“We are convinced that to change the world we must first improve education. We firmly believe that education should be open and must be equal for all regardless of economic or social status of each.” – Trisfera, Panama City The totally awesome student group Trisfera of Panama is kicking off a cool mission today: “get…
One year is a long time. A lot has happened at P2PU over the 12 months. And while this time “between the years” is always a good opportunity to look back, I struggle to sit still and not look ahead to 2012 as well. Here are some 2011 take-aways going from the very high-level right…
The new year is fast approaching and with it the resolutions we make in hopes of becoming better versions of ourselves. We already know you’re hoping to shed a few pounds, spend more time with your family and simultaneously fill up your wallets – but we also know that learning never ends and that you’ve…
Spread the Word P2PU is hiring a Django Developer, all the details are below. Even if you’re not a developer, you can help. Tell all your friends we’re hiring by tweeting/sharing the following: “Get Paid to Write Open Source Code” @p2pu is hiring a Django Developer. bit.ly/w4hvbL — P2P University (@p2pu) December 12, 2011 Django…
Holidays are drawing near! And as an antidote to all the cheer (and maybe just to keep your brain going while the rest of the world seems to be losing theirs) we’re serving up a steaming platter of peer learning goodness, just for y’all: Writing HTML By Hand When you write code (instead of having…
How can an international, multi-lingual, time-zone spanning, generation-gapping volunteer learning community organize, unify, and continue to grow? Community member Dany Bautista of Bogota, Columbia might just have the answer. He has been busy at work developing an ambassador program for P2PU. Here’s Dany’s outline of what an ambassador program could look like: Profile of a…
This week we have some brilliant new courses and challenges on offer, which are guaranteed to feed your body as well as your mind. For you, for free. Because we really do care that much. CSET Science and Math Many countries and all states in the United States qualify their teachers by requiring that they…
Some of you may have been privy to a temporarily broken footer on the P2PU website caused by a “School of Open” that was prototyped and demo-ed at the Mozilla Festival earlier this month. As the person responsible for the broken footer, and running the School of Open design challenge at the Mozilla Festival, I…
By now, you should all have had the chance to check out the post-Berlin blog post summing up our amazing workshop. This week’s diverse and fascinating featured courses are a brilliant reminder of what makes P2PU such a special community – where anyone can learn just about anything. Y’all are amazing, and we wouldn’t be…
“I believe our biggest accomplishment [at the Berlin workshop] was the incorporation (at least in me) of a certain sense of urgency and excitement about the need to continuously improve the platform to ensure p2pu.org becomes a trusted, effective and awesome space for learners online.” – Niels Sprong, long-time P2PU contributor On November 8th amazing…