[OSList] Open Space classrooms

[Suzanne Daigle]

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<http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/daigle_Suzanne-268460-usf-sp-wheatley-leadership-series-connection-parners-education-ppt-powerpoint/>

Congrads!  Enjoy!

Suzanne


On Wed, Jan 29, 2014 at 2:30 PM, Tricia Chirumbole <
tricia at mojocollaborative.com> 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
>
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-- 
Suzanne Daigle
Open Space Facilitator
NuFocus Strategic Group

FL 941-359-8877
Cell: 203-722-2009
www.nufocusgroup.com
s.daigle at nufocusgroup.com
twitter @suzannedaigle
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