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¿Cómo puedo involucrarme?

Puedes unirte a la lista de correo general o la lista de correo en español u organizar un curso nuevo. Si tienes una idea, puedes contactarnos directamente.

¿Puedo obtener créditos formales al estudiar en la P2PU?

En este momento, no, pero estamos trabajando en algunas opciones para haer esto posible en el futuro. Puedes mirar la página de acreditación para más información.

¿Cuánto cuesta estudiar en la P2PU?

Estudiar es gratis. Después de la fase de pruebas, la comunidad decidirá si tiene sentido cobrar un pequeño costo de inscripción. Nos gustaría que los participantes se comprometieran a invertir el tiempo necesario, y un pequeño costo puede ayudar a solidificar ese compromiso. Además, algunos organizadores no pueden ofrecer su tiempo gratis, pero les gustaría participar, un parte del costo podría usarse como contrapartida a su tiempo.Sin embargo, nuestra motivación principal para la P2PU es el acceso sin restricciones a experiencias de alta calidad y aprendizaje entre pares en temas de interés, así que nunca restringiremos el acceso a los materiales educativos propiamente dichos.

¿Puedo inscribirme ya?

La inscripción a los cursos empieza el próximo 8 de enero.

Debe haber algunos costos, ¿quién está pagando por todo esto?

La mayor parte de los participantes de la P2PU son voluntarios, sin embargo hemos recibido algunos fondos para cubrir costos básicos de parte de la Hewlett Foundation, y la Shuttleworth Foundation. El proyecto está incluido en la incubadora de la  University of California en Irvine. Gracias que los servicios de web hosting son baratos, es necesario cubrir muy pocos costos para hacer funcionar una comunidad de aprendizaje online. Por supuesto que también implica mucho tiempo y esfuerzo para que esto suceda, que es cubierto por nuestros voluntarios.

What technology are you using for this site?

Our first site was a Google Site. We switched to a pbworks.com wiki for the pilot phase, but are working on an open source, self-hosted solution for the future. We wanted to get the pilot underway as quickly as possible, and technology development takes a long time, especially for a small project like ours. 

How is this different from an traditional online course?

It's different from traditional online university courses becuase it's peer learning, not instructor led - the group learns from each other.

How do you decide which courses are going to be offered?

For the first round we worked quite carefully with a small group of people we trusted.In the future there will be a process of bringing new people and

courses into the community. We will also offer a course for people who want to run a course.

How about accreditation? How is that working?

Some people are already getting accreditation - for example, a group of students taking our Land Restoration Course have already been given the green light for credit!  The P2PU course will be their "reforestation 101" for a 3 year leadership program they are beginning in a reforestation project in India. Their 3 year leadership program does count for credit at some western universities.

Other individuals are trying to organise accreditation on a case-by-case basis from the institutions they are affiliated with.

We at p2pu are interested in a community reputation that could also offer a viable alternative to the traditional accreditation systems.

Is p2pu trying to replace traditional universities?

Nope - not at all! p2pu is an alternative, not really meant to replace traditional campus-based universities. We all went to university and wouldn't want to miss the experience.

Why are you doing this? Isn't this a lot of work?

We are all passionate about learning, and this seemed like a fun way to build something that brings together like-minded people and

increase access to education. We saw that there were more and more OERs, but for many individuals that wasn't enough. Without the social component and a bit of structure and support, it was too hard to work through the materials on one's own. And, of course, it's a whole lot of fun!