10 Course Wrap up and Reflection
As we come to a close, it’s time to reflect back on your entrepreneurial learning journey throughout this course, and what better way to wrap up than to complete your final journal in this course. Journaling is a really powerful way to learn because it gets us to pause and reflect not only on what we have learned but also on what it means to us. Journaling makes meaning of material in a way that is personal and powerful.
Similarly to your unit end reflections in Units 1-3, we are going to focus on developing a learning and growth centered action plan given your journal reflections and learning experience throughout the course by taking a reflective approach called ORID.
“ORID Is a specific facilitation framework that enables a focused conversation with a group of people in order to reach some point of agreement or clarify differences” (BetterEvaluation.org, 2021):
- ‘O’ stands for objective – what is the key learning you are taking away from this course and learning experience? This could be a particular content element, a skill or something you learned about your own entrepreneurial capacity!
- ‘R’ stands for reflective – how do you feel about this key learning? What do you appreciate or dislike about it?
- ‘I’ stands for interpretive – What were the issues or challenges associated with this key learning?
- ‘D’ stands for decisional – How are you going to integrate this key learning into your life? Develop a meaningful plan with three clear learning goals, and specific actions you need to take, how you will take them, and when you will take them, to address any challenges or weaknesses before you move into the next term.
Your final reflection should be either 500-700 written words or a video that is approximately 6-7 minutes. Check with your instructor about completing this using an alternative medium.
