This is a great moment to think carefully about the purpose of the university. Especially for those who are associated with it. But then, we (they?) have been told this before. And we might be tempted to wait and see if the recent developments in online learning are yet another storm in a water-glass,  which will [...]

[Crossposting here from the Learning Creative Learning course with 24,000 participants. One one hand, I am thrilled that we have such a large audience, and especially that they come from all over the world. On the other hand, having so many [...]

This is an invitation to help redraft/improve this Bill of Rights: 

https://docs.google.com/a/p2pu.org/document/d/11kl-ngaGYA7R3P-2-nfVjEYbA5fJ9Gv67J9Ggx3GAkk/edit

Anyone can comment on the document. If you want to edit, just request access through google docs and I’ll add you to the editors.

 Background:

In December I participated in a meeting with other MOOCsters (including friends like Audrey Watters, John Seely [...]

During the last weeks of 2012, we spent some time thinking about the year. To identify which projects we had most enjoyed working on, which activities we were best at, and also talk about things that didn’t go so well and need to improve. And we wanted to remind ourselves where we come from and where [...]

(I wasn’t sure about posting this on the P2PU blog or my personal one. The views and opinions are my own. They do not necessarily reflect the community’s thoughts. — Philipp)

I like data and evidence. My father is a civic engineer and I spent (too) much of my youth traipsing around building [...]

I am super excited to announce that P2PU is building a stronger relationship with the MIT Media Lab. We will spend the next year prototyping, tinkering, and experimenting with new ideas in the field of online learning.

The Backstory

Joi Ito, who has been a friend and mentor for many [...]

A lot of people took the day off yesterday and we are fully starting into our last week at the Berlin Summer office today. I’m blatantly re-using the School of Open sprint image, because it rocks, and the Sprint happens today.

Vanessa

Yesterday I had a lovely day to myself and finished the assessment plan. [...]

Vanessa

Yesterday I was in Sweden. Today I will be catching up badge maker challenge – because there has been a lot of activity. Meeting about assessment plan. Talking to someone about curriculum development about collaboration. Talking about Mechanical MOOC with Steve Carson. This afternoon following up on research.

Niels

Yesterday I finished [...]