Brownstone, Redbrick, Ivy League are a few of the names sometimes associated with different types of universities. But increasingly there is a new kid on the block with a new title: the peer-to-peer internet university. Peer-to-peer is a form of higher education that is exploiting the benefits of the internet to bring students to university who might otherwise miss out. Click talks to Peer 2 Peer University co-founder and director Philipp Schmidt.
The "School of Open," which would aim to collaboratively develop and run curriculum and courses on copyright and CC license training for educators, librarians, and others, was the most popular, gaining lots of buy-in from affiliates and external partners. "Open Policy / Legislation exchange" was seen as being able to be incorporated in the "School of Open," with some policy-strategic conversations remaining offline and private to the CC community.