The P2PU community call is an ever growing, constantly evolving beast, and we’ve come a long way from what it used to be. This is thanks, mainly, to the brilliant volunteers, staff and guests who show up each week, no matter how late at night or early in the morning it is for them, and actively share…
The following post is by Rufus Pollock, Director and Co-Founder of the Open Knowledge Foundation, and Philip Schmidt, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Peer 2 Peer University. Today, we’re announcing plans for a School of Data. The School will be a joint venture between theOpen Knowledge Foundation and Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU). We also welcome other organizations…
We recently kicked off a mentoring program at P2PU to help people learn web development. We’re in the pilot stage, but we’re looking forward to opening up for everyone very soon. Here’s a first hand look into what the program is like from the view of one of my mentees. Vanessa Gennarelli is a P2PU…
The P2PU School of Ed is happy to announce a new round of free, open-licensed professional learning groups for educators that will start March 5. These courses are available for sign-up now: Student Grant Writing – A group for high school teachers and students interested in writing a grant to fund a local school project. Empower Your Personal Learning — Taking…
Half a year ago we teamed up with Anya Kamenetz to bring a social wrapper to her book, The Edupunk’s Guide to a DIY Credential. We created a study group on P2PU and amazing things happened. We realized we wanted this kind of support to be available to learners anytime, anywhere. We also wanted to…
That’s right! Our brilliant staffer Chloe Varelidi (aka Challenge Power Ranger) has hijacked our next community call, and turned it into a Challenge KickOff Party: We would like to cordially invite you to our community call of Feb 2nd at 11 ET for a “Challenge Kick Off Party “. Please BYOC > Bring Your Own Challenge, a.k.a….
We’re having to do some work under the hood of our servers on the weekend of the 27th and 28th of January. This work is essential to keep p2pu.org running smoothly, and we apologize in advance for any hassles this may cause you. The site will be unavailable between 3 pm and 6pm EST. And hey,…
Last week we told you about a new P2PU School of the Mathematical Future course that blurs the boundaries of university and open learning. Developing Mathematics: The Early Years (also known as ED218 at Acadia University) has 25 participants, 7 of which take the course for credit at Arcadia University. For many people, this is…
Those of you browsing the papers over your weekend coffee may have missed it, but P2PU got some really nice press coverage this week, and we’re insanely proud! This article in the Wall Street Journal takes examines the badges system of recognising learning that P2PU has been working on with our friends, collaborators and supporters…
Maria Droujkova, one of the most active members of the P2PU community and the founder of the P2PU School of Math Future just shared this exciting news with us: I am leading a MOOC (massive open online course) this Spring. The sign-up is open January 17-22 at P2PU School of Math Future: http://p2pu.org/en/groups/ed218-developing-mathematics-the-early-years/ The course…