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Accreditation

While learning in itself is a valuable goal, getting credit for what you've done is also important to gain social and economic opportunities. As P2PU develops we are experimenting with new ways of recognising learning. As this is a very difficult problem to solve, we are open to a variety of ways to try and solve it.

Peer Assessment

Assessment of each other becomes intrinsic in the community learning process. Like open source software communities, the participants in a learning group provide feedback to each other, reviewing and improving each others' work. Peers in the course will assess each others work, and P2PU online certificates will be offered to signal that you've completed a course. At some point one could imagine that a certificate from P2PU would be meaningful in itself.

Outside Accreditation

In the case of being currently enrolled in educational institutions, students will be able to share the work they produce in a P2PU course with a university professor who might be able to offer them credit through a independent study. This is something you should discuss with your professors.

Third Party Accreditation

Other institutions are also currently trying to solve the accreditation issue by providing independent assessment of learning outcomes and offering degrees. We are looking into ways of partnering with these institutions so that students can get credit for participating.

Accredition for Continuing Education

In many occupations, professionals are required to obtain credits for ongoing professional development.  Particularly in the US and particularly for teachers, this is a big undertaking, but has historically had very mixed impact on the improvement of teaching.  The manner in which this learning is accredited varies enourmously, but seems like a natural place where P2PU could have a major impact.