What is Open Space Technology and can someone explain in layman terms how and why it works?
The Open Space Technology invented to help teachers or instructors that have complex and conflicting material facing a diverse group of people. It has proved to be innovative and productive by allowing people to be creative and self motivated, the people can identify with their issues picking the discussion groups that concern their issues. The old ways of work shops were you attended the discussion groups weather you wanted to or not! The Principles of this new guide line are: The people present are the right people What happens is all that can happen No exact start time when finished it’s finished It allows people that find they have no interest to leave, they can move between the discussion groups as they will, a very open format type of instructional discussion group based learning! It treats all with respect, equality towards the individuals issues! They usually conduct such work shops with everyone facing one another, the instructor sets up the work shops with all chairs in a cir
