At 22:41 03-10-1998 -0700, Doc wrote:
>Realizing that the university is a metasystem containing multitudes of
>interconnecting organizations...I would invite you to consider only those
>that you're most involved with. Why should they learn? Are they learning
>already? What does it mean to be an organization that learns (within the
>context of MSU)? Is there any reason to believe that the University isn't
>learning?
Good question; I would propose a second one : Is there any reason to
believe that the University is learning ? Try also the plural : Is there
any reason to believe that Universities are learning ?
>And, finally, (with tongue in cheek, of course) are the concepts
>"education" and "learning" possibly mutually exclusive.
One of my students made a comparison between LOs and Universities; she
concluded that they are almost the contrary !!! I am going to see if I
have that comparison in digital format and can send it to the list.
Regards
Artur
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