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20 April 2011


Saylor.org

• Courses designed for self-directed learners
• Usually 15 weeks periods of study
• Interested to see how that could be supported by a relatively hands-off facilitator
• Question: how involved does the facilitator need to be?
• This pilot is a way to provide some vetting how well the materials work for self-learners

P2PU

• Provide a learning community/social wrapper around saylor.org materials
• Duplicate as little as possible, link to existing content on saylor.org
• Collaborate on finding and supporting facilitators

Pilot

1 - Run a Saylor.org course on P2PU
2 - Survey users, evaluate, take it from there ... 


How will it work?

Step 1 - Identify one or more facilitators

• Someone involved in content creation from Saylor network (waiting to hear back)
• (Optional) open call using our networks (10,000+ users on p2pu, plus social media reach)

Step 2 - Set up a course on new.p2pu.org

• Pilot course: Baroque Art to Neoclassicism (ARTH207) [22 April]
• Set up on http://new.p2pu.org [2 weeks]
  • Break into a smaller chunk for a 4 week format
  • P2PU Course Coordinator to help set up materials and give feedback on structure (involving P2PU community)

Get the word out

• Announcement to p2pu announce list and on blog
• Saylor communication
• Cross-link to drive traffic back and forth, attract large community
  • Link to course on course home page on saylor.org
  • Link to original course materials from http://new.p2pu.org course

Future discussion:

• Are user demographics (survey on saylor.org) similar to P2PU? Are survey results available?
• Identify funnel mechanism to automate course creation
• Use P2PU courses for feedback, review, input that feeds back to Saylor course materials
• Assessments?
• Certification?