P2PU Orientation Planning for new.p2pu.org
new.p2pu.org orientation/welcome seminars for new users
overview:
- new orientation should support all learners, not just organizers exclusively.
- anyone can join, optional
- how are introductions made? asynchronously? meetings? chat times
- how can ALL users be encouraged to join?
- when they register, when they create a learning project
- maybe part of the "welcome" email?
- as part of all communication / part of messaging
schedule:
(sychronous)
orientation seminars/discussions cover p2pu handbook topics and:
- introductions
- peer learning philosophy
- lessons learned
(asynchronous)
the help desk should be transformed into the p2pu handbook. it should contain video/media tutorials on:
- how to set up a study group (first vdraft out: http://vimeo.com/24138754)
- how to use the task feature (alison & pippa)
- open licenses (jane & alison)
- suggested tools for collaboration & meetings (alison + help needed)
- peer assessment & badges (alison & erin)
- & videos from schools about crucial aspects of participation (alan & laura, pippa, math)
How to get it out there:
- welcome email
- Thank you for joining P2PU, we are glad you are here and would love to talk with you more. Feel free to post in the introduction forum(we need one of these) so we can get to know you better.
Comments:
Joe: I think the objectives here are ambitious, but maybe they can be even more ambitious! Is this an orientation for new users, or perhaps a way for everyone to engage in some Q&A? At the same time, the range of topics is huge. It would be tough to get through all of it in one hour with a large group. So maybe best to break it up into smaller units and have each of the units led by some returning experienced person? I.e. make it sort of a "mini-P2PU", to take place over the course of a day or a week? I can imagine something like this would be rewarding even for experienced participants: the low floor, high ceiling thing! But if it's a big event and a lot of work, maybe the frequency of big pushes should be reduced (make it quarterly?). I was recently thinking that quarterly online meetups/symposia would be a good addition to the weekly phone calls - allowing a bit more breathing room. At the same time, the Help Desk and other places around P2PU can provide an always-on place to talk about relevant issues. Monthly just sounds like a lot of work! It's a good idea but don't wear yourself out with it - happy to weigh in more later and offer some help if that works......
Hm, I might have thought of a way to make monthly participation make sense for me: http://new.p2pu.org/en/activity/15469/ (we'll see what people have to say about that).
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P2PU Orientation
Etherpad for agendas and notes: http://pad.p2pu.org/orientation
Conference Call:
- US Toll Free: +1 877 395 2347 **Please only use the toll-free number if you really need to**
- US Local / International +1 415 763 5901
Looking for a webcraft event? --> http://pad.p2pu.org/webcraft
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Peer Engagement & Participation Tools
THUR 13 Jan @ 11am PST (San Francisco) / 2pm EST (New York time)
Attendees: (add your name below):
- Erin Knight
- Nate Gandomi
- Alison Cole
- Jessica Ledbetter
- Andy Lindeman
Agenda:
- Intro / walkthrough of tools and strategies for engagement
- Questions/Open discussion
We have slides!
Additional resources to read:
Questions:
Notes:
- In addition to wiki.p2pu.org - "Course Materials" part of course pages on p2pu.org is a watered-down wiki. Participants can edit course materials/documents but option to add notation to changes not yet available.
- Synchronous meetings are really good if you can make them work (technology, group size, timezones)
- if you would like have synchronous meetings with large numbers, use a free conference call service
- Big Blue Button might be an option for more robust web conferencing (screen share, chat, etc.)
- One note: if you use one of these synch. tools, make sure you have experienced it! Test runs FTW!
- Run a test meeting with your course members specifically to make sure everyone is up to speed and working on the system
Introductions to Community & Open Licensing
WED 12 Jan @ 2pm EST (New York time)
Agenda
- Questions
- What is "open"?
- What about policing? Are there good tools to make sure that derivatives are following the rules? What actions do we have?
- Is there a way to verify that materials that are labeled as open-licensed (CC or other) really are? (There's a lot out there in some repositories that are indicated as CC licensed but are actually all rights reserved.) What is the burden of verification do users have?
- Can I have part open and part not? Like the syllabus, exercises are open but the solutions are not.
- A: Yes, but do not post any non-open resources on the P2PU platform/site
- If a lot of resources on a given subject are freely available (no cost to access), but still copyrighted. Is it still okay to use those?
- When we refer to any online materials that don't necessarily say open-licensed but don't say it's not open-licensed either, should we try to contact the creater of the material before including it in our course material?
- A: Link or embed doesn't require open license; reposting (or remixing) requires open license or permission.
- I have a question about Flatworld Knowledge textbooks. They are licensed CC BY NC SA and are advertised as "remixable." But you can't download (or even print) them without paying a fee. If a person paid to download a PDF, could they then repost it for others? That seems consistent with the license, although probably isn't what Flatworld has in mind.
- You can only get a PDF if you pay. ("Free" version is static locked online version only.)
- Does each course have to get a CC licence?
- A: No, it falls under general P2PU licence.
- Out of curiosity, have CC licenses held up well in any court cases? Any references/precedents?
- Would it be a problem to use scribd, google (full view) books?
Yes, it is possible to use free tools in your course.
More info
Notes from call
- Alison created forum post so orientation participants can continue discussion/ask questions, also for those that cannot make it to be involved: http://p2pu.org/node/11464/forums/17516
- P2PU Values: openness, community, and peer learning
- transparency in governance and openness in resources + content
- P2PU default site license: CC-BY-SA: http://p2pu.org/license
- See slides: http://www.slideshare.net/janeatcc/creative-commons-and-oer
- If publish a derivative, same license. But if not public, still published. Even sharing with one person, it's shared.
- Good thing about CC licensing is the community. They may point out the misuse.
- Any posted (pasted) on P2PU.org is CC-BY-SA by default
- you can LINK to anything, even full copyright resources
- If you want to integrate "all rights reserved" copyrighted material into course material (beyond linking) you must receive permission from the creator. If it's under a CC license, follow the conditions of the license. Note that p2pu.org is default CC BY-SA, except otherwise noted, so please note any other licenses! You can always link to anything publicly viewable, no matter what license or copyrights it is under.
- You can redistribute Flatworld works under license conditions