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- 1. Assignment 6: Slide cast By: Victoria Medeiros
- 2. Introduction CAN-BIKE initiative 3 learning objectives Envisioning Critical thinking & reflection Creativity, communication and collaboration
- 3. Critical Thinking & Reflection Cycling culture How do we change it? Cycle Chic Copenhagen Cycling fair Can it be changed? Images from http://www.copenhagencyclechic.com
- 4. Envisioning Our “future plan” What didn’t work for us? How will this work in the future?
- 5. Creativity, Communication & Collaboration Very large list of collaborators Incentives, funding, instructor, registration, etc. Challenging to make initial contact with each collaborator Had to keep on top of some people
- 6. Conclusion 3 learning objectives Envisioning Critical thinking & reflection Creativity, communication and collaboration Learned a lot of valuable skills HAD FUN!
Notes de l'éditeur
- This slide cast will discuss our sustainability project and the learning objectives the were used and developed as the course was organized. We chose to run a CAN-BIKE course at McMaster as well as put together a future plan. We wanted to put together a future plan so that running this course would not be a one-off. Our goal was to have the courses running continuously at McMaster and this plan would help to do so.
- One aspect of our project that provided a challenge for us was the cycling culture at McMaster and in Hamilton as well. Currently, cycling courses are not seen as important as most people know how to ride a bike. If parents viewed taking these types of courses as important as taking swimming lessons the participation in cycling courses would be much higher. We also found that people viewed cycling as something for people with no other mode of transportation, racers or athletes using it as a form of exercise. This stigma has influenced the need for these courses in the city. The problems we ran into included how to change this view of cycling. If people thought this way about the courses, we would have no participants for our course. This became a goal for us to figure out so we could have participation as well as keep interest in the future. We brainstormed ideas for how to change these views and came up with running a bike fair to display the various things that can be learned in courses such as CAN-BIKE as well as trying to delete the stigma of the uses of cycling by expanding the knowledge of Cycle Chic at McMaster. This was something we thought a lot about and although we did change views of some, there are a lot more people who need to make the switch. Can the views of Hamiltonians really be changed enough to make a difference? This is something to be looked into further by future CAN-BIKE organizers.
- Envisioning was the next learning objective. Envisioning was a major part of our project as it included something called our "future plan". The future plan was something we came up with to pass on to future CAN-BIKE organizers. The future plan included an annotated version of our action plan, all commuication, templates etc that we used, as well as step by step instructions on how to organize certain aspects of the course such as how to book a room and parking lot. The future plan required us to reflect on what we did during the course as well as to look ahead in the future and see what continuous CAN-BIKE courses at McMaster could look like. We had to think of different courses of action that could be taken to provide the best course possible for McMaster and the community. The future plan contains multiple options for future actions as well as all the costs, steps etc that go along with it. This way, collaborators in the future have exactly what they need to run successful course in the future. One thing we had to think about when going through our current action plan an annotating it for the future one was to think of what did and didn’t work for us. We suggested options for other paths they could take and ways to improve on what went wrong for us.
- This is the final learning objective which was developed. Running the course required a great deal of collaboration from many different people. Aside from our group members and project champion, we had to keep in touch with the instructor, athletics and recreation, and many more. The initial contact with each collaborator was divided between each group member, and throughout the course of the project they had to be kept in touch with. Some people required more communication than others to get certain aspects of the project done, and this contact had to be maintained in a timely fashion in order for that to be achieved. As well as the communication aspect we also had to collaborate well with all of our contributors. Learning to work with a large group of people at one time and meeting the needs of all of them was a challenging task.
- Throughout the organization of this course, I learned a lot and developed many skills that may have been lacking before which included critical thinking and development, envisioning and creativity, communication and collaboration. These skills helped not only to run the course, but helped to make this project truly sustainable by acquiring the necessary tools to run these courses continuously. I enjoyed this course as I know I am making a direct change in this community for the better and helping to make the world a better place.