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News and Updates from P2PU

  • Latest News from P2PU…

    Welcome to this month’s roundup of everything that has happened in the P2PUniverse. We’ve stripped down our newsletter so that we can cram more info in for you. We hope you like it…

  • Building a toolkit for open educators

    At the start of this year we sketched out a rough tech roadmap. Now is a good time to report on some of the work we’ve done since then, and our plans for the rest of the year....

  • Data MOOC: Results, Findings and Recommendations

    From mid-April to mid-May, we collaborated with our friends at the Open Knowledge Foundation to launch the “Data Explorer Mission” using the Mechanical MOOC platform. The Mechanical MOOC was built to form more intimate small learning groups around open educational resources.

  • Introducing Marvin

    At the start of the year we spent some time on behind the scenes work. We had a long overdue software upgrade that we needed to perform on our main server. At the same time we took the opportunity to improve how we maintain the systems to run the tools we use for P2PU.
 

Community

We are people from all over the world, who are passionate about learning and education. Anyone is invited to join!

Join us!

Check out our community discussion and chime in with your ideas. Design a brand new course and ask for feedback. Create a research study about learning online. Or come up with a completely new idea for P2PU.

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Courses

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Check out our great courses

P2PU courses are different. They bring together learners who work as peers. Who take ownership of their own learning. And who help others learn. Our community has run hundreds of courses. Find something you want to learn. Or create a new course.

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  • P2PU Badge Maker

    A step by step guide on how to make a badge to associate to a P2PU challenge.

    Learn

  • How do I make a P2PU Course?

    Start here for help, advice and examples..

    Learn

  • Contributing to Lernanta

    Learn how to hack the P2PU code..

    Learn
 

Badges

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Badges

At Peer 2 Peer University, Badges are a form of feedback that learners give to each other in order to improve their projects. You can create a new Badge, submit a Project for a Badge, or, if you are an "Expert" and already have a Badge, award it to someone else.

  • A Look at Open Video

    Completing the tasks outlined in "A Look at Open Video". The main criteria is to create a "data-mosh" with Free Software tools.

    Submit a project

  • Proofs of the Pythagorean Theorem

    Show peers three different ways to prove the validity of Pythagoras' Theorem, and able to use the theorem in larger projects.

    Submit a project

  • WikiSOO Burba Badge

    Certificate of successful completion of P2PU School of Open "Writing Wikipedia Articles" course (with related tasks)

    Submit a project

  • Facilitation: Mission Complete

    Data Agents must be able to pull together great minds & draw out the best ideas. This Badge is for stellar Facilitation.

    Submit a project
Get your Badges
 

Schools

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  • School of Open

    Universal access to and participation in research, education, and culture is made possible by openness, but not enough people know what it means or how to take advantage of it. We hear about Open Source Software, Open Educational Resources, and Open Access… But what are these movements, who are their communities, and how do they work? Most importantly—how can they help me?

    Go to school

  • School of Social Innovation

    SoSI organizes and supports open courses for changemakers around the world

    Go to school

  • School of the Mathematical Future

    School of the Mathematical Future is organized by Natural Math family learning network, Math 2.0 interest group, and P2PU (Peer to Peer University). We are building an open learning environment for mathematics educators working in diverse communities and networks. Our classes are open and free.

    Go to school

  • School of Webcraft

    Learning is more fun with friends. Work alongside your peers, get help from mentors, or offer your expertise to those in need. Peer-driven study groups and challenges by learners just like you are available right now. Anyone can become a mentor to provide one-on-one help.

    Go to school

  • School of Ed

    The P2PU School of Ed brings the model of open, community-based peer learning to professional learning for K-12 teachers.

    Go to school
 

MOOCs

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A Gentle Introduction to Python

COPY FROM PHILIPP: We have run MOOCs on Learning Python, Creative Learning (with the MIT Media Lab) and Data skills. Our MOOCs are big learning communities that run on the web. Lots of people sign up, and we facilitate collaboration and team work.

Free & Open.

A Gentle Introduction to Python is 100% free, just like all OpenCourseWare. Anyone can join, and you're welcome to share your work.

Learning Powerhouse.

Pick up Python from leading innovators in online learning. MIT's chops. Codecademy's exercises. OpenStudy's study groups. P2PU's community. Need we say more?

Weekly Lessons.

Make friends with some smarties, and start programming from Week 1. Open for signup now, course starts June 2013.

Next Class begins June 2013

but you can sign up now

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