Think of it as online book clubs for open educational resources. P2PU acts as a guide to open education materials that are already available and connects small groups of motivated learners. Stian Håklev is a Toronto-based activist for open access to research and open education , and one of the founders of P2PU. Article from Chris Watkins : The Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU) is an online community of open study groups for short university-level courses.

About 30 delegates ( most of whom are on Twitter ) attended the two day event designed to bring together researchers in Technology Enhanced Learning in an open forum to debate the current issues surrounding educational technologies. Photo credit: Rozberry redteam There were some great show and discuss sessions, including Maria Perifanou on using Wikiquests in language Learning, Pat Parslow on Digital ID & Kathrin Kaufhold on the Awesome project . Last week I was fortunate to be one of the attendees at the fantastic Thought Fest 2009 conference, held at the University of Salford's Think Lab .

When I was taught science in school we were told that the idea behind the layout of an experimental write-up (abstract, introduction, method, results, conclusion etc) was structured as such so that anyone with a good grasp of language and maths could read it and understand it. Tags: P2P Education P2P Research P2P Scienc The hacking of emails written by scientists at the Climate Research Unit has produced lots of comment and copy about the efficacy of climate science and seems to have done damage to the reputations of the scientists and sciences involved. However the response

An interesting special issue of IRRODL on Openness and the Future of Higher Education is available now at [link] . Please note the article: Peer-To-Peer Recognition of Learning in Open Education . From the introduction by David Wiley and John Hilton : “Once considered to be mostly hype, the idea of open education has spread to hundreds of universities across the globe – including many of the world’s most prestigious institutions. Via : By Jan Philipp Schmidt, Christine Geith, Stian Håklev, Joel Thierstein

In education – particularly in technology enhanced education – a similar trailing of ideologies from another era is observed. George Siemens writes that: “Without going through a painful attempt to deconstruct learning and its systemic origins, I think it’s safe to state the following as the key elements of a weltanschauung that define formal education: As both Vygotsky and Wittgenstein argued, language gives birth What we create to survive during one era serves as neurosis for another. 1.

The class roster read like that of a mathematical all-star team, but other kids at Churchill were struggling — especially in math, but also in science, foreign languages and, sometimes, such basic organizational skills as the timely completion of homework. Tags: P2P Educatio This article appeared in the Washington Post and was written by By Daniel de Vise: “Private tutoring is big business in the Washington suburbs. And now it is a full-time job for Kimel, who graduated this spring and can devote his full attention to Peer2Peer Tutors, the company he founded five years

For those with the right opportunity, learning to speak another language well can be a great way to get a more global view of the world and of your own culture. I just ran across Benny Lewis' blog today, and it gives away the secret I stumbled onto years ago: don't speak your native language ! For a significant period, I lived and worked in a small town where not even the second language was English. One might argue the first language was Alemannisch , the second German, and the third French. I was stubborn, and I forced myself to speak the local language.

Getting a college education in the US is absurdly expensive, but like property, or the stock market, the education bubble too will burst - the financial institutions simply no longer have the money to fund the madness. Consider how the Open Courseware movement is giving way to the idea that, in essence, a university education could become available (including Open Accreditation ) free of charge.   Via Stephen Downe s, Judy Breck believes, and I agree, that the economic crunch will speed the advent of network learnin g. Change is on the way.

Washington ]Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author and leader of the African (more) [Photo: Booker T. Washington ] Booker Taliaferro Washington (April 5, 1856 – November 14, 1915) was an American educator, author and leader of the African American community. He was freed from slavery as a child, gained an education, and as a young man was appointed Feedback Sign up Login xtimeline Explore Create Groups Login Email: Password: Remember me Forgot your password? 1 2 3 4 5 next

Fowl language was not shocking - ok, it was the norm (I didn’t know my mom’s mother well, but my dad’s mom swore like a 4′8″ Russian Jewish sailor to the day she died at age 93.) Tags: Education My Inspiratio It is Grandma Rose’s 85th birthday! And so I thought I’d take a moment to thank my mom for some of the big lessons I have learned from her.