[P2P-F] Fwd:Invitation to sign up for a course on collaborative workshops

Fri Jul 19 02:31:31 CEST 2013

Forgive the cross posting

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Anyone up for a bit of this?
https://p2pu.org/en/courses/77/collaborative-workshops-in-informal-learning-spaces/

nice one
Mick
Invitation to sign up for a course on collaborative workshops

I’m helping to run a course on delivering workshop which is going to be 
hosted on p2pu.org as part of the School of Open- I’ve designed some 
badges and we are due to start sign up on the 22nd of July. While I like 
to think that we have added our own special touch, most materials have 
been gathered from existing sources. The one thing they all have in 
common is that they are all published under open licences.

The main sources have their own excellent websites so if you want to go 
straight to the source then check them out here;

http://www.seedsforchange.org.uk/
http://aspirationtech.org/
http://rhizomenetwork.wordpress.com/

Would you like to be a part of this course? Maybe you already know a bit 
about delivering workshops and would like to share your experiences? 
Maybe you are new to workshops and facilitation? Perhaps you can join 
this course with some of your colleagues as a way of learning together?

One of the reasons that I am helping to run this course is to use it as 
a way of doing some professional development. I’ve spend some time 
working with partners from Creative Commons and the P2PU.org to research 
and pull together some of what we feel are the best introductory 
materials and techniques on delivering collaborative and interactive 
workshops.

This course is a way of bringing existing materials to a new audience on 
new platforms (p2pu.org and FLOSS Manuals). Also by remixing them into 
an online course it allows people to share their experiences while they 
work through the materials and suggestions for planning a workshop.

We are adding Open Badges into the mix too. We are keeping it simple. If 
you plan a workshop you can submit it for peer review to get a badge. 
And if you deliver a workshop and take photos and write up your 
learning, well that deserves a badge too.

Though online discussion via comments, and via live group chat sessions 
we hope to build a community of people who will plan and then ideally 
deliver a workshop with peer support from other course participants.

If you are new to delivering workshops then this is a great opportunity 
to learn from a great group of trainers some of whom have some fantastic 
experiences to share.

On the other hand, this course is a perfect chance for existing trainers 
to experiment with this online learning tool and community. You can dip 
a toe in the water while working with familiar subject matter.

To sign up visit the course home page, click on Start Course on the left 
of the column. You will need to sign up for p2pu.org.
If you have any questions you can find me on @mickfuzz on twitter or 
email me on – mickfuzz at clearerchannel.org