I was involved in the Duct Tape University project as part of a co-design process that shares a lot with the ethos of FLOSS Manuals. The full report can be found here: https://web.archive.org/web/20191210082631/http://blog.ducttapeuni.org/report-co-design-process-duct-tape-university-project/
Rather than a traditional book sprint model, this was a more distributed and ongoing collaboration, bringing together different contributors to shape both the content and direction of the work. The process combined workshops, iteration, and shared authorship. Participants were not just contributors but co-creators, helping define what the project should be as it developed.
The work also connected to wider ideas around open learning. Educators are talking a lot about how they can use MOOCs (Massive Open Online Courses). But we were interested in working with QUAAACS, Quick User-led Accessible Adaptable Academic Communities. These approaches explored how learning could be more participatory, peer-led, and shaped by the questions and interests of participants, rather than fixed curricula. This sat well alongside the co-design process, where structure emerged through collaboration rather than being predefined.
