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There were some technical issues during this session, which resulted in a truncated video recording. Below is a guide to the content of the video:

• (00:01 - 6:07) Introductions of Hangout Participants
• (06:08 - 12:10) Questions about equity; participants' responses
• (12:11 - 18:13) The challenges of scaling facilitation and content production; learning to teach one another
• (18:14 - 24:17) PlanetMath evolution; importance of self-motivated progress in open education movement
• (24:18 - 29:51) The accessibility of "DIY U"; the challenge of having a tangible self-learning end-product
• (29:52 - 30:20) P2PU and accredited institutions
• (30:21 - 36:25) "It's a great time to be a learner"; closing thoughts

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Resources/URLs Mentioned:

• Peer2Peer University
• PlanetMath
• The Peeragogy Project on SocialMediaClassroom
• The Internet Time Blog
• Daniel Hickey's blog post on developing badges
• Professor Gráinne Conole of the Beyond Distance Research Alliance
• TeachingWorks's strategy
• P2PU group, "DIY U"
• Free Technology Guild
• Anya Kamenetz's book

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Questions Asked:

• How do you scale online courses that don't stink?
• What are new ways to recognize achievements?
• How do you assess 21st century skills?
• What are good pathways from interests to learning communities?
• What support mechanisms are needed?
• What is the role of content?
• Can we scale connected learning with a facilitator and how would we do that?
• Is it true connected learning when we're trying to take the role of the facilitator out of the picture somehow?
• Is the "DYI U" course a pathway that is appropriate or suitable for potentially anyone, or do you see problems there around...perpetuating inequitable access to education?

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List of Hangout Participants

• Charlie Danoff
• Joe Corneli
• Luka Carfagna
• Philipp Schmidt
• Howard Rheingold

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