Peer learning and open educational resources (OER) can be effective tools for learning, as discussed in the document. Peer learning works best in small group settings where students can engage with each other's ideas and provide feedback. While open online content enables sharing of resources across institutions, ensuring meaningful human interaction remains important for community building and hybrid online/in-person learning experiences. The document explores using tools like Zoom and open online courses to facilitate web-based peer learning and generation of communities of learners.

1. Peer Learning and OER
Larry Cooperman
Associate Dean for Open Education
University of California, Irvine

2. Is peer learning effective?
If yes, in what settings is it effective?
If no, why not?

3. Content
Why open content for peer learning? Is there an advantage?

4. Communications
https://zoom.us/meeting/683935751
What is the best tool for small-group communications
across the web?
Let’s look at the application now: http://chem.open.uci.edu

5. Community
Can we generate permanent communities of learners across
institutions and over the open web?

6. Context
In what social situations can we imagine web-based peer
learning and web-based open peer learning?
Can we hybridize the experience so that we maintain
substantial human interaction?