P2PU Learning Lead, Vanessa Gennarelli, gave an overview of the P2PU course creation process, re: http://creativecommons.org/weblog/entry/34769.

1. COURSE CREATION 101
with P2PU, a webinar
1. What’s a P2PU Course?
2. How do I make a stellar School of Open
course?
3. What’s next for School of Open?

2. Webinar
Interface
Orienta.on
Talk
–
click
talk
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to
start
talking
click
it
again
to
relinquish
Raise
hand
to
stop
speaker
and
make
a
comment
or
ask
a
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List
of
par4cipants
Whiteboard
Chat
type
in
here
and
press
return

3. COURSE CREATION 101
with P2PU, a webinar
1. What’s a P2PU Course?
2. How do I make a stellar School of Open
course?
3. What’s next for School of Open?

4. WHAT ON EARTH IS A
COURSE?
SKILLS
BADGES
PROJECTS
?
PEERS
HELP
IDEAS
....we’ll help
connect the dots

5. WHAT IS A P2PU COURSE?"
• Tasks with threaded
discussions
• Often weekly--
learners complete the
tasks in a close
timeframe
• Courses usually have
a facilitator

6. P2PU COURSE EXAMPLE:
CURATING OUR DIGITAL LIVES"
• Tasks prompt
conversation and build
social presence, i.e.
“What is Curation?”
• Courses feel like small
communities of
learners
• Often used in a “book
club” format--
readings and
discussions

7. WHAT ARE BADGES?
Require
evidence of
project... Skill !
Require 1
peer vote
• assessment and
Mechanism for
Badges! Community! recognition
Gauge
“how well”
a peer has
Peers assess
on a rubric
Badges! Often used
for traits
(“Team
• 3 types of
badges
accomplished Player”)
a task
Stealth! • Influenced by a
gameful theory
Badges!
Awarded
of motivation
automatically
by the system
!

8. OK, THAT’S GREAT....

9. OK, THAT’S GREAT....
HOW DO I MAKE A STELLAR"
P2PU COURSE?"

10. IDENTIFY SKILLS
STEP 1:
WHAT WILL YOUR PEERS LEARN?
FINDING
OPEN
CONTENT

11. IDENTIFY SKILLS
STEP 1:
WHAT WILL YOUR PEERS LEARN?
FINDING ADVOCATING
SHARING
OPEN OPEN
MEDIA
CONTENT
POLICIES
CC
LICENSING REMIXING EDITING
MUSIC
WIKIPEDIA
COLLABORATIVE
OPENING ADDING
STORY COLLECTIONS
METADATA
TELLING
... it doesn’t need
to be 9 skills exactly,
but you get the idea

12. SOO tip #1:
Create your own user scenario"
• them a name and a story. Draw that person. Give
Who are you trying to help?
• List 3 questions (or more) that person would ask or
list 3 problems s/he needs help solving.
• Example: Professor Lovenchalk...

14. STEP 2:PROJECTS
WHAT WILL YOUR PEERS MAKE?
Example: for ‘digital
poetry,’ peers
MAKE
might:
PODCASTS
CARTOONS
VIDEO
COLLAGE
STORIFY
TIMELINE
TWITTER
MASHUP

15. STEP 2:PROJECTS
WHAT WILL YOUR PEERS MAKE?
Example: for ‘digital
poetry,’ peers
MAKE
might:
PODCASTS
CARTOONS
... and share them VIDEO
with each other ...
COLLAGE
STORIFY
TIMELINE
TWITTER
MASHUP

16. SOO tip #2:
What do I want to help people DO?"
• versus “What“What do peopletoshould people DO?”
Ask yourself,
do I think
I want help
know or
learn?”
• Example 1: I want to help teachers find free, useful
resources online.
• Example 2: I want to help filmmakers find music for
their videos.

17. SOO tip #3:
How can open help?"
• people do what they do better?processes help
How can open content, tools, or
• Is there a specific aspect or mechanism keeping
people from doing things with open tools?

18. SOO tip #4:
What can they reuse & build on?"
• peers can use in their projects?
Do openly licensed resources already exist that your
• Do openly licensed resources already exist that you
can use to explain/teach about your topic?

19. SOO tip #5:
Put yourself in their shoes."
• Who will bethe course from the (referencestandpoint.
Think about
taking the course?
learner’s
your user
scenario)
• What questions is s/he likely to ask?
• What problem(s) have is s/he trying to solve?

20. PEER INTERACTIONS
STEP 3:
HOW WILL FOLKS WORK TOGETHER & HELP EACH
OTHER?
GROUP
PROJECTS
GIVE
CODE
BADGES
REVIEW
CRITIQUES
WEBINARS
BUILD
RUBRICS

21. PEER INTERACTIONS
STEP 3:
HOW WILL FOLKS WORK TOGETHER & HELP EACH
OTHER?
GROUP
PROJECTS
GIVE
CODE
BADGES
REVIEW
CRITIQUES
WEBINARS
BUILD
... “help”
RUBRICS
“feedback” and
“badges” are all
ways for peers to
assess each other

22. MAKE A SWEET BADGE
• Take a look at the
skills you’ve
identified
• Create badges that
correspond to those
skills

23. MAKE A SWEET BADGE:"
EXAMPLE
• For “Curating Open Content” peers must
demonstrate the following skills:

24. STEP 4: CHECK YOUR DESIGN
Are your skills ..... Demonstrated by your project ...... And assessed
by your peers?
DIGITAL
STORIFY
CREATIVE
STORYTELLING
TIMELINE
PRESENTATION
=
AWESOME
COURSE

25. NEXT STEP:START YOUR 1st COURSE
VISIT p2pu.org TO GET STARTED & FIND
MORE HELP
COURSE

26. Example:
“Teach someone something...”"

27. OPTIONAL: BETA.P2PU.ORG
VISIT beta.p2pu.org TO TEST THE NEW
COURSE USER INTERFACE
COURSE

28. COURSE & BADGE SUPPORT
• pedagogicalcourse and
For general
support contact:
Vanessa@p2pu.org
• For School of Open-specific
support, find it on the
discussion list: school-of-
open@googlegroups.com

29. SCHOOL OF OPEN ROADMAP
• badge creation, community review & iteration,
November-January: Course creation
• February 2013: Official School-wide launch of
complete courses!

30. GET STARTED
1. the courses.
Visit http://schoolofopen.org and get familiar with
2. Join the discussion; introduce yourself and your
field of “open” interest:
https://groups.google.com/group/school-of-open.
3. Start creating on http://beta.p2pu.org or planning
on http://pad.p2pu.org.
4. Send draft course link to
school-of-open@googlegroups.com for feedback.

31. RE-USE THESE SLIDES
by P2PU