[OSList] Open Space classrooms

Lisa Berkley laberkley at icloud.com
Wed Jan 29 12:31:27 PST 2014


this sounds AWESOME!!!
Thanks for sharing Suzanne! Tricia, you ROCK!
Lisa
On Jan 29, 2014, at 12:15 PM, Suzanne Daigle <sdaigle4 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
> 
> 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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