2014
May 12 - June 8
Partnerships & People
What went right
We partnered with P2PU to develop a new platform that is wildly better than anything we've had before. We connected with "non-Webmaker" communities such as:
- P2PU
- School of Open
- Open Coalition
- NCS Digital Graduates
and others. Our "professors" were highly engaged. We had a successful turnaround on outreach, despite last minute hacking and short staff.
What went wrong
We didn't have enough buy-in from staff, so the production of the platform required a steep learning curve for a non-developer/non-designer. It also meant we didn't have enough outreach to communities to drive participation, which resulted in a shortage of co-facilitators / super mentors helping to facilitate and encourage. Due to small staff, we were unable to capture the School of Webcraft community (who are mostly autonomous learners).