[OSList] Campus Europae Higher Education Open Space

Sun Aug 16 02:43:56 PDT 2015

Thanksfor your answer, Hélène.

I am afraid that when we talk or write we have to usewords. The point is: shall we use "Open Space" without any furtherand correct clarification or shall we always clarify what is our understandingof what "Open Space" really is, in the context of OST?

But I agree with you that it would be much easier - and itis not impossible - to use also images. For instance it would not be difficultto create a channel on YouTube for Open Space (that is, Open Space Technology)with many small films of successful OST events, which could also be displayed -or linked from - the pages of OS Institutes and practitioners around the world.I would suggest that the OSI-US take the lead on creating that channel andselecting the videos. I can provide the ones that were at the NING, I think

In a Pt OSonOS(Pt from Portugal), two years ago, in one of the breakout sessions, there was aconsultant lady, that was previously the HR Director of the Portuguesedelegation of a larger pharmaceutical multinational. She told usthat she was amazed because she understood for the first time whatOpen Space really was, even if she had already attended some sessionsorganized for them by consulting companies as being "Open Space" butwhere the facilitators (?) were always intervening during all the session.She finally understood, from her experience at the Pt OSonOS, that what those"facilitators" were doing was indeed closing the space for selforganization.

Havea nice Sunday

Artur  

      From: helene <h.menissier at orange.fr>
 To: Artur Silva <arturfsilva at yahoo.com>; World wide Open Space Technology email list <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> 
 Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2015 6:53 PM
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 Hi Artur and all of us! 
 thank you Artur for your message!
 I've already got such observations from a O.S.facilitator in France who was upset about an official organisation (conseil régional) who wanted her to organize a "so-called" O.S. which in fact would be no O.S. (= not all of the problem as you told below, but with one big distorsion: the contents of the different workshops of the O.S. were decided before! and of course without the participants)
 aren't you aware about living in a world where only words exist "really"?
 so don't use words anymore!
 best wishes to everybody

 Le 15/08/2015 19:14, Artur Silva via OSList a écrit :

 The question, Paul, is that talking to this or that DG at EU about the "need to open the space" is not enough. There is a strong need to explain what Open Space means! 
  In this case, they have used the name (Open Space), but nor the procedures of an OST event, neither the spirit of Open Space. 
  Regards 
  Artur 

      From: Paul Nunesdea <nunesdea at me.com>
 To: Artur Silva <arturfsilva at yahoo.com>; World wide Open Space Technology email list <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> 
 Sent: Saturday, August 15, 2015 5:14 PM
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   A blessing Artur! I have engaged with one of EU DGs the DG Connect and talked extensively about the need for opening space in their events. Who knows they are talking to each other? Best Paul 

 From my iPhone 

 On 15/8/2015, at 17:00, Artur Silva via OSList <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org> wrote:

   Good morning Open Spacers: I have received from a friend this mail that announces a “Higher Education Open Space” organized by the European Union. He sent me this happy because EU was adopting Open Space and he expected me to be happy with that. Here is the mail I have received: « Campus Europae Higher Education Open Space
 The Higher Education Open Space (HEOS) 2015, following up the Council's communiqué after Yerevan will provide universities, students and stakeholder representatives an open, innovative and creative space for discussion on joint approaches to face these challenges. It also aims to contribute in a concrete way to the modernisation of higher education and to build alliances to reinforce the competitiveness and governance of European universities. It will allow for policy discussions and practical working sessions through two main events: a conference on the 3rd of November on how to reach 20% of student mobility by 2020 while maintaining the quality of mobility flows; an Open Space on the 4th-5th of November addressing topical issues of universities, students and stakeholders in the field of the modernisation agenda. Registeruntil 30 September 2015! » (end of the mail) If one looks to the Program (http://uni-foundation.eu/higher-education-open-space/conference) one finds the Agenda below (after my signature). There are a lot of speakers all the time!!! But even the sessions that could be "open" are like this:  1) The session on ”Disruptive innovation in the field of student mobility” has 4 experts speaking about it (no students, as far as I can see) 2) The session of “Group Discussion” (14:00 - 15:00) has 4 predefined subjects: ·         Funding strategies to increase exchanges ·         Length matters: 1 semester vs. 1 year abroad ·         Ad-hoc partnerships and international consortia ·         The increasing importance of QA and recognition of credits 
  3) The Round-table (15:30 - 17:00) has 2 speakers (Profs).   So my questions are: -       Is this Open Space? -       What is the concept of "Open Space" of the European Union? -       Did they get that name (Open Space) from OST facilitators from Europe or it was only the fact that “Open” is cool (and “Closed” is awful) and they don’t even know what OST is?   I would like to have other opinions, especially from European people more close to the center of Europe (somewhere in the line from Brussels to Berlin…) Regards and have a nice week end   Artur (From Portugal, in the Southwest of Europe - or is it in the North of Africa? See the map bellow...)   ---------------- Attachment 1  
Agenda
 09:00 - 09:30: Arrival and registration 09:30 - 10:30: Opening session ·         Opening speech ·         Keynote speaker on the renewed framework of ET 2020
 Speaker: Representative of the European Commission, Directorate Education, Audiovisual and Culture ·         The challenges of universities to maintain quality in mobility while intensifying their mobility flows
 Speaker: Prof. Miguel Ángel Sotelo, President of the European University Foundation ·         The students’ perspective on the challenge of increasing mobility
 Speaker: Safi Sabuni, President of the Erasmus Student Network 10:30 - 11:00: Coffee break 11:00 - 12:30: Disruptive innovation in the field of student mobility ·         The automatic recognition of studies abroad
 Speaker: Prof. Christoph Ehmann, Secretary-General of the European University Foundation ·         The Erasmus Without Papers network
 Speaker: Valère Meus, International Relations Expert of the Ghent University ·         Solving the challenge of fair grade conversion
 Speaker: Dr. Anthony Vickers, Bologna Expert, University of Essex ·         Towards 100% of student mobility
 Speaker: Prof. Éric Tschirhart, Vice-President of the University of Luxembourg 12:30 - 14:00: Lunch 14:00 - 15:00: Group discussions Increasing the quantity and quality of student mobility ·         Funding strategies to increase exchanges ·         Length matters: 1 semester vs. 1 year abroad ·         Ad-hoc partnerships and international consortia ·         The increasing importance of QA and recognition of credits 15:00 - 15:30: Coffee break 15:30 - 17:00: Round-table How universities can best reach 20% of student mobility and its impact on society ·         Prof. Georg Winckler, former Rector of the University of Vienna and former President of the EUA ·         Prof. Éric Froment, former President of the University Lumière Lyon 2 and former President of the EUA  17:00 - 17:30: Closing session     Attachment 2  Map – Portugal in the world (and Azores as part of Portugal)…

    https://www.google.pt/search?q=world+map+portugal&biw=1312&bih=921&tbm=isch&imgil=C2NUEHJZ0N389M%253A%253BCFLWhrA_yxek_M%253Bhttp%25253A%25252F%25252Fwww.hasslberger.com%25252Fterceira%25252Fpages%25252Fmap-terceira.html&source=iu&pf=m&fir=C2NUEHJZ0N389M%253A%252CCFLWhrA_yxek_M%252C_&usg=__5shYsIl1mtR9BUkQ2PY-5Dwwxt0%3D#imgrc=C2NUEHJZ0N389M%3A&usg=__5shYsIl1mtR9BUkQ2PY-5Dwwxt0%3D 

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