Please find my responses inline:<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">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.<br>
<br>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.<br>
<br><ul><li>Do you want certificates or something physical to hold and show people?</li></ul></blockquote><div>Nope... </div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<ul><li>Would you like to earn badges that recognise your achievements as an organiser?</li></ul></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Yes, that would be nice.</div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<ul><li>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?</li></ul></blockquote><div>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.</div>
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<li>Do you want a thank you letter signed by your participants?<br></li></ul></blockquote><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><ul><li>Do you want fame? Would you like to be interviewed and made famous in the world of Webcraft, P2PU and Mozilla?</li>
</ul></blockquote><div>I guess badges would suffice...</div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><br>In identifying how we can recognise your achievements I think we can also start a parallel discussion about motivations for your involvement in P2PU. <br>
<ul><li>Did you do this to learn more about the topic your course was on?</li></ul></blockquote><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div><br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><ul><li>To meet and help new people?</li></ul></blockquote><div>Sure, meeting and helping new people is always fulfilling... </div>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;"><ul><li> </li><li>To develop specific skills in online facilitation?</li></ul></blockquote><div>Yes, I wanted to develop skills in facilitation of large volume online courses.</div>
<div><br></div><div><div>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 <a href="http://diycomputerscience.com">diycomputerscience.com</a></div>
</div><div><br></div><div> </div><div><br></div></div><br>-- <br>Thanks & Regards<br>Parag Shah<br><a href="http://diycomputerscience.com">http://diycomputerscience.com</a><br>