I love P2PU. But I’ve spent the better part of a year trying to understand why it didn’t start with one of the great open source LMSs, like Moodle, instead of trying to build from scratch. I’ve come to understand
Remixing textbooks
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