Quick Course: Make a P2PU Course in 1/2 hour.

Short on time? Take this crash course on P2PU.

Your task:

Explore the elements of a stellar P2PU course.
Make a list of what peers will learn, make and how they will help each other.
Brush up on copyright, P2PU-style
Create your first P2PU Course.

Step 1: Core Elements of a P2PU Course.

Step 2: We <3 Lists.

This task is best completed with a partner in crime. Just ask a friend to help you or pair up with another peer who is taking the same course.

To begin write down on pieces of paper or index cards the words from the three lists below and separate them accordingly in three piles; skills, peer help and projects.

List # 1 Skills; knowledge or abilities earned in your course

precise feedback
design thinking
community engagement
video production
teamwork

(add your own here)

List # 2 Peer power; feedback loops or group activities

design critique
peer accuracy check
"helpful feedback" badge
webinar

List # 3 Projects; things your peers can make in their course

make a video tutorial
write a song
craft a mockumentary
produce a drawing, photo or game
hack together robots
draft a recipe
(add your own here)

Step 3: Mad Libs Your Way to P2PU.

Complete this task by coming up with as many one sentence ideas for courses. You can use this sentence as a guide;

In my _______(catchy title) course my peers will master _______(skills) by doing _________ (project) and __________ (peer interactions) .

Here is an example:

In my "Web; The Movie" challenge my peers will understand how the web works by producing a mockumentary and giving design critiques.

Step 4: Flesh out your P2PU Course.

The rest of this course will help you flesh out the rest of the steps of your P2PU Course. You've got the black and white outline, now let's give it some color!

Task Discussion

onapthanh said:

I thought that In my digital storytelling course my peers will master digital photo. I dissecte and designing video games, and will provide peer feedback through gap analysis and reflection. As this is an introductory course. They will collaborate with each other, sharing and strenghtening their skills. course my peers will master gamification by reworking their curriculum using basic game theory. So I make many many products for safe people call on ap and I need to join this page to marketing my products on ap standa-rs

on July 13, 2013, 8:47 a.m.
v4lent1na said:

In my Transmedia Storytelling course my peers will master the art of storytelling by mixing several media to create one finished story told with different instruments and by as many points of view as each different media calls for. They will collaborate with each other, sharing and strenghtening their skills, by working on different branches of the project accordingly to the skills that best suit them.

on June 27, 2013, 3:29 p.m.

John Martin, aka EdVentures said:

Now this sounds exciting! I can't wait to hear more. If you need/want feedback as you are developing, let me know!

on June 28, 2013, 9:09 a.m. in reply to v4lent1na
John Martin, aka EdVentures said:

In my GameOn! Level 1 - Intro to Video Game Design & Development course my peers will cultivate an understanding of the breadth of game design by posting their reflective analyses of the topic areas defining, dissecting and designing video games, and will provide peer feedback through gap analysis and reflection. As this is an introductory course, the actual creation of games is not the intended outcome.

on May 30, 2013, 1:12 p.m.
DiNA T said:

In my G.A.M.E. course my peers will master gamification by reworking their curriculum using basic game theory, and critiquing aspecets of their peers' gamified curriculum.

on May 10, 2013, 3:43 p.m.

John Martin, aka EdVentures said:

We will need to talk! I am curious to hear about your intent and outcome expectations.

on May 30, 2013, 1:07 p.m. in reply to DiNA T
MLDCHILDRENS said:

In my Pronunciator Proficient course my peers will master search skills for the database Pronunciator by doing reasearch and sharing results .

on May 4, 2013, 5:47 p.m.
Andrew said:

In my Element of Web Design course my peers will master layout and design techniques by doing a website redesign project and identifying design problems on current websites with their peers.

on April 7, 2013, 8:54 a.m.
CariJ said:

In my digital storytelling course my peers will master digital photo editing software by creating one of the following: a photo stream, image gallery, video collage, or photo editing timeline while assessing and giving formal feedback of projects with their peers.

on Feb. 24, 2013, 1:34 p.m.
Hocke said:
Internet - How to program

https://p2pu.org/sv/groups/internet/

STEP 1: Identify skills the peers will learn

cooperation

organize self learning

different web technologys

networking
on Feb. 12, 2013, 3:22 p.m.
Anonym said:

Hi!

I would like to start a course of java introduction

on Feb. 4, 2013, 11:11 a.m.

Hocke said:

Cool idea! Are you new to java programming or do you have any previous experience?

on Feb. 11, 2013, 4:04 p.m. in reply to Anonym

Anonym said:

I have approx 3 years in programing java and also I work like java developer.
my idea is teach a introduction in Java using Netbeans IDE.

on Feb. 11, 2013, 4:32 p.m. in reply to Hocke

Hocke said:

Thats a good idea! It'll be interesting to follow your work with the course.

on Feb. 12, 2013, 3:16 p.m. in reply to Anonym
James Sheldon said:
The goal of my course is to help students transition successfully from high school to college by covering a number of the key skills they will need to succeed in college. The course uses my local community college for the activities, but students can complete the assignments using the college in which they plan to attend.

List # 1 Skills; knowledge or abilities earned in your course

completing the application

working constructively with one's parents

choosing a degree program or certificate

applying for school

managing time and organizing your schedule

developing a social life ("there is no lunch period")

paying for school and financial aid

working with academic advisors

working with faculty

using the student health center

dating and sexuality

enrolling in classes

working with the disability office

harm reduction, addiction, and drinking and drugs

attending an orientation and completing assessment

overworking

fears about college

List # 2 Peer power; feedback loops or group activities

"Liked what you said" badge

Helped another student badge

Students will be encouraged to pose questions for other students to answer

List # 3 Projects; things your peers can make in their course

students will go through an activity in each section to practice this skill, and will have the option of completing an assignment in the real world.
on Dec. 11, 2012, 4:59 p.m.
Hocke said:

Interesting and good topic! Though a very american context. Is it possible to offer an international version for the rest of us?

on Feb. 11, 2013, 4:10 p.m. in reply to James Sheldon

L. Ritchey said:

You might be interested in the Insider's Guide to the Professor's Mind located at http://insidetheprofessorsmind.blogspot.com/

It focuses on providing students the Professor's perspective on a variety of topics. Be sure to review the older posts!

It would be interesting to view this from a cross-cultural perspective. Maybe others can offer insight on the transition process for other countries. I would be very much interested in learning about the processes!

on April 8, 2013, 8:10 a.m. in reply to James Sheldon
ToddF said:

In my ”Play Framework First Steps” course my peers will start creating web applications on their personal workstationand deploy them to the cloud for peer review.

Skills to learn:

·         How to set up a developer workstation with the play framework

·         How to set up a cloud computing account at Heroku.com

·         How to create a play framework project

·         How to build a simple play application

·         What are the basic components of a play application

·         How to create a Git repository for your play framework project

·         How to push your play framework project to the Heroku cloud.

Project

·         Participants will create a very simple web application that includes customization of the major Play Framework components.

Peer interaction

·         Post progress, ask and answer questions

·         Award badges for helpful feedback

·         Review each other’s projects and assess them for badge credit

on Aug. 19, 2012, 10:01 p.m.

Hocke said:

This is great! Are you teaching a programming language as well?

on Feb. 11, 2013, 4:16 p.m. in reply to ToddF
Jonas Backelin said:

I like this creative model for brainstorming and created this for my challenge:

In the 'Certified Networked Teacher' challenge peers will understand Networked Learning by creating, delivering and managing their own Learning Resources with the use of Web Tools

...now I'm starting the work on my next challenge:

In the 'Advanced Networked Teacher' challenge peers will understand Syndicated Education by bringing decentralised participation together by creating, delivering and managing temporary coherence in Distributed Learning Environments

"Who dares to teach must never cease to learn" (John Cotton Dana)

on May 10, 2012, 1:08 a.m.
Christopher Crawford said:

In my "Curating Content: Aggregated, Curated, Commentated," I want to challenge my peers to create context, not just lists of links, by writing commentary and using web based tools to curate a topic of their choosing.

on March 11, 2012, 8:04 p.m.