P2PU Course Designer's Orientation
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WHAT'S GOING ON THIS WEEK?
August 30th to September 3rd
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Facilitating and Moderating
This week we will focus on the crucial topics of facilitating/moderating a course w/ expert Tony Carr. Tony has provided facilitation dilemmas for everyone to think about and discuss before the seminar on Thursday.
Continue to refer to the handbook as you polish course outline and finish creating your course!
☞ Course Design Handbook
Don't be shy! Get your course out there!
☞ Some ideas for promoting your course
As always, office hours are open to discuss anything about course design.
Office hours: 9 am PDT / 12 pm EST everyday!
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Overview
The P2PU Course Organizers' Orientation aims to introduce new organizers to the practice of online facilitation for open social groups and to provide support while they build a new course.
Outcomes
The goal of the orientation is to let P2PU future course facilitators ...
- experience open social learning (like a P2PU course) first-hand to know what it feels like for participants in your course.
- develop the ability to differentiate P2PU from formal online teaching
- become acquainted with the different features of the P2PU website
- design their own course on a topic of their choice and upload their session content to the website
- experience the use of different synchronous/asynchronous platforms and how to use them in their own sessions
- provide review and feedback for each other to revise and refine the syllabi for their P2PU sessions
Weekly seminars will be held to discuss important aspects of community building, course design, collecting content, and troubleshooting. Conferences will be recorded and posted for those unable to attend. The orientation leader will also post office hours to provide additional support. (Note: We will use a different communication tool each week so that organizers can test them for their courses.)
P2PU Orientation Schedule
Building Your Course
(1st week: August 16th to August 20th)
Course organizers should create one page on the wiki for their course, and start building an outline there. Why not on the main site? P2PU.org is undergoing some construction and will be ready soon. For the time being, copy our blank course template into your wiki page. Please out a link to your course on the new courses page. You will transfer your outline from the wiki into a course page on P2PU.org during the orientation.
☞ Blank Course Template
☞ New Courses List
Consult the course design handbook for our recommendations. Use this resource throughout the design process.
☞ Course Design Handbook
We will hold an initial voice/video conference on Tokbox for introductions and questions about getting started. It will be recorded for those that miss it. (You will need to sign-up for Tokbox in advance.) Chat sessions will be available to anyone with slower bandwidth during office hours.
Seminar
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Introduction to the P2PU Community w/ Alison Cole (P2PU Orientation Leader) |
When & Where
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Tuesday (Tokbox) & Friday (Skype) 9am PDT/12 noon EST on
☝Meeting Notes on P2PU Pad.
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Background Materials
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☞ Experience Evaluation |
Office hours are open to discuss anything about course design.
Office hours: 9 am PDT / 12 pm EST Sun - Thu
Course Development
(2nd week: August 23rd to August 27th)
This week you'll be asked to load your course descriptions and syllabus into http://p2pu.org. Make sure to get some basic information about your course on the site because course announcements are made on Weds August 25th!
Even more exciting - we'll be speaking with researchers from the UC Berkeley iSchool about peer engagement. You won't want to miss this informative session!
☞ Some ideas for promoting your course
Continue to refer to the handbook as you fill out your course outline.
☞ Course Design Handbook
Seminar
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Peer Engagement & Participation Tools
w/ Erin Knight & Nathan Gandomi (UC Berkeley iSchool)
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When & Where
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Tuesday (8/24) & Thursday (8/26), 9AM-10AM (PDT), via SKYPE (contact user: stereo.isomer)
☝Meeting Notes on P2PU Pad.
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Background Materials
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☞ Participatory Media Toolbox |
As always, office hours are open to discuss anything about course design.
Office hours: 9 am PDT / 12 pm EST Sun - Thu
Facilitating and Moderating
3rd week: August 30th to September 3rd
This week we will focus on the crucial topics of facilitating/moderating a course w/ expert Tony Carr. Tony has provided facilitation dilemmas for everyone to think about and discuss before the seminar on Thursday.
Continue to refer to the handbook as you polish course outline and finish creating your course!
☞ Course Design Handbook
As always, office hours are open to discuss anything about course design.
Office hours: 9 am PDT / 12 pm EST everyday!
Sharing & Polishing / Post-Orientation Peer Review
September 3rd through course cycle
Courses begin next week! Now is the time to notify all applicants and polish your syllabus. We'll also be holding a Q&A session with previous organizers at your request!
Seminar
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Community Wisdom Session
w/ previous course organizers
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When & Where
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TBA (Tues or Weds 12 Noon EST / 9 am PDT)
☝Meeting Notes on Orientation Pad.
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Background Materials
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☞ Community Wisdom
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As always, office hours are open to discuss anything about your course.
Office hours: 9 am PDT / 12 pm EST Sun - Thu
Post-Course Reflection
27 OCT 2010
Once courses finish, all organizers must participate in a post-course meeting with all organizers. This is a worthwhile event, as it allows everyone to share the highlights and weak spots. Think of it as crowd sourcing for course improvements! We will hold this on 27 OCT, the last day of courses.
Interested in our older orientation process? We started with a very basic handbook and a minimal approach. However, we recognized new designers need more support and a stronger community. We'd love your feedback on the changes we've made. You can leave them in the comments section on any related page.
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