Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU) First steps of a pretty young thing Open Courseware Consortium Meeting Monterrey Mexico, April 22 2009 J. Philipp Schmidt Joel Thierstein Licensed under CC-BY 3.0

Baby Steps 2007 / 2008: 5 people and an idea August 2008: “ Oh my, this is actually happening!”

2007 / 2008:

5 people and an idea

August 2008:

“ Oh my, this is actually happening!”

Making New Friends Ahrash Bissell Steve Carson Leslie Chan Christine Geith M.S. Vijay Kumar Gary W. Matkin Mark Surman (Jacob) Jaap Tuinman David Wiley

Ahrash Bissell

Steve Carson

Leslie Chan

Christine Geith

M.S. Vijay Kumar

Gary W. Matkin

Mark Surman

(Jacob) Jaap Tuinman

David Wiley

In trouble with the law Already? What if? What are the legal risks? Managing risk

Already?

What if?

What are the legal risks?

Managing risk

Moving in with the parents UCI “ Talk to my lawyer!” “ Talk to my parent's lawyers !” Institutional capacity Experience getting things started Connect / network

UCI

“ Talk to my lawyer!”

“ Talk to my parent's lawyers !”

Institutional capacity

Experience getting things started

Connect / network

Getting a job How much do you really need? It's volunteers, right? Pilot phase

How much do you really need?

It's volunteers, right?

Pilot phase

Spreading Our Wings Courses Community Technology Research

Courses

Community

Technology

Research

Coursework Behavioral Economics Digital Media in developing countries Creative non-fiction writing Neuroethics and Human Rights Nice numbers - Data visualization Strategic thinking and card games Music theory on a table-cloth

Behavioral Economics

Digital Media in developing countries

Creative non-fiction writing

Neuroethics and Human Rights

Nice numbers - Data visualization

Strategic thinking and card games

Music theory on a table-cloth

Fancy new technology Small pieces loosely joined. Our online personas are in many places Homepage / Blog(s) Photos / Videos Documents Journal articles Email Wikis

Small pieces loosely joined.

Our online personas are in many places

Homepage / Blog(s)

Photos / Videos

Documents

Journal articles

Email

Wikis

Online personas are distributed and shared ...

Online personas are distributed and shared ... ... and messy!

Fancy new technology Swiss army knife Bring everything together in one package LMS, CMS, Blog/Wiki/Content/Files Eduglue Loosely joining the small pieces Tagging and RSS feeds

Swiss army knife

Bring everything together in one package

LMS, CMS, Blog/Wiki/Content/Files

Eduglue

Loosely joining the small pieces

Tagging and RSS feeds

Eduglue example: portfolios

Tags Eduglue example: portfolios

Tags and Feeds Eduglue example: portfolios

Our Eduglue Outline engine Wordpress Multiuser WPMU Networking and profiles Buddy Press Social Networking The glue Diigo (open source) social bookmarking and annotation WP plug-ins to aggregate RSS feeds

Outline engine

Wordpress Multiuser WPMU

Networking and profiles

Buddy Press Social Networking

The glue

Diigo (open source) social bookmarking and annotation

WP plug-ins to aggregate RSS feeds

Research (opportunities) Assessment and recognition E-Portfolios Economics of OCW

Assessment and recognition

E-Portfolios

Economics of OCW

Time to roll up your sleeves Two questions: Does size matter? What are the core values of education?

Two questions:

Does size matter?

What are the core values of education?

Does size matter? Yahoo <---------------------> PhD Answers Question: What is the right unit/ length/ format for a P2PU “course”? 6 weeks ?

Yahoo <---------------------> PhD Answers

Question: What is the right unit/ length/ format for a P2PU “course”?

6 weeks ?

Values and Norms Neutral point of view vs Academic freedom Any topic, anyone? Quality review in a volunteer project? Question: How can we ensure that P2PU will not be abused to promote illegal / incorrect / indecent materials?

Neutral point of view vs Academic freedom

Any topic, anyone?

Quality review in a volunteer project?

Question: How can we ensure that P2PU will not be abused to promote illegal / incorrect / indecent materials?