It’s been just over two weeks since I started working with P2PU in the School of Webcraft (SoW) and I wanted to share what I’m working on with all of you. I’m responsible for designing the challenges that make up the new Webmaking 101 course. What’s ultra great about this role is that I get…
P2PU today announces a pilot program for a School of Ed to bring the model of open, community-based peer learning to professional development for K-12 teachers. This pilot program will include seven free, online, open-licensed courses for teachers. The content focus of these courses is on using innovative methods to encourage deeper learning for students….
(Photo CC-BY-NC-SA rgourley) NOTE: We need your help, find ways to get involved at the end of this post. It’s been an exciting year for School of Webcraft. Starting with Mashing Up the Open Web the community has rallied to offer over twenty different courses ranging from Introduction to Ruby on Rails to HTML5. We…
As always, the new releases on p2pu.org are a joy to behold. A huge shout-out to Zuzel and the rest of the dev team who have worked so hard to make p2pu.org a better place to learn in. The latest features list will make it much easier for organisers and participants to upload and embed…
Last week, some of the P2PU dev volunteers and staff got together in Toronto for a day-long meetup to do some work on p2pu.org and Lernanta. Our intrepid lead developer Zuzel Vera blogged about the day here (she actually explains what got done, because she’s very smart). Thanks to the good folks at Mozilla who…
We’ve made some great changes to the latest release of our site. This version includes some great features for organisers and participants which will make running and participating in a course much easier to do. Mad respect to the dev team who have been working on these – you are all amazing. And if you’re…
Happy Friday, good people of P2PU. You may notice that this week’s featured courses have a seriously artistic bias! We’re delighted that so many people have come to our community wanting to use online education as a tool for exploring their creative side. Who knows, maybe we’ll be able to open the P2PU Gallery soon……
That’s right, good people. We’re currently hiring for two positions: UX Designer and Web Challenge Designer. See below for more details on each post, and if you think you’re the one to do either of them, send your resume and cover letter to jobs [at]p2pu[dot]org UX Designer Do you obsess over user experience? Do you…
Happy Friday, good people… In case any of you are contemplating a weekend with nothing to do, we thought we’d let you know about some of the fantastic new courses on www.p2pu.org, which are open, ready for sign-up and just waiting for you join and start learning with your peers. We think they’re pretty exciting……
Yup, you heard it here first! P2PU’s School of Social Innovation has been nominated for an OCW People’s Choice Award in the Best Student Participation category. We’re ridiculously proud and honoured to have been nominated, especially considering some of the other inspirational OCW projects that are on the list. Please take a moment to have…