Create a course for PlanB Network

[GBKS]

We had a call last week with PlanB Network about potentially creating a structured online course for their education platform. This would be a similar effort to the Learning Bootcamp we created in February (used by Summer of Bitcoin during their bootcamp), where we take some of the guide content and put it in a format that facilitates self-guided learning for a broader audience.

The platform has a lot of flexibility. We could have a very basic course with mostly written material, maybe supported with videos. Or we could include tasks and challenges for learners to do, all the way up to scheduled online classes with a teacher. Lots of options there.

For more involved online courses, we would probably need someone to step up and take on that role.

They also have a volunteer-powered translation program, which would make the material more broadly accessible.

Seems like a good opportunity. I would probably start with a basic, self-guided introductory course, to get a feel for the platform, how people use it, what they like and dislike, etc. And then see what the response is.

What do you think? Yay? Nay?

[swedishfrenchpress]

What do you think content of the basic introductory course should cover? Should it take a more meta approach? Like what the bitcoin design guide is, how to use it, how to navigate it, and what type of content is included?

If so my concern about making the introductory course meta-focused is whether it's truly a learning course. It sounds more like a help guide or informational section on how to use the design guide itself. Ideally the design guide should be intuitive enough that we don't need show people how to use it. If that's not what you meant then just ignore this comment.

Considering that the average user has decided to use a bitcoin learning platform, we can assume that they're here to learn new concepts,. With that assumption I think would be useful to have the self-guided introductory course focuses on specific UI/UX best practices that we highlight within the guide. We could start by explaining the importance of design in bitcoin applications and introduce common design patterns users are likely to encounter, along with best practices for addressing them.

Highlight design patterns like:

• Confirming a manual backup: Explaining why tapping words in the correct order is a better UX than manually typing them into input fields.
• Address formatting: Showing A/B examples of one address formatted with a monospaced font segmented into 4-digit chunks as recommended in the guide, and another using proportional fonts without spacing. We visually demonstrate both and explain why method A is a better practice than method B.

[yashrajd]

very, very cool development!