<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:Courier New, courier, monaco, monospace, sans-serif;font-size:10pt"><div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">Open Space can be considered a form of Action Research methods, similar to Appreciative Inquiry. People who own the problems solve the problems, and the solutions can be continuously improved through iterations.</SPAN></div>
<div style="RIGHT: auto"><SPAN style="RIGHT: auto">A method has validity when it does what it's supposed to do. Researchers are welcome to study the various forms of validity (construct, content, criterion, etc.) on Open Space. However, at the end of the day, if Open Space gets you what you need and does what it's supposed to do, from action research's <SPAN style="RIGHT: auto" id=misspell-0><SPAN>point</SPAN></SPAN> of view, it's valid and a very practical applied research method.</SPAN><BR></div>
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<DIV style="BORDER-BOTTOM: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-LEFT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; LINE-HEIGHT: 0; MARGIN: 5px 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; HEIGHT: 0px; FONT-SIZE: 0px; BORDER-TOP: #ccc 1px solid; BORDER-RIGHT: #ccc 1px solid; PADDING-TOP: 0px" class=hr contentEditable=false readonly="true"></DIV><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</SPAN></B> Barry Owen <barryo@comcast.net><BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">To:</SPAN></B> oslist <oslist@lists.openspacetech.org>; vasconcelos@alum.mit.edu <BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</SPAN></B> Friday, April 20, 2012 11:54 AM<BR><B><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</SPAN></B> [OSList] "Academic Validity?"<BR></FONT></DIV><BR>
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<DIV>Hi Folks,</DIV>
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<DIV>I know this is not the first time this question has surfaced.</DIV>
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<DIV>Who out there (in here) has some good stuff to share?</DIV>
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<DIV>This "academic validity" question boggles my mind</DIV>
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<DIV>The message initially came through the Open Space <SPAN id=misspell-4 class=mark>facebook</SPAN> page</DIV>
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<DIV><A style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 14px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); COLOR: rgb(59,89,152); FONT-SIZE: 11px; FONT-WEIGHT: bold" id=yiv1339707762js_2 href="http://www.facebook.com/jarthur.vasconcelos" rel=nofollow target=_blank>J Arthur Vasconcelos</A> </DIV><SPAN style="TEXT-ALIGN: left; LINE-HEIGHT: 14px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); FONT-SIZE: 11px">Hi! I was questioned about the use of OS in research. I was planning on using OS for a section of my thesis but got criticized for "OS not having academic validity" and "has never been used in research" and "it is not a recognized research method like a focus group or <SPAN id=misspell-6 class=mark>delphi</SPAN> <SPAN id=misspell-7 class=mark>pannel</SPAN>". HELP! Any info about using OS in academia? Thank you!</SPAN>
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