Philipp Schmidt – Peer2Peer University

P2PU Co-Founder Philipp Schmidt will discuss some of the lessons the P2PU community has learned about scaling peer-learning online.

Key Questions and Comments:

• (00:01 – 6:07) Introductions of Hangout Participants
• (06:08 – 12:10) Questions about equity; participants’ responses
• (12:11 – 18:13) The challenges of scaling facilitation and content production; learning to teach one another
• (18:14 – 24:17) PlanetMath evolution; importance of self-motivated progress in open education movement
• (24:18 – 29:51) The accessibility of “DIY U”; the challenge of having a tangible self-learning end-product
• (29:52 – 30:20) P2PU and accredited institutions
• (30:21 – 36:25) “It’s a great time to be a learner”; closing thoughts
• How do you scale online courses that don’t stink?
• What are new ways to recognize achievements?
• How do you assess 21st century skills?
• What are good pathways from interests to learning communities?
• What support mechanisms are needed?
• What is the role of content?
• Can we scale connected learning with a facilitator and how would we do that?
• Is it true connected learning when we’re trying to take the role of the facilitator out of the picture somehow?
• Is the “DYI U” course a pathway that is appropriate or suitable for potentially anyone, or do you see problems there around…perpetuating inequitable access to education?

View the Conversation
During the broadcast, the conversation also took place on Twitter using the hashtag #connectedlearning.

Guests for this webinar included:

• Charlie Danoff
• Joe Corneli
• Luka Carfagna
• Philipp Schmidt: Philipp Schmidt is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Peer2Peer University (P2PU), a grassroots open education project that organizes learning outside of institutional walls. Philipp’s Blog: Sharing-Nicely.net and Philipp on Twitter: @sharingnicely
• Howard Rheingold

Resources for this webinar:

• Peer2Peer University
• PlanetMath
• The Peeragogy Project on SocialMediaClassroom
• The Internet Time Blog
• Daniel Hickey’s blog post on developing badges
• Professor Gráinne Conole of the Beyond Distance Research Alliance
• TeachingWorks’s strategy
• P2PU group, “DIY U”
• Free Technology Guild
• Anya Kamenetz’s book