Re: [p2pu-discuss] Tech and General Education Courses at P2P University in Hackerspaces

[Ron Krate]

Dear Colleagues,

Worth a shot, if we can do it remotely or with or International Professors or Fellows? We would need a few people to hop on if includes adult edu, continuing edu, college students..... and perhaps a discussion group to form an alliance.

( It may work for us Heath if we, the International Professors Project, can direct teaching/learning activity to students in poor and developing countries.)

I'll tell Heath what you think or you can write to him directly, of course.

Kind regards,
Ron Krate, Ph.D.
Founding Head
International Professors Project
www.internationalprofs.org

On Mon, Feb 15, 2010 at 3:33 AM, Heath Matlock <heathm...@gmail.com> wrote:

Here's the idea in a nutshell: create an international school with
schools located at various hackerspaces.

Surprise, it's already in the works, P2PU ( http://www.p2pu.org ). But
P2PU needs to partner with some organizations in order to get certain
accreditation, specifically in areas of technology and engineering,
because you really do need a hands-on approach with some areas of
study in these broad categories of education. And in light of all the
technology being developed and already present at many hackerspaces,
this idea seems feasible.

Because it  can be cumbersome to specialize in more than two specific
areas of education, I propose hackerspace specialize. One hackerspace
could focus on Molecular Biology, another on CS and EE. And because of
this specialization, students would probably be travelling to new
hackerspaces between semesters.

If you're interested in this concept of allowing students a chance tomeet many interesting people, training in well-equipped facilities,and being credited for their work, please toss out your thoughts. :-)

--
Heath Matlock
+1 256 274 4225

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