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Peer 2 Peer University: School of Education

Free and Open Professional Development and

Collaborations for Educators Across the Globe

Karen FasimpaurAnna BatchelderChris Batchelder 

About Karen, Anna and ChrisKaren FasimpaurFounder, K12 Open Ed (Arizona, USA)@kfasimpaurwww.k12opened.comLoves: writing, building things

Anna BatchelderCo-Founder, Bon Education (Dubai, UAE)@bon_educationwww.dotlearnt.comLoves: yoga, blogging, jogging, baking bread, travel

Chris BatchelderCo-Founder, Bon Education (Dubai, UAE)www.boneducation.comLoves: creativity, art, entrepreneurship

Thanks for coming!

• What is P2PU.org?

• Why Focus on Peer Learning?

• P2PU.org Schools

• P2PU.org School of Education Pilot

• Next Steps

• Your Thoughts

• How to Get Involved!

What is P2PU? 

• Learning for everyone, by everyone about almost anything

• Peer learning leveraging the internet and educational materials openly available online 

• All P2PU-produced content is available for free use, distribution, and remix under the Creative Commons BY SA license

What is Peer Learning to You?Please use the chat window to write a sentence or two about what peer learning means to you. 

Feel free to share an example of an effective peer learning experience you've had!

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Why Peer Learning?

• Everyone is a teacher & learner

• Richer & more authentic

• Modeling for classroom

• Deeper learning through teaching

• Learning is social

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P2PU Schools

We've started with a pilot...

Here is the Opportunity...Many educators in the world…

• Want further training on "how to teach”

• Have little or no access to ongoing PD

• Work in schools that suffer from chronic lack of $

• Want to connect with educators abroad

• Want PD that addresses specific needs

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Global Case Study  

Impact and Lessons Learned• Huge interest and support for this idea

• Seven courses created, open licensed, and deployed

• Approximately 375 people participated 

• More passive participation is harder to measure

• Over 1,300 posts 

• Many webinars, collaborative and individual projects, and other activities

• Strong international participation

• Conversations were extensive and deep

• Time is limited for everyone

• Participation peaked in first weeks of courses

Next Steps...

• How do we build the future at the School of Education?o Topics?o Participants driving learning?o Shorter courses?o Formal credit?o Coordinating international interests?

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We Need Your Input!Please answer these questions and consider how they pertain to most teachers you work with, as well as yourself.

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What topics would you like to see courses on?What would you like to learn? 

Type your suggestions in the chat window.

Which of these general topics would be of most interest to you?(Click the letter from the fourth icon in the participants window.)

A - ICT/Technology use in the classroom B - Innovative practices (e.g. flipped clasroom, Understanding by Design)  C - Teaching methods (e.g. classroom management, lesson plan development)

D - Science, Technology, Engineering, Math (STEM)

E - Curriculum (subject- and grade-level specific studies)

Which format would work best for you?

A - 1-2 day intensive event B - 2 week discussion group C - 6 week course with discussion and hands-on projects

D - Other (Please elaborate in chat.)

What type of credit is important to your teachers, if any?A - Formal credit isn't important to us. B - University graduate credit C - University professional development credit

D - P2PU-issued certificate or badge

E - Other (Please elaborate in chat.)

What else would make this useful to you?• Type any suggestions you have into the chat window

• Or email us at schoolofed@p2pu.org

How to Get Involved!

• Go to http://p2pu.org/school-of-ed and sign up for updates

• Think about participating in or facilitating a course

• Create a course

• Email us schoolofed@p2pu.org 

Questions or comments?

Thanks!Karen FasimpaurFounder, K12 Open Ed (Arizona, USA)@kfasimpaur, karen@k12opened.comwww.k12opened.com

Anna BatchelderCo-Founder, Bon Education (Dubai, UAE)@bon_educationanna@boneducation.comwww.boneducation.com

Chris BatchelderCo-Founder, Bon Education (Dubai, UAE)chris@boneducation.comwww.boneducation.com