Can't speak for SUNY/Empire State, of course, since I am just a small frog in this pond :-) but I did send a memo to the new Center for Distance Learning Dean and the former Dean, who is now a Vice-president to see if there is some way students of efforts like peer to peer might be eligible for credit through something like our current practice of awarding credit by evaluation through prior learning assessment. Our credit by evaluation is incredibly cheap so the process or the cost probably wouldn't be exactly the same but it is an intriguing thought. Problem, of course, is that since the State of New York pays only a small portion of our budgetary costs we are tuition driven...not as much as private schools but it is still a consideration. I am kind of lost in all of the legalities of copyrights etc. but partnership is fascinating. All the best. Joyce
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Hi Philipp
Congratulations on the the next round of courses @ P2P! The core mission of the OER Foundation and WikiEducator is to facilitate and nurture the development of sustainable OER ecosystems. The real value of the free culture lies in the remix and colloboration -- not where the content resides ;-) Apology for my long post -- but an indication of my excitement in seeing the potential. Working together we achieve far more than working alone.
I must commend P2P in choosing a license which meets the requirements of the free cultural works definition. In this way we can realise the REAL potential of digital and free knowledge a rare resource which grows in value by sharing.
I visited your site -- there are a great list of courses @ P2P. Very COOL. I also like the Dashboard layout of the courses -- and you've inspired me to hack a wiki equivalent of this course structure -- so we may be able to help you out on the authoring front for new courses. I'd love to see more courses from WikiEducator being taught @ P2P :-D.
I suspect the OER Foundation may be able to help with exploring and experimenting with a few of the credentialisation challenges facing innovative projects like P2P and WikiEducator. I'm thinking about developing and remixing a range of course materials for a graduate (postgrad) level elective in OER. The idea is to have a set of high quality materials on OER as OER for an elective, in for example an Masters in Educational Technology or Postgraduate certificate. The idea is that individual institutions would credentialise - -but the P2P community could certainly assist with teaching services hey?
I was particularly interested in the Copyright for Educators Course (http://p2pu.org/copyright-educators-cycle-2-mar-2010) -- the WIkiEducator community has a need to extend our teaching materials on this topic. I have a little funding (not much :-( ) which I'd like to invest in adding value to training support in Copyright for Educators. Lets talk.
I'm in discussion with a number of Univeristies about the postgrad elective on OER and I'll certainly add P2P to list.
Lets make free culture futures happen.
Wayne
On 26 February 2010 18:28, Philipp Schmidt <[email protected]> wrote:
Dear WE community:
I'd like to beat the drums a little bit for the new round of courses
at P2PU. Sign-up is still open for a few days and it would be great if
some of you were interested in participating. See below for a list of
all new courses. We'd also love to find ways to work closer with WE
(maybe future course content could be developed and hosted on WE and
run on P2PU?).
For those of you, who need a "certificate" for the informal learning,
the Mashing up the Open Web course is the first in a series of courses
that will eventually lead to an open degree backed by the Mozilla
Foundation. Hacking eduction, one day at a time.
Best - P
ANNOUNCEMENT
The Peer 2 Peer University announced its second round of free and open
online courses earlier this month opening sign-ups for 14 courses.
Some of the courses were offered in the first phase of the pilot which
launched last September, but seven are brand new, including the first
Portuguese language courses organized by Brasil’s Casa de Cultura
Digital. The P2PU community has grown and is excited to have these new
courses and their organizers on board.
The P2PU community consists of a diverse group of people. They are
writers, teachers, designers, doctoral and alternative grad students,
artists, copyright specialists, scientists, and blues guitar players.
Above all, they are learners–peers working together to learn from each
other.
Sign-ups for all courses are available at http://www.p2pu.org/course/list.
The following courses are on offer this cycle at P2PU (unless
otherwise noted, the course language is English):
Introduction to Economics and Finance - A basic introduction to the
role that Economics plays in business.
Cidadania e Redes Digitais (in Portuguese) - This course will discuss
the concepts of Citizenship and Digital Networks in the online space.
Civic Hacking (in Portuguese) - An examination of new means of action
in the networked Public Sphere
Climate Resilient Cities - This course will investigate how to build
sustainable climate resilient cities by addressing the underlying
causes of vulnerability, understanding the link between poverty and
climate vulnerability, through urban analysis, integrated research and
practice, to incorporate a range of strategies.
Copyright for Educators Cycle 2 - This is the second cycle of the
very-popular course for educators who want to learn about copyright,
open content material and licensing. It is open to all educators
around the world.
Creative Nonfiction Writing V2.0: Exploring Conflict through Open
Writing - The goal is to cover the conflict perspectivally, not
comprehensively. (This is not a course in journalism.) One might also
uncover something new about the self in this process of open writing.
Green Action: Creating Sustainable Communities - This course has two
main objectives: 1) To examine and understand sustainability as a
visioning and organizing principle for communities. 2) To apply this
knowledge toward developing the beginnings of a sustainability plan
for our own communities
Intro ao Pensamento de Paulo Freire (in Portuguese) - An introduction
to the thinking of educational theorist Paulo Freire (author of
Pedagogy of the Oppressed)
Intro to Concepts in Behavioural Economics and Decision Making - Have
you ever wondered if people are really rational? We will explore
concepts from the field of behavioural economics and apply what we
learn in areas related to our personal interests.
Introduction to Cyberpunk Literature - The course aim to illustrate
the contrast between "space opera"/pulp science fiction and cyberpunk
Kitchen Science - This course is designed to be an experimental and
hands-on approach to applied chemistry as seen in cooking.
Managing Election Campaigns - This course covers the mechanics of
managing election campaigns, including campaign organization, campaign
finance, analyzing and using voter data, managing volunteers, and
understanding the legal environment.
Mashing Up The Open Web - An introduction to open web standards. This
course is not for complete novices, some web experience is required.
Participants will work on a self defined project that leverages open
datasets and web services to create a mash-up.
Music Theory - An introduction to the fundamentals of music theory.
This course is designed to lay the foundation for understanding music
theory and how to apply it in a practical way.
Solve Anything! Building Ideas through Design - This course is a
team-based creative lab, and we will explore and experiment with two
questions: what makes ideas successful? How does one develop an idea
in response to a problem, and then nurture it into a product, service,
or experience?
Transformational Art; The Mural Project - This cours will explore the
emergence of one's authentic self through integrating the language of
the indigenous & western consciousness.
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