self organized learning

[Harrison Owen]

Pat - Much more than fascinating, it is absolutely brilliant. Truly it
brought tears to my eyes arising in part because of the consummate
simplicity of the learning experiment and its powerful result - but even
more because it epitomizes precisely what I believe we as a community should
be about. And it is not just about the education of children, important
though that may be. The possibilities are larger involving virtually every
aspect of the human endeavor. We have had the privilege of witnessing the
power of self organization at work doing things that most of our fellows,
who have not had that experience, will consider to be impossible. Open Space
may have provided the door way through which we might  consciously enter the
self organizing world. But that is simply a beginning and the best is yet to
come. The first step is to push beyond the narrow focus on OST as a method
or "tool" - to begin to apply the central understandings to the vast array
of human undertakings - finance, marketing, food production, scientific
research, and on and on. Each application will be different and
experimental, even as the video you posted was different and experimental.
And we cannot do it alone, but we can be a powerful yeast that raises up
some marvelous new loafs of bread. I confess that over the past few months
as I have been reading OSLIST, I have totally enjoyed the warmth of the
community and our willingness to support each other as required - holding
space for a venture. But I have also longed for something more and deeper.
And Pat, I think you might just have opened a way. Thank you!

 

Harrison  

 

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From: OSLIST [mailto:OSLIST at LISTSERV.BOISESTATE.EDU] On Behalf Of Pat Black
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Subject: self organized learning

 

Here is a link to a TED talks video that describes open space learning.  It
is pretty fascinating.

Pat Black

http://www.ted.com/talks/sugata_mitra_the_child_driven_education.html

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