Sign-Up

Anyone can follow a course on P2PU. Participating is the next level of engagement. The sign-up is a space where interested individuals can express their interest and background in the topic and commit to working with the rest of the participants. Please answer the following set(s) of questions if you want to become a participant or organizer.

Standard Set

This set of signup questions is common to all study groups, courses, ... in P2PU. The answers to these questions will be public once you get accepted.

Answers

• 
  Dani   Oct. 12, 2011, 1:15 p.m.

  Bio:

  Professor of Education at UNED (http://www.uned.es/) and President of the CyberSociety Observatory (http://www.cibersociedad.net/).

  Location: Madrid

  Standard Set Answer:

  • My interest in this topic comes from my previos expertice in long life learning. Once the environments are online and they are open, then we have to know new ways of create and share knowledge in this scenarios.

  • Participating in this course I would like to achieve new inputs for understanding the behaviour of the people in open online scenarios. And also been in touch with the ways they use their own tools and skills for create and share knowledge.
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  nightmare yuey   Oct. 12, 2011, 10:36 a.m.

  Bio:

  This is my site now:
  Philippine News

  Location: Philippines

  Standard Set Answer:

  I am interested in this topic because I am a newbie here.I don't know where to go. :)

   

  I hope I can enjoy my way here. And help others if I will learn it also.

   

  Sure.

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  DawnMichelle   Oct. 10, 2011, 1:34 a.m.

  Bio:

  Laid off since 7/1/11 Workforce Services Specialist Program Services Specialist I. Now I am unable to find employment for myself. I want to start a business helping people with barriers to employment realize their goals through training and learning. I want to be the one who puts my neck out for these people and gives them the same shot someone once gave me. Sink or swim.

  Location: Kansas

  Standard Set Answer:

  What made you interested in this topic?
  I believe to begin something this big you need a plan to help guide you, to keep you on track and to help you visualize your goal as well as show you how far you have come.

  
  What do you hope to achieve by participating?
  I feel I would benefit greatly from the feedback I could get in this forum. While writing my business plan I have hit a brick wall. I think this will help me to figure out why.

  
  Are you interested in helping with the course organization?
  Yes. I think for something like this to work everyone has to be willing to contribute. I have at times described myself as intellectually starving to death. I need to learn i want to know. Know everything.
  
   

• 
  S   Oct. 5, 2011, 10:29 p.m.

  Bio:

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  Location: Canada

  Standard Set Answer:

  hope to get some techniques to better manage my time and learn better

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  Anonym   Oct. 5, 2011, 4:57 p.m.

  Bio:

  Location:

  Standard Set Answer:

  I became interested in this topic this summer while participating in a non-profit organization called Bike And Build.  As I was riding my bicycle from Portland Maine to Santa Barbera California and building houses for the Affordable Housing cause through organizations such as Habitat for Huanity, I had a lot of time to think and self reflect. I had always felt that a diploma is worthless if you never actually learn anything, but I decided to take the philosophy to the next level.  I chose not to return to school at the start of my senior year in college to prove to myself and others that what matters most in this world is not an overpriced piece of paper that is held by many other unqualified individuals, but instead, actual qualifications that can be measured by personal works and perhaps other things that I do not yet know.  In my initial searches I happened to stumble accross the book DIY U and I now here I am.

  I hope to become a more effective self learner and to join a network of individuals looking to learn and help others learn.

  Yes, I would love to help with the course in anyway possible.

• 
  MonocledPenguin   Oct. 4, 2011, 12:17 p.m.

  Bio:

  Mechanical engineer looking to learn more about electronics and programming in a non-formal setting

  Location: Boston, MA

  Standard Set Answer:

  • A way to track  my progress. I have so many blogs/sites/books that I have to read up on, and I just don't ! Help!
  • I want to track my progress and stay motivated
  • Sorry, I can provide feedback but I am backed up atm.
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  EdV   Oct. 2, 2011, 11:31 a.m.

  Bio:

  From theater to electrical engineering to facilitating group piano "unlessons" I am profoundly interested in process and play.

  Location: Minneapolis, MN

  Standard Set Answer:

  1. What made you interested in this topic? -  I have been floundering in my attempts to show my experience and self education is on par with a BS in Electrical Engineering.

  2. What do you hope to achieve by participating? - To add 27 semester hours to  my current 98 at Thomas Edison State and have a BA in Natural Science.  Or maybe discover I can just have a really good portfolio and connect better with my peers to have a more fulfilling and economically rewarding work life.

  3. Are you interested in helping with the course organization? - Interested yes.  Prepared to say yes to helping, not at this time.  Of course it depends on how I can be helpful.  

• 
  Mireille   Sept. 30, 2011, 2:40 p.m.

  Bio:

  I'm a corporate educator currently on sabbatical.and going back to work in the fall

  Location: Toronto Ontario Canada

  Standard Set Answer:

  several years I did my post graduate in virtual environments.  I found I no longer knew how to learn despite that I'm corporate education and organizational development.   It was a struggle to adapt to a new environment and learn the tools to engage in the learning process.  I'm extremely self-directed and have always taken the approach to know where to go, who to ask and take the information and apply it and yet this was new.  I didn't feel adept which is a novel experience for me.

  It also asked to experiment, explore, investigate all of which I didn't know how.  I did learn but I want to be better at it. 

  with that I can lead in my environment as a role model for improved learning. 

  I'm also taking the pilot project School Ed which is challenging to be a better learner

  What do I hope to achieve by participating  - connecting with other in the class and learning from them. 

  Are you interested i helping with the course organization - I'm not sure what you mean by that but as I continue with the course I will certainly find ways in which I can add value.

  Mireille Massue
  Toronto, Canada

• 
  e   Sept. 28, 2011, 11:35 a.m.

  Bio:

  Location: Waterloo, ON

  Standard Set Answer:

  I read Anya's book Edupunk and she is a visionary who inspires me. I am building a community of practice at Bookneto for university students who want to help each other in peer learning and there is a lot I could learn from how this community works. I want to  understand how communities of practice work and what can be done to improve them.

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  Bob Lau   Sept. 28, 2011, 5:05 a.m.

  Bio:

  hi,everyone,i am from Zhengzhou,China.i used to be a maths teacher in a junior high school。

  Location: Zhengzhou,China

  Standard Set Answer:

  i am interested in this programme.

• 
  Mornay Schoeman   Sept. 27, 2011, 5:27 a.m.

  Bio: I am a principal of a design college, as well as the operations manager of a private design education provider. I have 20 years experience in education, 6 years in management and 10 months in organisational operations. I am very interested in combining design thinking and innovation in to the organisational management of the company.

  Location: Cape Town, South Africa

  Standard Set Answer:

  I moved from being a design educator into management. I had to change my way of thinking. From creative instruction to managing a college. In doing this being exposed to areas I had never been before. Confronted with problems that were outside my frame of reference. I felt a little out of my depth, but realized that I could use the skills I already had to assist in this transition between worlds. So using design thinking and innovation I could solve problems and find new ways to manage business. I am still very much a novice in this regard and struggle to make the connection quickly. It takes some time for me to test and apply the process. I need resources to gather more practical experience.

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  Eshinee Veith   Sept. 26, 2011, 11:08 a.m.

  Bio:

  Shiyeyi language program advisor for Lutheran Bible Translators

  Location: Botswana

  Standard Set Answer:

  I am interested in this topic because I am currently in the process of self-directed learning of the Shiyeyi language, spoken in Botswana and Namibia.

  My hope is that participating in this course will enable me to structure my Shiyeyi-learning efforts more effectively. I am also interested in making my learning plan and other materials available to others who are also interested in learning to speak and/or read+write Shiyeyi.

  I am not sure what I would have to offer to the course organization process at this time, being new to P2PU. While I am interested, my interest alone is probably not enough to warrant a plan to participate in the process in any significant way.

• 
  gotim   Sept. 21, 2011, 5:37 a.m.

  Bio:

  Location:

  Standard Set Answer:

  got started..

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  Rasika   Sept. 16, 2011, 11:21 p.m.

  Bio:

  Teaching for 28 years, passionate about making school experiences relevant and valuable.

  Location: Hong Kong

  Standard Set Answer:

  I am a self directed learner so this seems like a perfect course.

  I hope to establish some goals and build my PLN.  Once I have gone through the process, I can then bring the ideas to my students.  We should all have our PLNs and continue learning throughout life.

• 
  elearnista   Sept. 13, 2011, 1:58 p.m.

  Bio:

  Instructional designer at Alabama A&M University

  Location: Alabama

  Standard Set Answer:

  My interest in this topic is both personal and professional. I am a lifelong learner in the personal realm as well as an instructional designer/elearning specialist in the professional realm.

  By participating I hope to glean tips and resources for better management of my information overload and network with others with similar interests and motivations.

  Yes, I am very interested in collaboration or participation on every level.

• 
  Weezie   Sept. 10, 2011, 9:04 a.m.

  Bio:

  I am a 19-year-old undergraduate student from California but am taking time off from college to design and experience my own learning journey. I am also working on a book where I profile people doing similar things for their own educational paths. At the moment I am traveling in Europe to experience and engage with organizations and people working in the social and creative sectors!

  Location: Amsterdam, Netherlands

  Standard Set Answer:

  I am interested in this topic since I am currently taking time off from university and am living and designing my own learning journey. I was inspired in many ways by Anya's book DIY U, as well as other people that had done similar things in their educaiton. I would like to meet other people engaging in similar paths, as well as get tips and skills in how to further develop this unique path I have taken. I am interested in helping with the course organization if help is needed!

• 
  Philipp   Sept. 9, 2011, 4:33 p.m.

  Bio:

  I am one of the co-founders of P2PU.

  Location: Airports

  Standard Set Answer:

  Hey - Just want to see how this is going. Very excited by the model and potential to roll into P2PU as one of the "standard" ways users can get involved. 

  Rather than waiting for a course, users should feel empowered to start their own learning journeys. 

   

  P

• 
  Stephanie Grubb   Sept. 9, 2011, 1:53 p.m.

  Bio:

   

  My professional and personal goal is to contribute to a socially engaged urban art and educational program that offers students, as well as families and communities, an environment for learning, expression, and growth

  Location: Philadelphia, PA; USA

  Standard Set Answer:

  Hi!

  I am very interested in this topic of DIY Education. I have been looking for programs in art administration, and have been slightly discouraged by the varying degree of program prerequisites and by the complexity in finding a program suitable for my needs. And not to mention the costs...

  I would love to learn how to structure my own education and areas of focus efficiently. I am also interested in learning more about this online and free education movement. Thank you.

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  Ivan Travkin   Sept. 5, 2011, 3:50 a.m.

  Bio:

  Russian post graduate student interested in educational simulations. OER fan. Loves tea and needs sleep all the time :)

  English isn't my 1st language. Don't be confused by my strange writings :D

  Read my blog or check out my site for some info on my independent study projects.

  Location: Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, Sakhalin Island, Russia

  Standard Set Answer:

  I want to create a study group on p2pu and build valuable pln. So I need some experience :) btw, English isn't my 1st language and I have some problems with it :(