the birth of the mechanical mooc
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My slides for our group presentation for Open Education Week with Karen Fasimpaur and Jane Park. Full presentation at http://www.slideshare.net/kfasimpaur/p2-pu-openedwk2013TRANSCRIPT
P2PU Labs: The Birth of the Mechanical
MOOC
Vanessa Gennarelli Learning Lead, P2PU@mozzadrella
What is P2PU?Free, CC-BY-SA, open to anyoneCore values
OpennessCommunity Peer Learning
Facilitated courses on p2pu.org P2PU Labs projects experiment with group size and new tools
Problem: MOOC Mania
The “Solution” Space
How can we make a better experience that’s low cost & low-friction?
Tap all of the open materials out there
Build with pre-existing tools
Prompt more intimate groups
Easy to bootstrap
Mechanical MOOC lives!
An Experiment!
Small groups formed based on:
Experience
Learning Style
Time zone
A Character
Results5,775 initially registered
Between 2,733 and 1,650 were engaged in the last week
Dropoff before course started left some groups half-formed
We introduced an intermediary “ready-to-go” step
Findings and Implications
Questions??
Vanessa Gennarelli Learning Lead, P2PU@mozzadrella