I am happy to announce that Peer 2 Peer University has appointed eight amazing open education innovators to its board of directors. “As a board member and long-time champion of P2PU, I’ve been delighted to see it grow from a base of passionate volunteers into a significant grassroots community of peer learners. P2PU uses social…
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The machine that runs P2PU – Update
We have been busy building “the machine” that runs P2PU. The roadmap for School of Webcraft that we posted a few weeks ago shows what we plan to achieve over the course of 2011, but there is a lot of plumbing and wiring that we are putting in place to support these plans, not just…
A new website for P2PU
You may have heard that P2PU has started building a new site for it’s community. Well, it’s true, but these are the early days and we wanted to give you an update on the overall timeline and roadmap. Building a new website for P2PU Since starting our peer learning adventures on 09/09/09, we’ve learned a…
Parla Italiano at P2PU this week – 20 August 2010
Last week’s newsletter was painful. I needed a break. We all did. So let us return to the simple things, to bread, tomatoes and cheap red wine, to black and white. To suspenders. And to Google Translate, which turns out to be the perfect complement to Adriano Celentano, one of my dad’s favorite singers (yes,…
Total Eclipse of the Week at P2PU – 13 August 2010
You wanted it. And you got it. Although it wasn’t an easy choice. At P2PU we know exactly what it means when you gotta be strong and you gotta be fast. But we went with something else, because we like white doves, black ninjas (why ninjas?) and are not afraid to show our vulnerability, because…
The week at P2PU – Typed on a left-handed Fender Stratocaster
We’ve proven that we can do smooth and we can do hip and hop – but this week we are taking it up a level. We are pulling out all — and I mean ALL — the stops. We literally burn our guitars on stage in golden underwear. Because P2PU is a wild thing! Wild…
Now, what you hear is not a test. It’s the real thing: the week with P2PU
24 – 30 July 2010 The week’s lyrical theme is admittedly a little harder, but us let us transport you back to the days when the neon dance floor was alight. And remember, the beat don’t stop till the break of dawn. I don’t mean to brag. I don’t mean to boast. But we like…
What’s goin’ on? (at P2PU)
This week at P2PU // 17 July – 23 July 2010 INTRO > Stian had the excellent idea that we needed community updates – an informal stream of consciousness on what’s going on at P2PU. The answer is usually “lots is going on” which is why there never seems enough time to report on all of it. So,…
P2PU Submission to Open Ed 2010 Barcelona
We just submitted the following proposal to the Open Ed 2010 conference (submission deadline is tomorrow). P2PU and OpenEd go way back, and the conference has a very special place in our heart. In 2008, we ran a workshop on P2PU (run by Joel, Stian and myself – and John Britton who came on board…
Will the real physics geeks please stand up!?!
Are you a future P2PU gang member who is interested in organizing an MIT OpenCourseWare Physics course for p2pu.org? Or do you have a friend who might be? Please get in touch (leave a comment below, or tweet @p2pu)! For it’s next round of courses P2PU is experimenting with “traditional” OpenCourseWare materials. Since we all flunked…