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John Britton
July 21, 2011
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P2PU at Campus Party Mexico 2011
Thursday, July 21st, 8:30PM. Bancomer Expo Center, Santa Fe, Mexico City.
John Britton
July 21, 2011
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Transcript
LEARN ANYTHING WITH YOUR PEERS. IT'S ONLINE AND TOTALLY FREE.
@johndbritton @p2pu
... and many more
... and many more What’s the problem?
There’s nowhere to go for help.
That’s why we created P2PU.
What is P2PU exactly?
Peer 2 Peer University
Non-profit
Open Source
None
None
“social learning” “social coding”
Social Learning. (WTF is that?)
No Teachers.
No Students.
Only Peers.
Learn anything...
...by completing tasks...
...that lead to the right questions...
...with help from your peers.
Keep track of everything.
Share your progress...
...and get recognition.
Anything. (really)
Poker, Ship building, Web development, Poetry, Sustainability...
Tasks. (along the way)
None
Questions. (it’s hard to know what to ask)
Help. (from people like you)
Track. (what you learn)
Share. (your work, your choice)
Recognition. (flaunt it)
None
None
None
History. (a short, short time ago)
09/09/09
six weeks six courses
• Introduction to Concepts in Behavioral Economics and Decision Making
• Copyright for Educators • Introduction to Cyberpunk Literature • Land Restoration and Afforestation • Open Creative Nonfiction - Take Away Narratives • Poker and Strategic Thinking
6 16 23 50 100+ Courses
English Spanish Portuguese
We’re still evolving, beyond courses.
Today: >20k Users
None
None
+ = ?
“What do speakers of other languages see when they search?”
“What is the safest way for me to ride my bicycle home from work?” Mashing Up the Open Web
Web 200: Anatomy of a Request
Introduction to Ruby on Rails
Web Making 101, HTML5, Git, Python, Javascript, Django, PHP...
Schools. (let’s repeat the pattern)
+ = ?
+ = P2PU School of Copyright?
+ = P2PU School of Entrepreneurship?
+ = P2PU School of Journalism?
+ = Awesome! respected industry leader
What do I do now?
p2pu.org
p2pu.org/get-involved
github.com/p2pu