Open Master
Course title and short description:
The Open Master’s course on Becoming develops habits and practices for designing your own learning and action around the person the world is asking you to become, grounded in continually-deepening self awareness of your why and your mission, tools and practices for ongoing reflection and integration as you go, and methods for building in peer coaching and community support throughout each season of the journey. The course builds the foundation for clear and strong agreements, together, about the kind of learning community you strive to be, and for each learner, with themselves and their peers, about the learning they are called to explore. Afterwards, learners have the tools to carry on the journey, on their own, far beyond the course and program itself.
Website, video and/or other resource:
https://openmasters.org
Material, book-list, documentary as a preparation for the course:
The Wayfinder Kit (provided as part of the course). Possible further or preparatory reading: Pedagogy of the Oppressed (Paolo Friere), Community (Peter Block)
In which learning category(s) will the participants gain qualification during your course?
Design/(Re)Creation
Type of Experience (e.g. action based, group work, academic/reflective course etc.):
Theatrical, immersive, and reflective work, brought to life in group work and solo.
Duration / format of Experience:
Block course (two one-week modules)
Contents of Experience:
Adaptive methods and tools for self-directed, community-supported learning, including tools for personal and group reflection, integration, harvesting, and taking action around the person the world is calling you to become.
Learning Outcomes:
Learners are able to: articulate a mission and direction for a learning journey of any length, break down ambiguous goals into clear, actionable steps, make clear learning community agreements and individual learning commitments with peers, and develop healthy and regular practices for personal and group reflection on purpose, needs for clarity, learning, and plans for action.
Created results / products:
A Wayfinder Mandala, a Learning Journey Map, a Mission Statement, a Knapsack of the Person they want to be, a Dream Proposal, and an ever-evolving Bingo Action Card.
Alan Webb
Sarah Bradley and Alan Webb are co-founders of the Open Master’s, an international self-directed learning community reimagining education at the margins as a force for building communities of critical action and reflection.
Sarah Bradley
Sarah Bradley and Alan Webb are co-founders of the Open Master’s, an international self-directed learning community reimagining education at the margins as a force for building communities of critical action and reflection.