WC and OS in the classroom

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Hello Melinda. My university experience was all shared learning, with
action learning sets for small (local) groups and open space for lager
(national) groups. My first experience of Open Space was at the
university residential and it took a wee while to come to terms with the
fact that we (the students) were not being lectured to or taught in the
traditional sense. The results were phenomenal however, once the penny
dropped. The variety and depth of the information explored, shared and
discovered was compounded by the ownership of the whole process (or so
we thought at the time) by the learners. The work was peer assessed and
small groups (about 5 people) worked in action learning sets with a
tutor to support each other. The open space was with large groups of
students (15-20 people) who came together from all over the UK to share
learning three times a year. 

Part of the course was very unstructured with guidelines and boundaries
rather than a 'normal' course. I am more than happy to answer any
questions you may have if I can help.

Jane 
Email : jane at miworld.org.uk

  

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Subject: WC and OS in the classroom


Hi All,

A friend who teaches at the university here (UNH) (she also teaches at a
local HS) recently experienced World Cafe and Open Space, both at a
conference in Florida in December. She's thinking about using these
tools in a new university course she's designing. Has anyone had
experience with using WC or OS in a classroom setting? If yes, advice?
You can reply directly to her: melinda Salazar
<msalazar at cisunix.unh.edu> if you prefer, but it would be interesting to
read the responses here, if you are willing.

Diane Brandon
Eliot, Maine




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