{"id":259,"date":"2021-06-07T21:24:37","date_gmt":"2021-06-08T04:24:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/ckippenhuck\/?p=259"},"modified":"2021-06-07T21:46:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-08T04:46:26","slug":"yikes-i-have-to-write-a-blog","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/webspace.royalroads.ca\/ckippenhuck\/yikes-i-have-to-write-a-blog\/","title":{"rendered":"Yikes! I have to write a blog."},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The first thought that went through my head when I found out that a student blog was one of the requirements for the Graduate Diploma and Masters for Climate Action Leadership (GD\/MACAL) programs was \u2018oh no\u2019 (and maybe a colourful adjective). I am not a writer, nor do I use this type of platform to share my opinions or knowledge. The thought of putting my personal thoughts and beliefs to paper or the digital world was rather scary, and I would prefer to do this in-person. But on second thought, to become a change leader one must put oneself out there for the world to see (or at least to the audience you want to inspire).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

 With this in mind, I wanted my first blog post to be about \u2018openness\u2019. I remember one of the questions that our instructors asked in a synchronous community building session was \u2018What do you think when you hear the word openness?\u2019 or something along those lines. My classmates and I threw out several other terms such as (if memory serves me) honesty, sharing, respectful, scary, free, etc. You may be questioning why our instructors would ask about openness. I was thinking this was about building our relationship as a cohort for the program.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Well, I was presently surprised to learn that the GC\/MACAL program follows an openness education philosophy (Cox, n.d.). The Royal Roads University\u2019s \u2018Open Education Primer\u2019 document describes what it means to have an open education. It links to a YouTube video<\/a> by Dr. Robin DeRosa at Plymouth State University explains the three main concepts of an open education (pg. 2). Dr. DeRosa can explain better than I, but I will try to sum up the three concepts:<\/p>\n\n\n\n