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The ability to learn faster than your competitors may be the only sustainable competitive advantage. Arie P. de Gues, Organizational Learning Pioneer Collegiality in higher education is a pattern of behavior characterized by an emphasis on teaching and learning, frequent interaction, tolerance of differences, generational and workload equity, peer evaluation, and consensus decision-making. William Massey, Andrea Wilger and Carol Colbeck, "Overcoming Hallowed Collegiality," 1994 |
Every so often, as history demonstrates, a convergence of discovery, new knowledge and innovation causes fundamental changes in the way we think and view the world. The birth of nations, governments, religions, institutions, and new sciences/technologies provide examples of how powerful a revolution in thinking and innovation can be. The impact of such changes on our lives can be dramatic. learning@maricopa.edu is about learning and the convergent influences that effect it. It is about creating dialogues that lead to discovery, new knowledge, innovation and, ultimately, transformation. It is also about how our work as educators will continue to change as a result of the "new knowledge" and compelling forces in and around our profession. Finally, learning@maricopa.edu questions how we, as individuals and as an organization, will choose to define learning in the future. We designed learning@maricopa.edu to function as a provocateur. We will offer a description of learning, raise questions about current practices, revisit fundamental assumptions, and pose questions with the purpose of soliciting feedback. This is done within the context of collegiality and with a deep reverence for academic freedom. If this document stimulates dialogue, the reconsideration of current practice, or the reaffirmation of such, our success will be moderate. But, if learning@maricopa.edu provokes a transformation in the how the individual or the organization views learning, then our success is considerable. We invite you and your colleagues to join us as we attempt to enrich and deepen the collective understanding of learning.
Bob Bendotti, Faculty
Donna Tannehill, Faculty |