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

[Alison Jean Cole]

*Commenting on first few messages in thread.*

@Pippa: see the public school section here:
http://wiki.p2pu.org/w/page/38634578/bright-ideas. No matter what the course
status users can indicate their interest to teach or learn.

@ Jessica: Would also love to push for richer use of profiles, i.e. offering
expertise through tags and being notified when topic areas have drafted
study groups, etc.


ALISON
p2pu.org/users/alison





On Thu, Apr 14, 2011 at 1:38 PM, James Tatum <jtatum at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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