[p2pu-webcraft] How can we acknowledge Webcraft course and study group organisers' efforts?

[Jessy Kate Schingler]

Neat! How would the CS learning community differ from school of webcraft?

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On May 13, 2011 6:37 AM, "Pippa Buchanan" <Pippa.Buchanan at gmail.com> wrote:
> (slightly off-topic)
>
> Parag, I know that you're interested in setting up your site to act as a
> potential socially beneficial business, but you could also consider
working
> to setup a computer science learning community / school within the greater
> P2PU? I know that Wesley's also interested in doing this and there are a
lot
> of relevant courses and groups already being created.
>
> P*
>
> On 13 May 2011 07:50, Parag Shah <adaptives at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Please find my responses inline:
>>
>> Creating, developing and coordinating study groups and courses takes a
huge
>>> amount of effort. School of Webcraft is incredibly grateful for all
those
>>> people who stick with their course ideas from conception through to
>>> completion. @e're so happy that you recognise SoW is important and
continue
>>> to volunteer your time, knowledge and energy to the project.
>>>
>>> I'd like to be able to best recognise the achievements of organisers and
>>> would like input of the Webcraft community in working out how we can
best
>>> thank past organisers, and to continuously recognise future group
>>> organisers.
>>>
>>>
>>> - Do you want certificates or something physical to hold and show
>>> people?
>>>
>>> Nope...
>>
>>
>>>
>>> - Would you like to earn badges that recognise your achievements as an
>>> organiser?
>>>
>>>
>> Yes, that would be nice.
>>
>>
>>> - Would you appreciate letters of reference to future employers that
>>> acknowledge the skills you developed as an organiser, in addition to the
>>> technical knowledge you set out to learn?
>>>
>>> Well, I guess if there is online evidence such as badges, then it would
>> serve as a good recommendation. So, my answer to this would be no.
>>
>>
>>> - Do you want a thank you letter signed by your participants?
>>>
>>> No, not a thank you letter, but I would definitely appreciate feedback
>> (both good and bad) from the participants, on a publicly addressable url.
>> This is more from the perspective of documentary evidence of how useful a
>> peer enabled online course is, and how it can be made better.
>>
>>
>>> - Do you want fame? Would you like to be interviewed and made famous
>>> in the world of Webcraft, P2PU and Mozilla?
>>>
>>> I guess badges would suffice...
>>
>>
>>>
>>> In identifying how we can recognise your achievements I think we can
also
>>> start a parallel discussion about motivations for your involvement in
P2PU.
>>>
>>> - Did you do this to learn more about the topic your course was on?
>>>
>>> Before starting Javascript course in January 2011, I had participated in
>> an online MOOC (Massive Open Online Course). I feel that such courses
have
>> the potential to solve the scalability problem in education. When I
>> facilitated Javascript, my aim was to refresh my Javascript knowledge,
and
>> also learn how to facilitate MOOC's for technical topics.
>>
>>
>>
>>> - To meet and help new people?
>>>
>>> Sure, meeting and helping new people is always fulfilling...
>>
>>>
>>> -
>>> - To develop specific skills in online facilitation?
>>>
>>> Yes, I wanted to develop skills in facilitation of large volume online
>> courses.
>>
>> I am also trying to create a community for the broader Computer Science
>> audience, and I hope to use what I am learning by facilitating P2PU
courses,
>> to foster a learning community at diycomputerscience.com
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Thanks & Regards
>> Parag Shah
>> http://diycomputerscience.com
>>
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