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Bringing College Credit to Libraries with Peer-Led Learning Circles
This press release was originally posted by College Unbound: New College Pathways Provide Credentials Towards A Degree For Adult Learners Walmart awarded a grant to College Unbound (CU) to provide adult learners with the short- and long-term skills needed for the future of work and economic mobility. CU will partner with Peer 2 Peer University…
P2PU Newsletter – Nov 2020
Want to receive this monthly newsletter in your inbox? Sign up here! 🌞 Looking back, looking ahead! This Wednesday, we’re hosting a Community Board Meeting and you’re invited! In this public call, we’ll recap what happened in 2020 and introduce P2PU’s strategic objectives for 2021: Champion the learning circle model Cultivate the best free learning materials on the web…
So long P2PU!
Let’s get the big news out of the way: my work with P2PU is wrapping up. I have spent the past three and a half years with P2PU developing learning circle programs with hundreds of public librarians and educators around the world. What a journey it has been! It has truly been one of the…
P2PU Newsletter – Oct 2020
Want to receive this monthly newsletter in your inbox? Sign up here! 🌞 Planning for 2021 As many communities face changing job markets, unreliable access to basic needs, and tumultuous political climates, free high-quality education is more important than ever. 2020 asked for improvisation and creativity from those running accessible public programming—efforts that have empowered…
P2PU Digest – September 2020
Want to receive this monthly newsletter in your inbox? Sign up here! 🌞 Courses, of course! Learning circles are a valuable way to connect people with similar needs or interests around a topic, typically guided by a free online course. Sometimes the perfect course inspires a learning circle. Other times, the need is clear but…
Celebrating three years of community-based online learning with IMLS
2016 was a formative year for P2PU. We wrapped up our learning circle pilot with Chicago Public Library (CPL), marking a conscious move away from building online courses and towards a new in-person peer-powered education model. By the fall, we had completed about 40 successful learning circles, created a community of 20 CPL library professionals,…
Updating how we keep in touch!
Building a strong community of practice lies at the heart of P2PU. In order to collaborate effectively and reliably with our community, we are announcing a new monthly virtual event schedule and big changes to our newsletter. Monthly Public Calls Starting in July, we’re hosting 3 virtual meetings open to all: Community Call (1st Wednesday):…
Meet Becky!
Hi hello, nice to meet you! 👋 I’m Becky, and I joined P2PU in April as the Production Lead. I’m here to explore how we learn from people’s experiences in learning circles and uses that knowledge to support our community, improve our tools, and share our work with the world. Admittedly, a global pandemic is a…
Facilitating my first virtual learning circle
I was scheduled to lead a 1.5 day learning circle training workshop for Portuguese librarians in March as part of our three-year project with the European Union. When this trip was canceled due to the pandemic, I had to consider how to approach this workshop in a virtual environment instead. I had some hesitations: while…