Free online course about Group Decision Making - anyone want to do it and form a Loomio Community study group?

Great idea Alanna. This is something I'd really like to do in the way you propose and I would encourage people to say yes. Unfortunately I can't this time as I'll be on a big holiday.

Awesome, I'd really like to participate in this and perhaps encourage some people from my org to come too. We've had a number of process questions on decision making lately and it would be great to have the knowledge.

Id also like to be more active in this community, so this would be a great way to do that.

Count me in!

Yes! Wonderful opportunity Alanna, thank you. I'm in!

Yay! Glad people are keen. Please sign up using the link to the course above. I've already done so myself - it was really easy.

Kia Ora Alanna
Depending on timing I would be very interested especially if the class is going to look at tools fro multi-criteria decision making

Very keen! Signing up right now

Cool idea @alanna !

yes! I'm interested. Thanks for setting it up!

Signed up! Do add me to the sub-group! Thanks heaps!

Umm... the enthusiasm is great and definitely a study group is wanted by a LOT of people -- but did you look at the preview of the lectures for THAT PARTICULAR course? It looks pretty abstract and mathematical, even as a springboard for side discussions, and I was a mathematical physics major. "Background material" includes sections on functions, probability, and predicate calculus?

https://class.coursera.org/votingfairdiv-001/lecture/preview

Alanna's idea is wildly popular, but maybe there's a better course to start with that won't dampen people's enthusiasm quite so much as hours of algebra tends to do?

This is not "the answer" but it's a link that might describe the kind of course we are really looking for. Or maybe not. Anyway, for consideration:
http://www.businesstrainingworks.com/facilitation-skills-training-course
If that's what people are looking for we can search more specifically for that sort of thing.

I'm interested!

See also this course: https://class.coursera.org/digitaldemocracy-002/lecture

That course looks interesting @quentingrimaud but it's not currently scheduled.

@wadeschuette the course does not require any specialist knowledge and I don't think it will be highly technical. We can use the content as a jumping off point to talk about whatever we want! Also, I'm not afraid of a little math ;) I think it will be fun and interesting just to try it.

Just signed up!

I would like to join the group

I have subscribed to the course and would like to join the group. Cheers.

I'm in! just registered for the course

I am very scared of mathematics, but would still love to be involved. I'm currently doing this MOOC on the psychology of negotiating the commons which is a little similar: http://www.mooc-list.com/course/psychology-negotiations-leuphana
Anyone who is interested can jump on and view it as an observer

I've signed up for the course. Please add me to the group

Yes would like to join and learn how to do this.

@cobyzephyrbabani will be joining us as well :)

I’ve signed up for the course.

I just signed up! Thanks!

Count me in

Just received links to several Coursera useful resources find them at Coursera site if You're interested

This looks like fun, I'll sign up for the course, add me to the group please :)

I have created a subgroup for us, and invited everyone who has expressed interest :)

I'd be keen to join in as well! Have signed up on coursera.

That's great @rathy ! I'll invite you to the subgroup.

Hi @alanna: I signed up too. I joined the subgroup by myself. ;o)

The loomio subgroup as well the coursera MOOC do not seem to be accessible anymore. Here is some material written by the teacher, which serves as basis for the course: http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/voting-methods/

Thanks Quentin! I was wondering how to get access to the course since its not in coursera.

Hi, link didn't work. Course gone. However here is a good summary w links - https://justincarcher.wordpress.com/2014/10/12/my-first-coursera-experience/

I still think about what I learned on this course 2 years ago :) My main takeaway was there are no perfect voting protocols, and all introduce certain bias. It reaffirmed my focus on deliberation and qualitative synthesis, which can be supported by quantitative surveys as well but neither is the whole story.