Open Space Technology
2008 Open Space Day Session Notes
- Best Practices — Clickers
- Best Practices - Staff/Faculty Communication
- Best Practices Dealing with Faculty
- CATS Crew
- Copyright Common Practice — Multimedia Use in Education — Defining What's Best for Teachers/Students
- Collaboration re Open Source
- Dealing Creatively and Intentionally with Budget Cuts
- Dealing with Difficult People — Positive Solutions
- Games to Teach
- HRSA and Help Desk Support Issues
- Issue Tracking Across Campus, System, Knowledge Base
- Liaisons
- Possible LMS Future Scenarios
- Strategy for Enforcing Web Standards
- Support PS and Other Help Desk Issues
- Synchronous Learning Technologies
- VISTA Issues
CATS2008 Open Space Day Session Notes
Open Space Technology (OST) describes an unscripted method of conducting a conference to generate collaboration and communication with groups of 5 to 1,500 participants. It is particularly effective when the goal is to develop solutions that need to be available yesterday. As a group, participants generate a full agenda in which working sessions about immediate or emerging topics are convened.
CATS2008 incorporated OST for part of the conference. Twenty-nine topics were explored, such as "HRSA and Help Desk Support Issues," "Imaging Best Practices," "Multimedia and Copyright," and "Dealing Creatively with Budget Cuts." Watch this short video to see how OST worked at CATS and what participants had to say about their experience.
Session notes were gathered and most can be viewed by clicking on the title links within the Agenda [“Agenda” links to the grid]. More session notes will be added upon collection.
For more information about Open Space, visit http://www.openspaceworld.org