especially household level solar for rural applications in developing countries

2. Migration and landscape
 * into, from, around Africa; environmental impacts of population shifts

3. Cross-cultural communications

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