Background -- Website / Platform Update

• Migrated to new site 18 June 2011
• Good bye Drupal (CMS)
  • hard to create an open source community
  • hard to customize
• Hello Lernanta
  • Django/Python
  • Based on Batucada (Mozilla drumbeat.org)
• Led by full-time Tech Lead 
• Open Source Community
  • https://github.org/p2pu/lernanta
• Currently version 0.8 (so 4 weeks away from finished minimum viable product)
• Changes
  • More flexible (peer learning instead of top down)
  • More social

I'm going to give as little input / guidance as possible to get some completely fresh eyes on the site


Background -- Dogfood Session Goals

(1) Feedback on platform

• UX
• Model
• Use cases

(2) Peer assist

• How to scale: learning model / business

How do we scale?

Scale the course model -- If strong facilitators are required, how do we get them?

• Don't scale as quickly as demand
• What are long-term incentives?

Relax the model

• Retain

Social media (P2PU)

SEO 

Leverage partners

• Partnerships
• Widgets (OpenStudy)
• Investment vs. benefits

Make it extremely social (Farmville)

• Build social into the model
• Users pull in more users