Associate Name: Rex Costello
Main Advisor and OP Reviewer: Jennifer Dauksha-English

Output Packet #:  	5	Year: BSc PreCapstone
Date Submitted: October 4th, 2014
Date Reviewed: October 31st, 2014
Mark: 70
Grade: B
Time Spent on Review: 3.75 hrs

Dear Rex,

This is a fantastic LR! I'm so thrilled that you're at this point in your pathway and ready to dive into your next Action learning Cycle!

My review is broken into these sections:
1. Evaluation Form 
2. Comments Per Section

Required next step: 
- You must always post your peer review of your peers OP on your OP page as well. Please upload.
- I would like you to go through your design notes and make a flow chart of the steps you proceeded through (each step could be summarized in a word or two).

I hope that my feedback has been valuable - please let me know how I can better support you!

Cheers,
Jennifer

OP REVIEW-------------------------

1. EVALUATION FORM-------------------- 

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2. COMMENTS PER SECTION---------------

OP 5 Learning Review
- Very succinct summary of OP purpose. I do not see that you included an OP process reflection in the commentary to articulate whether or not you met these goals. Please be sure to track that in future OPs.
- Great project specification. I like the Mandala analogy. I also am glad to see that you are clear in that the LR is a project and has its own goals.
- Clear note on navigation though watch the typos.
- I appreciate the note on feedback. You say you have methodically followed the rules - I already see a few elements missing in the OP - so let's make sure you have the full scope for the next cycle. You're certainly getting much closer to grasping the totality of an OP and your process is continually getting smoother.

Overview
- Lovely welcome message. Similar to other OPs you've written, I feel very invited to join you on this journey. Watch the typos!
- I like that you added a section on how and why you came to Gaia U.
- It would be cool if you added a few notes on what you took away from the on-line Orientation.
- Nice images and bullets provided to bring context and structure into the pathway via LIPD reflection.
- Kuddos on the life synopsis. The chronological telling of your cycle from 2012-2014 provides an awesome container for the rest of this LR reflection. I like the general life story board. My only suggestion is that, since you also used this page to outline your LIPD intentions - it would've been cool to integrate the two elements you share on this page with some conclusive weaving.

Birthing OP 5
- I am thrilled that you took the time to consider your design process. I have some gratitude to share and some constructive feedback.
- Gratitude - The maps you made and photographed are awesome! I really value your step by step process reflection and approach.
- What's missing for me is reference to any use of design models, processes or principles. You're getting a degree as a designer so really need to start actively engaging with different design tools. I want to see you experimenting, comparing and discerning what works best for you. I also don't really see that you're tracking your evolution as a designer. You're just scratching the surface.

Overview of Projects & Outcomes
- Awesome introduction to this page. It's very clear and succinct.
- This pattern of documenting key outcomes really works well. I think you did a great job summarizing the project and then harvesting the lessons learned. Great review Rex. Overall you used the same consistent pattern but for in project 3 you shifted from numbers to bullets. I always like it when there's consistency because it enables the reader to catch sight of patterns emerging that aren't explicit.
- Yeah that you included an integrated reflection on overall life outcomes!
- I would like to see a bit more depth of reflection on world context and matrix deconstruction.
- Nice job on the skill flex map!
- Great synopsis of each OP - well done!

1st Cycle Conclusion
- The conclusion serves as a bit of overall reflection on pathway management. I would have made this a separate section and then used the conclusion for wrapping up all the threads you shared inside the OP.
- I'm happy to hear about the outcomes that arouse from pushing through some blocks around OP creation!
- In the reflection section, I'd like to hear whether or not you met your goals for this OP and project.
- Your resource review has some good annotations. In the future I'd like to see a bit more reflection on how the resource was used in the project/OP. I'd also like to see you conducting a lot more research and referencing the best practices of others in the field.

Commentary
- Good journal entries.
- Missing participation records for GU.
- Missing Digiphon.