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• P2PU School of Webcraft: Developer training that’s free, open and globally accessible.
• Traditional developer certification can be expensive, out of touch, and out of reach.
• The solution: peer learning on demand. Powered by mentors and learners like you.
•  Self-organized study groups. Using existing open learning materials.
• Providing certification and skills that build careers on open web technology.
• You can get involved. Take a class; propose a course; make a contribution.

Developer training that's free, open and globally accessible

Mozilla and Peer 2 Peer University are creating the P2PU School of Webcraft, a new way to teach and learn standards-based web development. Our classes are globally accessible, 100% free, and powered entirely by learners, mentors and contributors like you. Our goal: a vibrant, peer-led system that helps people around the world easily access and build careers on open web technology.

The problem: developer certification that's expensive, out of touch, and out of reach

Traditional developer training is often too expensive, out of touch with current practise, and different from what students and employers really need. Many certificate courses focus on a single proprietary technology, limiting students' exposure to the broad mix of tools today's developers need. Four-year programs can be impractical and overly theoretical, with curriculum that quickly becomes out of date. And a lack of practical experience fails to provide students with portfolios or give employers a sense of their actual skills as a developer.

The solution: peer learning on demand. Powered by mentors and learners like you.

P2PU School of Webcraft will deliver the skills and portfoliios anyone, anywhere can use to build web development careers. Through online courses that draw on existing open learning materials, students will focus on hands-on skills that involve building projects online. Courses are grounded in real-world projects, utilize the latest technical tools and skills, and are totally organized by a vibrant community of peers. Enabling participants to build portfolios of work, gain the practical open source experience employers want, and collect badges and certification industry leaders will respect.

Because anyone can propose new course ideas and learning materials any time, P2PU Webcraft can move much faster on current technologies than traditional programs. Offering practical training in areas like HTML5 and social web technologies mainstream schools still don't touch. With an emphasis on pragmatic skills like reading code that traditional programs often lack.

Self-organized study groups. Using existing open learning materials.

Excellent open learning materials already exist. P2PU Schoold of Webcraft provides the social learning container and peer accreditation to turn these materials into a robust skills training alternative. Through self-organized study groups, peer learners not only gain technical skills, but also an attitude and approach to web development -- "hacker's habits" -- that reflects the way great developers think, solve problems and collaborate.

Building careers on open web technology

Our goal is to provide training and certification that allows anyone, anywhere to build careers on open web technology. Spreading opportunity and self-empowerment while spreading open standards and values that help build and improve the open web itself. We believe technical training and certification no longer needs to be expensive, exclusive or proprietary. By training a new generation of developers in open source values and skills, we can can massively impact the web's future.

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The Peer 2 Peer University School of Webcraft will offer online courses focused on practical, project-based developer training. Courses are proposed, developed and led by active web developers, which means they are always up to date and focused on real-world projects. And participants collect badges and certificates for their skills, which industry leaders will recognize and respect. Everything is globally accessible and 100% free and open.

Many traditional accreditation programs ignore the fact that the best developers teach themselves. Even amongst developers with degrees, the most valuable learning is generally self-taught or comes from engagement with peers. This tinkering attitude and the ability to work with peers is crucial, since it's how the best developers learn and practise their craft in the real world.

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Notes & Feedback

Moved all comments to the Discussion page. --Philipp 10:17, 2 July 2010 (UTC)