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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.
• With self-organized study groups focused on building projects online. 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 practises, 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, overly theoretical, and quickly become out-dated. 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.

a) courses based on existing open learning materials

b) courses have hands on component where you build things on the web

People really missed that the *input* is existing open education materials -- which is key.

Lots of good stuff exists for web developers. We're creating a) social learning container and b) peer accreditation.

Also, the idea that a course is really a self organized stufy group needs to come across better -- at least if tonight's session is an indicator.

At P2PU School of Webcraft, the courses are grounded in real-world projects, utilize the latest technical tools and skills, and are totally organized by a vibrant community of your peers. Offering the cutting-edge of learning, networking, and portfolio-building.

P2PU Webcraft will provide skills anyone can use to build web development careers. Through online courses led by

From static HTML sites to reading code to advanced social web applications, participants will gain the technical skills they need. We add peer- and project-based learning to existing open curricula and course materials, enabling participants to build up portfolios of project work and gain the practical open source experience employers want. In addition participants can collect badges and certificates that industry leaders will recognize and respect.

P2PU Webcraft takes the "do it yourself" ethos the best developers have already and turns it into a scalable way to teach and learn. Peer learners will not only gain technical skills, but also a certain attitude and approach to web development that we call "hacker's habits" - the way that great developers think, solve problems, and collaborate. That's why the focus is on project portfolios, soft skills and developer challenges -- rather than hours spent in front of a book followed by an exam that has little relevance to the real world.

Democratizing web developer education.

Our long term vision is to build web development training that moves beyond the expensive and outdated options that exist today. We are striving to spread opportunity and open standards that not only build careers on open web technology, but that also help build and improve the open web itself.

By training a new generation of developers in open source values and skills, we can can massively impact the open web's future. We seek to establish web development as a creative endeavour independent of a particular set of proprietary technological tools or platforms.

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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.

Project info-graphic

First-draft info-graphic. This is a doodle only -- NOT actual design.

Notes & Feedback

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