[p2pu-dev] Idea: Intelligent study group momentum machine

James Tatum jtatum at gmail.com
Thu Apr 14 20:38:41 UTC 2011


Agree - it could be super intimidating. And perhaps not even the right
word. Plan or outline with dates might be more appropriate. Good point
on the study groups that have no idea where to start.

On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 12:16 PM, Pippa Buchanan
<Pippa.Buchanan at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I think that for many people they really want to learn about something but
> don't know the first place to start (that's why they want to join a study
> group!), and even from a course organiser's perspective thinking beyond the
> first 3-4 weeks of structure can be overwhelming.
>
> So that " fill in a brief, loose syllabus" task can be very intimidating
> unless it's framed as being as the first draft for a  collaborative effort,
> particularly in this context where people proposing are initially proposing
> a topic but aren't confident enough to form a study group outright.
>
> Adding to my original email:
>
> Hi Maria Von Trapp,
>
> it's P2PU here. 21 days ago you commited to setting up a study group for
> Yodelling 101 if 5 other people promised to participate. You're in luck!
>
> Not only did 5 people sign-up, two other users wanted to help you establish
> the Study Group.  Say hi to Sally and Peter now.
>
> We've created the Yodelling 101 study group for you. Getting a study group
> setup is as easy as Do, Re, Mi! You can find help here and can message your
> co-admins here.
>
> Your first action should be creating a draft list of things to read, learn
> and do in your Yodelling 101. Don't worry! The list doesn't have to be
> complete or professional, but is the first step towards a shared study plan
> (or syllabus) for your study group to collaboratively develop and learn
> from. Once you've made your draft plan you can message your study group to
> get participants' feedback.
>
> Find out more about developing study plans and syllabus.
> Find out how to send messages in a study group.
>
> We're looking forward to hearing about your progress!
>
> P2PU
>
> The links to help information would be held at a first pass in the Help Desk
> Study Group.
>
> P*
>
> On 14 April 2011 20:42, James Tatum <jtatum at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> What if the person who sets up the study group essentially configures
>> momentum into it? Thinking about these loosely bound ad-hoc study
>> groups, at some point someone has to say "study group formed!" and
>> fill out a form, right? So how about they essentially put in a very
>> brief, loose syllabus. Then, the software can keep the group moving on
>> autopilot. I watched a leader's time dry up in a P2PU course and it
>> was a bit like seeing the sails fall off a ship. People wanted to work
>> and were ready to help each other, but there was no plan for how to
>> move forward. If the system were saying, "and now this week the plan
>> is X" the course would have been even more successful. Pre-planning by
>> the instructor would have kept things moving, and some kind of
>> automation could certainly help.
>>
>> There are a lot of ways that this could be done, and editing to
>> reflect a changing course direction should be possible as well. We can
>> feed in templates at the beginning to make setup really quick for the
>> organizer.
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 8:25 AM, Jessy Kate Schingler
>> <jessy at jessykate.com> wrote:
>> > on the momentum front i also imagine something like the automated
>> > bi-weekly
>> > standup script could be applied (conceptually) to groups that wanted to
>> > use
>> > it. ie, check a box [ ] i would like a script to run my course. :)
>> > eg. for, say, a reading group-- you could have it set up to email
>> > everyone
>> > every two weeks saying, "so? how was the next chapter?".
>
>


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