Credit: Terriko There are some really high quality, open textbooks out there. For the most part, they’re pretty static and text-heavy though. For a while, I’ve been thinking remixing one of them into a more interactive, media-rich Moodle course. I
Exuberance!
I’m re-experiencing the excitement of the first week in P2pU courses! Introductions, goal-setting, comments, and posts flying around so fast it’s impossible to keep up. It’s really awesome. Because I know the time will go by quickly, I want to
Trying to grok the lack of structure in peer learning
I’m reading A New Culture of Learning: Cultivating the Imagination for a World of Constant Change by Douglas Thomas and John Seely Brown. I’m particularly interested in the part on peer learning and learning collectives. This passage struck me: [O]ne
Readings on innovation in PD + peer learning
I am in the process of reading and compiling some research related to peer learning and staff development for teachers. A bibliography is below, and here are a few quotes that exemplify to me what the P2PU School of Ed
Formal ed vs DIY – Part 7, Where do we go from here?
(This is a part of a series on the differences and similarities between formal and informal adult learning.) So here we are. We’ve covered a lot of issues related to the challenges of an innovative, DIY educational initiative trying to