There are other such resources, such as Commonwealth of Learning, with huge libraries of distance learning modules.
On Fri, Feb 26, 2010 at 01:10, <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > Wayne Mackintosh <[email protected]> > Sent by: [email protected] > 02/26/2010 06:02 PM ZE12Please respond [email protected] > > To [email protected] > cc Rebecca Kahn <[email protected]> > bcc Joyce McKnight/SUNY > Subject Re: [WikiEducator] new courses at peer 2 peer university > > > 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. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > > > -- > Wayne Mackintosh, Ph.D. > Director, > International Centre for Open Education, > Otago Polytechnic, New Zealand. > Board of Directors, OER Foundation. > Founder and Community Council Member, Wikieducator, www.wikieducator.org > Mobile +64 21 2436 380 > User Page: http://wikieducator.org/User:Mackiwg > Skype: WGMNZ1 > Twitter: OERFoundation, Mackiwg > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "WikiEducator" group. > To visit wikieducator: http://www.wikieducator.org > To visit the discussion forum: http://groups.google.com/group/wikieducator > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected] -- Edward Mokurai (默雷/धर्ममेघशब्दगर्ज/دھرممیگھشبدگر ج) Cherlin Silent Thunder is my name, and Children are my nation. 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