Comments on: Course Packet: Open in case of Pandemic Flu Emergency http://www.nilspeterson.com/2007/04/19/course-packet-open-in-case-of-pandemic-flu-emergency/ Exploring learning & technologies from outside the university's walls Tue, 16 Feb 2010 21:17:00 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Pandemic flu, school closing and community learning « Community-based learning http://www.nilspeterson.com/2007/04/19/course-packet-open-in-case-of-pandemic-flu-emergency/comment-page-1/#comment-31090 Pandemic flu, school closing and community learning « Community-based learning Thu, 30 Apr 2009 04:08:51 +0000 http://www.nilspeterson.com/2007/04/19/course-packet-open-in-case-of-pandemic-flu-emergency/#comment-31090 [...] more like my course packet for a pandemic is needed. And a strategy that uses multiple and dispersed online resources is needed to avoid [...] [...] more like my course packet for a pandemic is needed. And a strategy that uses multiple and dispersed online resources is needed to avoid [...]

]]> By: One small step for man » Blog Archive » SLOOH: A possible way to teach Astronomy http://www.nilspeterson.com/2007/04/19/course-packet-open-in-case-of-pandemic-flu-emergency/comment-page-1/#comment-2931 One small step for man » Blog Archive » SLOOH: A possible way to teach Astronomy Tue, 10 Jul 2007 18:08:07 +0000 http://www.nilspeterson.com/2007/04/19/course-packet-open-in-case-of-pandemic-flu-emergency/#comment-2931 [...] of the problems that I ran into in my recommendations for a web 2.0 solution to continuing the university during a flu pandemic was courses that require special tools. I tried to think about music performance class, but [...] [...] of the problems that I ran into in my recommendations for a web 2.0 solution to continuing the university during a flu pandemic was courses that require special tools. I tried to think about music performance class, but [...]

]]> By: One small step for man » Blog Archive » Open Source Assessment http://www.nilspeterson.com/2007/04/19/course-packet-open-in-case-of-pandemic-flu-emergency/comment-page-1/#comment-1677 One small step for man » Blog Archive » Open Source Assessment Fri, 08 Jun 2007 16:50:34 +0000 http://www.nilspeterson.com/2007/04/19/course-packet-open-in-case-of-pandemic-flu-emergency/#comment-1677 [...] This ties into two threads of conversation I’m having with Theron. The first is how the university could use Web 2.0 ideas to respond to a Governor’s order to close during a flu pandemic, I wrote an emergency packet for this event. (Theron noted that the skills in my packet the skills we’d want students to have when they leave the university, so we jokingly re-purposed the packet “Open in case of graduation…”) [...] [...] This ties into two threads of conversation I’m having with Theron. The first is how the university could use Web 2.0 ideas to respond to a Governor’s order to close during a flu pandemic, I wrote an emergency packet for this event. (Theron noted that the skills in my packet the skills we’d want students to have when they leave the university, so we jokingly re-purposed the packet “Open in case of graduation…”) [...]

]]> By: Mark D. Drapeau, Ph.D. http://www.nilspeterson.com/2007/04/19/course-packet-open-in-case-of-pandemic-flu-emergency/comment-page-1/#comment-1569 Mark D. Drapeau, Ph.D. Thu, 31 May 2007 17:53:41 +0000 http://www.nilspeterson.com/2007/04/19/course-packet-open-in-case-of-pandemic-flu-emergency/#comment-1569 While the medical response to pandemic flu will be important to controlling its spread and limiting its toll, there are considerable non-medical issues related to flu preparedness that are essential for ensuring the continued well-being of the nation's economy. Planning for Continuity of Operations (COOP) and Continuity of Government (COG) is critical to maintaining the overall viability of society. Thus, while we rightly prepare for the flu, we must be equally prepared to function during the flu. The Center for Technology and National Security Policy of the DOD's National Defense University has prepared a number of freely-available items which can help civilians be prepared both before and during the flu. "Bird Flu and You" is a poster available in 9 languages with basic information about influenza preparedness. "Weathering the Storm" is a report with information about planning for COOP, including instructions for carrying out "tabletop excercises" with a COOP plan. Electronic copies of the poster are available at http://www.ndu.edu/ctnsp/Bird_flu.htm. Electronic copies of the report are available at http://www.ndu.edu/ctnsp/Def_Tech/DTP%2038%20Weathering%20The%20Storm.pdf, and to request hard copies of the report, contact the Life Sciences group at lifesciences@ndu.edu. Robert E. Armstrong, Ph.D. & Mark D. Drapeau, Ph.D. Center for Technology and National Security Policy National Defense University Washington, DC This is the view of the authors and does not represent the official view of National Defense University, the U.S. Dept. of Defense, or the U.S government. While the medical response to pandemic flu will be important to controlling its spread and limiting its toll, there are considerable non-medical issues related to flu preparedness that are essential for ensuring the continued well-being of the nation’s economy. Planning for Continuity of Operations (COOP) and Continuity of Government (COG) is critical to maintaining the overall viability of society. Thus, while we rightly prepare for the flu, we must be equally prepared to function during the flu.

The Center for Technology and National Security Policy of the DOD’s National Defense University has prepared a number of freely-available items which can help civilians be prepared both before and during the flu. “Bird Flu and You” is a poster available in 9 languages with basic information about influenza preparedness. “Weathering the Storm” is a report with information about planning for COOP, including instructions for carrying out “tabletop excercises” with a COOP plan.

Electronic copies of the poster are available at http://www.ndu.edu/ctnsp/Bird_flu.htm. Electronic copies of the report are available at http://www.ndu.edu/ctnsp/Def_Tech/DTP%2038%20Weathering%20The%20Storm.pdf, and to request hard copies of the
report, contact the Life Sciences group at lifesciences@ndu.edu.

Robert E. Armstrong, Ph.D.
&
Mark D. Drapeau, Ph.D.

Center for Technology and National Security Policy
National Defense University
Washington, DC

This is the view of the authors and does not represent the official view of National Defense University, the U.S. Dept. of Defense, or the U.S government.

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