Do/Make/Say/Think
Suggested timing: 30 minutes
🛠️ Create a P2PU account
In order to best utilize the resources in this course, please create a free P2PU account. Your P2PU account will allow you to perform a number of tasks including:
- Create learning circles
- Publicize learning circles
- Manage learning circle event details
- Communicate with learners via email and SMS
- Collect feedback from learners
- Add online courses to our database
Each of these tools is embedded within P2PU’s global community of practice. For instance, when you share feedback about an online course you used or a learning circle, you aren’t just sharing that with P2PU staff; it will be useful for other facilitators who are considering using the same course. To help enable these connections, P2PU accounts also provide access to:
- A group of mentors who can help answer questions when you start your learning circle
- A global community forum
- A monthly digest of what’s happening across the P2PU community
- A mailing list featuring monthly calls and professional development opportunities.
While you need a P2PU account in order to create a learning circle, learners can sign up with an email address; they do not need a P2PU account. If a learner does not have an email address, you can manually add them to your learning circle and add a phone number so that they can receive SMS reminders and updates.
🛠️ Explore the P2PU website
The P2PU website is the hub for all the tools and resources you’ll need to run a successful learning circles. Some of the most prominent resources are:
- Learning circle signup page: This is where potential learners can find all the learning circles currently happening around the world.
- Community forum: This is the place to discuss all things learning circles with other facilitators.
- Knowledge Base: The knowledge base aggregates a number of featured resources from our community forum.
- Facilitator dashboard: The dashboard is where you can create, manage, and share feedback about your learning circles. We also feature up-to-date information from around the community, including links to recent discussion on the forum, an Instagram feed, recently added courses, and a roll of upcoming learning circles worldwide and in your city.
- Learning Resources: The learning resources page features all the online courses that facilitators have used to facilitate learning circles. This library is built by the community and moderated by P2PU; any facilitator can add a new resource to the list.
- Blog: The latest updates and information from the P2PU team.
🧶—Now that you have a P2PU account, head over to the “Introduce Yourself” thread on the P2PU community forum (if you’re prompted to log in again on the forum, you can use your new P2PU credentials to do so; you don’t need to create a separate account!). Say hi 👋 and let us know that you’re working through this course!
Go to the forum