http://www.johndbritton.com/post/2010/february/01/p2pu_drumbeat_open_web_career_track If you've got ten minutes to spare, I suggest you check out the presentation that I just gave about the soon to be 'Open Web Career Track' at the Peer 2 Peer University. The Open Web Career Track is one of the first few Drumbeat [0] projects being kickstarted in collaboration with Mozilla. The Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU) [1] is an online community of open study groups for short university-level courses. Think of it as online book clubs for open educational resources. The P2PU helps you navigate the wealth of open education materials that are out there, creates small groups of motivated learners, and supports the design and facilitation of courses. Students and tutors get recognition for their work, and we are building pathways to formal credit as well. P2PU is entirely volunteer driven, open, and free of charge. Anyone can lead a course about anything, and starting on 12 February we'll be accepting applications to participate in each of the 15 courses slated to start in March. Keep a lookout on http://www.p2pu.org for more information on how to participate. Courses proposed for March 2010 Cycle at P2PU Behavioral Economics Copyright for Educators Cyberpunk Literature Non Ficton Writing v2.0 Mashing Up the Open Web Solve Anything! Building Ideas Through Design Transformational Art Running a Campaign Green Action: Creating Sustainable Communitites Urban Disaster Risk Management Intro to Economics & Finance Introdução ao pensamento de Paulo Freire Cidadania Hacker – Novas Formas de Ação na Esfera Pública Interconectada Cidadania e as Redes Digitas Music Theory [0] - http://mozilla.org/drumbeat [1] - http://p2pu.org

1. P2PU & Drumbeat
Open Web Career Track
Mozilla Drumbeat Community Call
February 1, 2010
John Britton (public at johndbritton dot com)
http://www.johndbritton.com
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2. Outline
• What is P2PU
• P2PU & Drumbeat
• Open Web Career Track
• Mashing Up the Open Web
• Going forward
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3. Peer 2 Peer University
• ‘Social wrapper for open educational
resources’
• Community of learning groups
• University level courses
• Recognition and validation
• Free, accessible to all
• No certification or accreditation... yet
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4. P2PU Course Structure
• Course proposed
• Weekly checkins
• Mentor assigned
• Peer review / interaction
• Courses run in cycles
• Complete or no evaluation
• Six week courses
• Participants can re-run a
course
• Application ‘hurdle’
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5. Application Statistics
Cycle 1 - 227 Applicants for seven courses
http://p2pu.org/Application-Statistics
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6. Previous Courses
Cycle 1: 09/09/09
• Behavioral Economics & Decision Making
• Copyright for Educators
• Introduction to Cyberpunk Literature
• Land Restoration & Afforestation
• Neuroethics & International Biolaw
• Open Creative Nonfiction Writing
• Poker & Strategic Thinking
Monday, February 1, 2010

7. Upcoming Courses (2x) Cycle 2: 03/14/10
• Behavioral Economics
• Green Action: Creating Sustainable
Communitites
• Copyright for Educators
• Urban Disaster Risk Management
• Cyberpunk Literature
• Intro to Economics & Finance
• Non Ficton Writing v2.0
• Introdução ao pensamento de Paulo
• Mashing Up the Open Web Freire
• Solve Anything! Building Ideas • Cidadania Hacker – Novas Formas de
Ação na Esfera Pública Interconectada
Through Design
• Transformational Art • Cidadania e as Redes Digitas
• Running a Campaign • Music Theory
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8. P2PU & Drumbeat
• Global in scope
• Community focused
• Interest in educating general public on open
• Technology / Internet
• Participatory
• P2PU is an educational conduit for Drumbeat,
individuals, and other organizations
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9. Open Web Career Track
• Series of P2PU courses
• An alternative to ‘mainstream’ certification
• Focus on open technology and practical
skills for the web
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10. Open Web Career Track
• Planned
• Mashing Up the Open Web (now)
• Contributing to Open Source (next)
• Ideas
• Fundamentals of the Web: HTML / CSS
• Open Tools for Web Developers
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11. Mashing Up the Open Web
Overview
• What is open and why is it important?
• Practical skills
• Project based learning
• Repeatable by participants
• Follow-on course: ‘Contributing to Open
Source’
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12. Mashing Up the Open Web
Components
• What is open?
• Practical technologies for creating mashups
• Why is open important to building a better
web?
• Leveraging open data
• How can I be open?
• Reflections
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13. Going Forward: Now
• Course ideas
• Curriculum gathering
• Finding course organizers
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14. Going Forward: Next
• Planning additional courses
• Community review of courses
• Ideas on certification / accreditation
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15. Q &A
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