Tricia, Run and go do this. With a theme that ignites what students and faculty are passionate about, I think it will open a great deal. It would be wonderful if you could invite a planning team beforehand to work on it with you which will deepen the learning. Also who knows from 1 experience it may lead to much more. As you read what I describe below, know that we opened the space and had people create the market place wall in as brief a time as possible. We rehearsed our opening of space so it would accord the maximum time for all to experience and be in Open Space.
We did the same on a project with the University of South Florida, working on a sustainability program around Meg Wheatley's work over a 7-week period (90 minute classes). Community, Students and Staff. Three of those weeks were in Open Space. Here's the link to the effort. It was a blast. It opened the door to the World Open Space and even led to a Student Center being built -- it was one of the Action Initiatives with students asking for a place to engage together. It's where we hosted WOSonOS. For a flavor of it, have a look at this: A Taste of Open Space<http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/daigle_Suzanne-268460-usf-sp-wheatley-leadership-series-connection-parners-education-ppt-powerpoint/> Congrads! Enjoy! Suzanne On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Tricia Chirumbole < [email protected]> wrote: > Hi all! > > I am writing to request your advice and experiences with open space in > classrooms - this is for a one time MBA class. > > *the upcoming engagement:* > I have been invited to hold an Open Space style class for > MBA/International Affairs students in a Global Perspectives class on Feb > 24th at George Washington University (my former MBA program). The standing > theme of this class in the prof's curriculum is, "Putting it all together" > > *background: * > This invite was born from discussions I have been having with the > professor of the aforementioned class, about the opportunities of > introducing some Open Space and Scrum practices into their MBA program - > she is also the Associate Dean and involved in program development. > > My real interest was to explore opportunities not just for actual > classroom time, but also for other components, such as: The kick-off > orientation week for FT MBAs, Curriculum/program planning, and for > executing projects. My pet titles include: Hacking my MBA, and the Agile > Classroom. > > *the conundrum: *So, this is cool, BUT, I am concerned about the short > time frame (2.5 hours) and the isolated nature of the engagement. > > I would very much like anyone's direct experience or insight on holding > classes OS style or holding similarly short, one-off Open Space > engagements. I know they are done, I can envision how I would do it, but I > still feel concerned that I may have jumped on low hanging fruit that may > not be the best format for sharing these practices. > > For me, I can definitely see open space style classes and "agile" > classrooms w/out multi-day OS summits, but I see them flourishing more as > part of an ecosystem of principles and cultures being practiced, rather > than as a one-off classroom brouhaha! > > All thoughts welcome - thank you in advance! :))))) > > Tricia Chirumbole > Open Space Facilitator, Certified Scrum Master > Mojo Collaborative > www.mojocollaborative.com > > 571-232-0942 > skype: tricia.chirumbole > twitter: @themojozone > > _______________________________________________ > OSList mailing list > To post send emails to [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > To subscribe or manage your subscription click below: > http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org > > -- Suzanne Daigle Open Space Facilitator NuFocus Strategic Group FL 941-359-8877 Cell: 203-722-2009 www.nufocusgroup.com [email protected] twitter @suzannedaigle
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