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Open Education in the Wild: The Dynamics of Course Production in the Peer 2 Peer University
Human Computer Interaction Laboratory CASCI
June Ahn Sarah Webster Brian Butler
Human Computer Interaction Laboratory CASCI
The Peer 2 Peer University (P2PU) is an online, open education platform where any user can create a course, contribute content, or join an existing course as a learner.
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“Finding and joining a community that ignites a student’s passion can set the stage for the student to acquire both deep knowledge about a subject (“learning about”) and the ability to participate in the practice of a field through productive inquiry and peer-based learning (“learning to be”).”
“The web offers innumerable opportunities for students to find and join niche communities...”
John Seely Brown & Richard Adler
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More like open movements, peer production platforms, open source communities Less like Formal school systems or MOOCs
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Teaching & Learning
School Ins2tu2ons
Professional Training of Staff
Laws & Policies
School Systems & maybe MOOCs
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Teaching & Learning
School of…
Training for…
Open, Par2patory, Policies
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Key Distinctions • Coerced vs. Voluntary • Professionally Gated vs. Participatory • Fundamental Shift in Roles – Traditional: Learner as Consumer/Participant
• P2PU – The Work of Producing Education is part of
Teaching and Learning Itself
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“… the open model of P2PU rests on the critical assumption that members can successfully coordinate and produce a sufficient supply of courses and motivate others to join in.”
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“… this practical issue is also an interesting theoretical question of how to design and facilitate the computer supported cooperative work to orchestrate the necessary support for new systems of education delivery.”
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Research Questions 1. How do P2PU course organizers engage with
the P2PU platform?
2. What factors are correlated with the successful launching of courses in P2PU?
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Hypothesis 1
More Experience è J
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Hypothesis 2
Instructional Design Training è J
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Hypothesis 3
Working with Others è J
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Data Sources & Analysis • Log data from P2PU database – March 2011 to September 2013
• Data Transformations to create variables of interest
• Descriptive Analysis • Logistic Regression
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Findings
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Findings 12% of courses were ever launched publicly on P2PU
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Findings
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Findings
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Findings Most Impactful • Prior Participation in
Courses • Collaborating with other
Organizers
* No Correlation for the Design Course
“Course creation has always been very easy and at the forefront [of the interface]. I think this resulted in lots of people creating a course simply to see what it is like.”
Dirk Uys P2PU Developer
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Interviews with 11 course organizers • Course development took 2-4
weeks • Required multiple iterations &
collaborative tools • 81% of organizers collaborated with
others
Vanessa Gennarelli P2PU Learning Scientist
Implications CSCW
• Peer Production • Creative Collaboration • Welcoming Newcomers • Promotive Interactions • Participant Motivation • Online Community –
Policies, Moderation, Roles etc.
Open Education • Open Education
Resources • Redefining Learning as
“being” • Cooperative “work” as
learning • Interactions to promote
peer to peer learning
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Thank You
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Award #1257347 Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.
@ahnjune [email protected]
Co-Authors Sarah Webster Brian Butler
Our Friends at Dirk Uys, Vanessa Gennarelli, Philipp Schmidt and everyone