Kári,
The Radical Inclusion folks worked on developing an Open Space in Second
Life back in 2009, and used Open Space in Second Life as part of a 150
person online event June 5, 2010. Holger Nauheimer, Julianne Neumann,
and others.
I'm looking through my old emails to look for tracks and trails. I
didn't participate in their online unconference, only a small part of
which was open space, and their NING site seems to have been
decommissioned. The few meetings we held back in 2009, I do remember
that the prospect of Open Space in Second Life looked like it would be
largely consumed with training the participants in the use of Second
Life. At least my own enthusiasm fizzled. There is a website for the
exploratory meetings - http://osinsl.pbworks.com - but you have to
request access and it doesn't have that much content.
I think there's a lot of promise in what Ben Roberts is talking about
with Maestro Conference. They've been working on their Social Webinar
for years now and it's great it's finally working.
I'm also thinking the MIT open source project mentioned a few weeks ago
on the OSList has great potential for a low cost (or free if you can get
the hosting and setup) online open space with video.
https://unhangout.media.mit.edu/how-to-unhangout/.
A simple phone interface, or a familiar (like Google Hangout) platform
would be much better than Second Life. Maybe in the future the training
overhead won't be needed for a virtual world - thus the great value of a
phone interface like Maestro. Everyone knows the phone.
Cheers,
Harold
On 10/1/14 2:13 AM, Kári Gunnarsson via OSList wrote:
Has some one here done an Open Space in "Second Life", the online and
free virtual world from the SF based Linden Lab?
On 30 September 2014 21:59, Ben Roberts via OSList
<[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
As some of you know, I've been at this for a couple of years now.
Today, working on behalf of the Charter for Compassion
International
<http://charterforcompassion.org/sites/all/modules/civicrm/extern/url.php?u=110391&qid=5124428>,
I was finally able to host a MaestroConference-based call that I
felt truly lived up to the potential for "Open Space" in virtual
form (in quotes since I know some of you purists might dispute
that this really was OST!).
Of course, it wasn't like being together in person for a day or
two. Indeed, there was only one round of live small group
conversation. But the combination of an online space that was
opened on 9/22 using the "hackpad" platform and a 90 minute call
eight days later using MaestroConference's newest "social webinar"
beta really worked. Here are some highlights of the process (you
can also view notes and more here on hackpad
<http://www.bit.ly/cfc093014>):
·We had 43 participants on the call for at least some of the 90
minutes, mostly from the US, but also including several from overseas.
·Six topics were initiated by participants
·In addition to the topic breakouts, there was a "meet and greet"
session for just hanging out and connecting. This also served as a
place to welcome late-comers to the call. As a result, the latter
were easily integrated and able to join the conversations of their
choosing
·The topic conversations lasted a little more than 40 minutes
·We ended with a full group "popcorn-style" harvest and some
announcements
·A number of participants attended a debrief after the official
end of the call
·A few participants also stayed on the line "overtime" to continue
their topic conversations
MC's new "social webinar" worked beautifully, allowing
participants to do the following:
·Exercise the law of two feet (really!)
·See who was in their breakouts (including a thumbnail and contact
info, if provided)
·See who was talking or had their "hands" up
Using "hackpad," we were able to do the following:
·Open the marketplace in advance, in order to both save time on
the call and allow for some online discussion to get going. Five
out of the six topics were initiated in advance.
·Provide an index of topics and the "room numbers" for each (so
that participants could move themselves to the right room)
·Take collaborative notes during breakouts, with a separate pad
for each one (note that "social webinar" now also provides shared
document functionality for each breakout room, if desired)
·Continue sharing notes and reflections once the call had ended
(this is still ongoing)
·Make detailed introductions before, during and after the call
·Compile a shared listing of resources
·Make announcements and requests
It was also possible for participants to engage fully via their
phones only (including moving between sessions) without using
either hackpad or "social webinar." This was important, as not
everyone was able to be at a computer, and some who were at one
had trouble using the online tools.
Not everything was perfect, of course, and there were some lessons
learned. The biggest challenge was that, despite many emails and
online explanations in advance, some people were confused by the
three ways to engage (phone, hackpad and social webinar) or had
trouble accessing one or more of these elements. The vast
majority, however, were either able to use these tools or to have
a valuable and satisfying conversation without them.
I expect that there will be future iterations planned on behalf of
the Charter for Compassion, and I will promote them to this
listserv now that I feel comfortable handling larger groups!
MaestroConference is also very interested in promoting a series of
large group "conversations that could change the world." Perhaps
there are some folks here who might want to collaborate with me in
convening one? They plan for their platform to be able to manage
calls in this way with over a thousand people in the near future.
The thought of being able to regularly engage people at that scale
in this way is pretty exciting!
Peace,
Ben
*Ben Roberts*
*The Conversation Collaborative*
www. ConversationCollaborative.com
<http://www.conversationcollaborative.com/>
(203) 426-1039 <tel:%28203%29%20426-1039>
Skype: benjamin_j_roberts
G+: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
tagxedo 1
_______________________________________________
OSList mailing list
To post send emails to [email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
To unsubscribe send an email to
[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>
To subscribe or manage your subscription click below:
http://lists.openspacetech.org/listinfo.cgi/oslist-openspacetech.org
--
Kári Gunnarsson
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
(+354) 864 5189
_______________________________________________
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
--
Harold Shinsato
[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>
http://shinsato.com
twitter: @hajush <http://twitter.com/hajush>
