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

Output Packet #:  	1b	Year:  Capstone BSc
Date Submitted: February 1st, 2016
Date Reviewed: February 10th, 2016

Grade: Pass
Time Spent on Review: 3 hrs

http://portfolios.gaiauniversity.org/view/view.php?id=8549

Dear Rex,

I'm so grateful to have had the opportunity to read your Output Packet. Thanks for all of your work on both self and planetary levels.

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

Required next step: 
- Missing peer review that your peer did on your OP.
- Go back and add:
1. Paragraph on critical evaluation intentions
2. Contextualize the field for each project and your pathway
3. Annotate your resource review
4. Add a paragraph on your intentions as a designer.

Recommended next step:
- I added some additional feedback in the PoDAPO additional comments section - items I want to see in future OPs.

I respect your integrity in managing your pathway. I'm glad to be your advisor!

Cheers,
Jennifer

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

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

(attached)

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

Introduction
- Nice succinct purpose points. I’m going to track whether you track these. 
- On Navigation you have three options - do you think that’s necessary? I guess yes if your pages are long so folks don’t have to scroll back to the top.
- The background section is very well written. It has great action verbs and sentence structure. What are the artistic goals though?
- Abstract - his an overview of your process and findings, and the structure and content. I think what’s missing is a summary of outcomes. I like that you have a summary statement for each page. I guess essential that covers the outcomes.

Pathway Design
- I like your opening paragraph, however you didn’t note what design model or process you’re using. You used GADI - correct? Explain why you choose this model and how well it worked.
- For OP goals, also consider process, content and presentation goals.
- On design, I noticed you rightly included a reflection on the design of OP and the design of your pathway. Make that more of a division in future OPs. I like that you keep mentioning utilizing the work of others in the University.
- On implementation, because you have two designs noted, should you consider being explicit about implementation steps for both?

Goals
- I like that you keep adding a welcome message to anchor/umbrella (whichever analogy) the intentions of each page.
- I’m again enjoying your language in the goals articulation paragraph. 
- LIPD goals - so is this your list of goals for this OP or all OPs? If the later perhaps rename it OP documentation goals.
- Your Gaia U goals are like on how you’re managing your pathway? I think there could be more clarity here around decision making processes and specifically meeting requirements. Also, in this section note that the times you state a trackable quantity you actually have something to measure. Is connecting with me every two weeks realistic? You go months without touching base.
- I’m appreciating how you’re using verbs to add power to your goals. How do you intend to meet and track these goals? That’s really the key element missing from this reflection.
- With this list of project goals - are these related to your main projects documented in project OPs?
- I like how you occasionally add hand written documentation. It adds a nice texture to the page presentation. The skills are a bit hard to read though without expanding. Same with the allies. In this last pen drawn map, I’m finally getting a clear sense of OP proposed titles.

Pathway Management
- The timeline is well designed. Had you done this digitally it would be easier to update. Looks like you’re 9-12 months behind you’re proposed schedule. Be sure to redo the timeline in OP 2 (go back and make that update). Then track it again in OP 3. The important bit is to say why change happened and the impact/lessons.
- I like the timeline narrative! On the schedule (easy to renegotiate) and tracking - I’m not seeing that you have a specific process.
- It’s good that you mention interventions and flexibility for renegotiating. Be more explicit that this is designed into not only the past but also the future.
- Nice mind map and list of key elements to include.
- Again, in summary - what are you tracking, how, when, and so on? Go deeper in explaining this process.

Project Projections
- I like how you have this page set p.
- I do really want more on who’s doing what with whom, why, how, where and when. Who are the stakeholders/clients? What are your accountabilities and that of others? What is this important and what are the intended outcomes?
- OP 2 is about a personal process - are you going to do some important research and compare your process with similar other people engaged in cultural wisdom? Perhaps at other retreats centers you’ve been to, or others studying this type of transformation or sharing of wisdom. What are the cultural world views part of this project? What are the resources and peers relationships?
- OP 3 - I like that you are focusing on engineering by helping others. Once again though - the same questions I mentioned for OP 2 need to be fleshed out for this OP.  You need to better assess the field and define outcomes/target audience.
- OP 4 - Catalina Island - can I come visit you!? LOL! Same with this OP (repeat of what I just shared).
- These OPs really need direct focus on matrix busting, critical evaluation and benefits to the field.
- OP 5 - good. Also, patterns of learnings and processes; track overall pathway management; and a cumulative reflection on skills, resources, outcomes, evaluations. Because it’s capstone I’ll also want to hear your post Gaia U plans.

Outcomes
- I really dig the T + I + O = S = A Well Designed OP. Tell us more why.
- You do not directly account for the goals you noted on page 1 - did you succeed?
- Nice inclusion on world views in relation to LIPD as a meaningful project. By adding this you’re also making it more relevant to the reader.
- Cool that you’ve come to a place in your journey of valuing a degree.
- In this looking ahead section - maybe add a note on how you’ll make decisions, stay agile and renegotiate as needed.
- The conclusion is another opportunity to summarize points you brought up directly in page 1.

Commentary
- This action plan is more like supporting evidence than it is commentary.
- Digiphon - included - consider more diversity of media in future OPs.
- Journal Entry - you’re supposed to have 2/OP.
- This resource review is not annotated - do you know what that word means?