Quick overview of the difference between Courses and Challenges at Peer 2 Peer University.

1. WHAT IS A P2PU COURSE?
•Anatomy of a P2PU Course
•Example: Curating Our Digital Lives
•Overview of Challenges
•Example: Webmaking 101
•What are Badges?
•The Future! Unification
•How to Get Started

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

3. 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

4. WHAT IS A P2PU CHALLENGE?
• A crisper user
interface
• No facilitator:
learners can work at
their own pace
• Offer badges as an
assessment
mechanism
• Generally more
project-based--users
submit evidence of
their learning

5. P2PU CHALLENGE EXAMPLE:
WEBMAKING 101
• Each task is
a discrete
project
• Badges
recognize
both
projects and
21st century
skills

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

7. FUTURE PLANS: COURSES
FTW!
• Unifying Challenges + Courses into 1
learning experience
• Supporting 2 types of experiences is
confusing, not sustainable
• We’ll bring together the best of the
Challenge UI and the “social” features of
Courses

8. HOW TO GET STARTED
• Check out “How Do I
Make a P2PU Course?”
on www.p2pu.org
• Contact:
Vanessa@p2pu.org with
questions &
pedagogical support
• Happy learning!