this sounds AWESOME!!! Thanks for sharing Suzanne! Tricia, you ROCK! Lisa On Jan 29, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Suzanne Daigle <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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 > > 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 > _______________________________________________ > 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
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