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We're taking P2PU's model of peer run, free online courses and using this as the platform to teach skills from static HTML sites all the way to advanced social web applications. Courses focus on project based learning in a peer environment and are proposed, developed and led by web development practitioners – so the content is always up to date with the latest technologies. | We're taking P2PU's model of peer run, free online courses and using this as the platform to teach skills from static HTML sites all the way to advanced social web applications. Courses focus on project based learning in a peer environment and are proposed, developed and led by web development practitioners – so the content is always up to date with the latest technologies. | ||
Over the next 18 months we'll be working to fine-tune a curriculum of courses that give learners a pathway from being a novice web developer, to an advanced technical ninja with hacker skills. We'll also be developing a new way of assessing and recognising skills and knowledge which is focussed on project portfolios, hacker | Over the next 18 months we'll be working to fine-tune a curriculum of courses that give learners a pathway from being a novice web developer, to an advanced technical ninja with hacker skills. We'll also be developing a new way of assessing and recognising skills and knowledge which is focussed on project portfolios, hacker attitudes and developer challenges, rather than hours spent in front of a book followed by a meaningless exam. | ||
This September we'll be launching our first full round of six week courses that range from ''Web Development 101'' to ''Learning to Read Code (Better)''. We're inviting you to join our community as a course leader (proposals for September close Monday July 12!), web development expert and of course, as a course participant. <br> | This September we'll be launching our first full round of six week courses that range from ''Web Development 101'' to ''Learning to Read Code (Better)''. We're inviting you to join our community as a course leader (proposals for September close Monday July 12!), web development expert and of course, as a course participant. <br> | ||