OP2: Co-create/teach a unique Permaculture and Ecovillage Leadership training course for an Institute of sustainability , with the vision of it becoming an annual course offering. My goals are to be a leaderful leader and supportive co-teacher while giving participants a memorable and inspiring experience. I have created a mind map of more detailed goals for my OP2. see left column of Evidence and resources page
OP2 I.S. Permaculture Course
Co-creation of a new two week Permaculture and Eco-village design course for an Institute of Sustainability.
The course was designed as a "themed" leadership training course. The theme was permaculture and eco-village design. They didn't intend it to be a PDC certificate course. I brought up this issue of not having that articulated and how some people might be expecting a certificate. Consult Mark K. on what to do. First PDC?
Coming into this project mid-stride and being asked to be a lead teacher presents many challenges and opportunities. Get clear on short term and long-term goals for this course.
The syllabus I was handed is a full schedule but does not give a breakdown of what will be covered in each session. If it is to be a certificate course we will need to make some additional adjustments.
The course starts on Sunday June 15 and finishes 28th
articulate 5 P goals
Get feedback from co-teachers and students - Review reflect on course,
Giving my self ample time on this complete OP as I have work from last year to edit and I will be stacking it with OP3 work
Renegotiated from Sep1 to Oct 1 - do to needing time to decompress and reflect on experience. I am leaving one week to edit and review this OP2
finish editing and reviewing my OP2
OP3: Co-design and create a collective online hub for Gaia University. The Activity Hub will be a place for Gaia associates to gather, socialize, share best practices and projects. The goal is to design and build this group in the online platform of Mahara to be user friendly and efficient for curators.
OP3 Gaia U. Platform
This project is to create a user interface for Gaia University on Mahara.
Set my Goals - Personal, Project and Impact
Do a SWOC analysis of user interfaces and this context
Reflect on my experience of creating this platform
Get feed back from others on how the AH is working for them and what they would like to see happen
Get the bones of my OP in place
look over outline of material and assess how best to present, make changes and hone text
Finish creating my OP3 on Mahara
Enter review cycle
OP4: Create a manual for how to teach an earthen oven workshop. There are many manuals on how to build your own earthen oven and courses available yet I haven't found any information on how to teach a course. This being my final capstone project OP I really want this OP to reflect the depth of my knowledge and experience. At the same time I want to offer a bridge in this gap in the field to assist others to create and teach their own courses. Though I have taught many I will run through the entire process teaching a course in Switzerland (which will also translate this content into French increasing its ability to spread). I am aiming for publishable level work.
OP4 Oven Course Manuel
Create a manual for how to teach an earthen oven workshop - through teaching one and tracking my steps
Articulate my goals for OP4
Meet with Mark to brainstorm so of the things I should be taking into consideration for this course
Network to secure an Oven workshop in Switzerland.
Go through course outline and detail materials needs for the course. Convert necessary measurements into metric.
There will be some adjustment to when depending on the foundation. - I put in a lot of energy to get this course to happen but it fell through.
Get feedback on the ebook
Completion date: 7 Apr 2015
Create the design cycle and begin the process of writing the OP
Make the final touches
Finish creating OP4 on mahara e-portfolio
OP5: Review of my un/learnings of the year. I will also be reflecting on the connections I made, the goals I achieved, the shortcomings I encountered and how the path that unfolded over the year diverged and intersected with this LIPD. Being my Capstone year I will also be reflecting on my entire Gaia U. experience and the two program cycles which make up my Ecosocial Design Degree.
OP5 Capstone Learning Review
Learning Review of my capstone cycle and my entire Gaia U. degree program
Lay out my Goals for reviewing my year and my Gaia U experience. Including Goals for my look ahead of envisioning my life outside of Gaia U.
Deconstruct and reconstruct my year and degree program to find the core principles I need to touch on in the review. Find gaps of learning and connect with vision of the future
Sift through all that I extract in the reconstruction phase to boil down and condense my learning to the core elements - refining
Start the design process of laying out my pages and sections for my e-portfolio in mahara
Finish my OP work edit and self review - include both an accumulative PoDAPO for the year and for thee entire program.
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