There is a lot of noise about badges at the moment with opinions ranging from “we don’t need no stinkin’ badges” to “badges will lead to global peace.” I have been one of the original instigators (PDF) of the badges for learning movement (is it really a movement?), but my favorite session at the recent DML [...]
For those who’ve been here before you know that I have been fortunate to hold a Shuttleworth Fellowship. One of the (very reasonable) expectations to fellows is to share progress on a quarterly basis. I like to use these occasions to step back and reflect but I’m on the conference circuit (went from DML straight [...]
Two weeks ago P2PU held its third workshop. This year’s focus was on “getting stuff done” and bringing together people who are working on concrete projects. And we did get a lot done. Check out the etherpad with our notes and visit our new projects board on trello for the details. But we also spent [...]
I’ve been looking for solutions to two problems that must be quite common for people working in virtual teams Managing sprawling lists of todos across many projects Keeping track of where all my time goes to make sure I’m spending it on things that are important You’d think there must be a plethora of great [...]
I’ll be speaking on a panel at the “Innovation in Higher Education” conference at Harvard Business School. I was asked to comment on the “disruptive innovation” potential of P2PU and the work we do outside of traditional institutions. Innovation in Higher Education Wednesday July 6th, 2011 On HBS Campus: Cumnock 230 Disruptive innovation is a [...]
This is a post about our plans for the Mozilla P2PU School of Webcraft – a joint effort to provide web developers training and certification that is free, open, and globally accessible. At the same time this is a post about P2PU as a whole – which encompasses many courses on many subjects, and even [...]
MIT OCW just launched its first five MIT OCW Scholar courses. These courses are not just openly licensed, but especially designed to support independent learners who want to make use of them. That means, all the materials you need to master the subjects are now available to you. Bravo! Despite its resounding success (70 million [...]
Voila. Another insightful and funny artwork by P2PU’s illustrator-in-residence and grungefarmer Alison Jean Cole (and referencing John Britton‘s encyclopedic knowledge of Steve Colbert’s work). Is P2PU a threat bigger than bears? Do sharks look good in P2PU t-shirts? As always, more answers than questions … The not entirely joking background to this illustration comes from [...]
This is my second post as part of the Open Governance course at P2PU. Leigh Blackall generously agreed to facilitate the week – by posting a set of background resources, and asking questions – about the difference between online projects that are “groups” versus “networks” and if governance is an appropriate framework to think about [...]
