HI Chris; I wonder if you could clarify a couple of things. The first is mandatory attendance. Are you suggesting that there will be no other option for classroom work for the teachers other than the open space? If this is one of several education options, there is still choice involved. I think of some of the professions that are regulated in this area as comparison. The mandatory part is that they must participate in so many CEU (continuing education unit) credits per year. What education credits are taken are at the discretion of the individual, based on learning needs. I would suggest that it be voluntary for them to attend the open space format, but if they choose not to attend, they will be required to find another suitable forum for meeting their learning needs and education hour requirements. Does this work?
I have not had the experience teaching using open space (but that does not prevent me from having an idea :)). I guess that if there are certain course objectives that must be attained, then these would form the "givens" or the parameters of the open space that would be used to open the space. The actual content and format of how individuals achieve the objectives will be the subject of surprise, and probably great wonder. I guess it depends on how concrete these objectives are and how students will be evaluated at the end (My great disillusionment with one university here is the focus on meeting very specific criteria and then being advised that not more than 30% of students should be given higher than a C+....after the grades were submitted. I did not teach again this year!!). I don't know if this helps. Michelle Michelle Cooper, RN, MScN The Cooper Group Consultants 200 Crestview Avenue Ancaster, Ontario Canada L9G1E2 Telephone - (905) 648- 4633 Fax - (905) 648-1763 E-mail [email protected] The paradox of control is simple. The more we try to control life, the less control we have. Joan Borysenko, Ph.D., Minding The Body, Mending The Mind * * ========================================================== [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected] Visit: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html =========================================================== [email protected] To subscribe, 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign up -- provide an email address, and choose a login ID and password 3. Click on "Subscribe" and follow the instructions To unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: 1. Visit: http://www.egroups.com/group/oslist 2. Sign in and Proceed
