GTU is a private university in Washington DC and known to hire notable faculty at its mobile friendly research university. It is the oldest Catholic and Jesuit University with an undergraduate enrollment of 7,595, and a total student enrollment 17, 858. The academic staff population is 1,809, and 465 international staff members, and probably why GTU has only two listed training professional functions. I have made contact via email with the training assistant, and awaiting contact.
Group 3’s goal was to identify the role of the learning and training professional(s). The role of the training professional is evident in GTU’s mission and the various departments' mission statement. The website's design clearly shows a "student-centered learning community that fosters educational and personal development. Faculty and staff development are through “…activities associated with the administration of workplace learning and performance, as well as based on the organization’s goals--"to create an environment that respects the whole person... and empower employees …show more content…
It has an excellent platform for autonomous learning, and; although, precisely encourages students to actively engage in collaborative and social learning, not much was found, in this vein, for academic staff. For example, GTU has student mentoring and tutoring programs; albeit, none found for staff, yet GTU encourage staff and students to focus on their own academic success, while providing easy access to the knowledge management system. This is also evident in a program called EduWorks that address or focus on educational issues through discussion, community outreach, and even host guest speaker events. This is stored in Listserves, also Facebook is used as a social learning network and as a container to house
Group 3’s goal was to identify the role of the learning and training professional(s). The role of the training professional is evident in GTU’s mission and the various departments' mission statement. The website's design clearly shows a "student-centered learning community that fosters educational and personal development. Faculty and staff development are through “…activities associated with the administration of workplace learning and performance, as well as based on the organization’s goals--"to create an environment that respects the whole person... and empower employees …show more content…
It has an excellent platform for autonomous learning, and; although, precisely encourages students to actively engage in collaborative and social learning, not much was found, in this vein, for academic staff. For example, GTU has student mentoring and tutoring programs; albeit, none found for staff, yet GTU encourage staff and students to focus on their own academic success, while providing easy access to the knowledge management system. This is also evident in a program called EduWorks that address or focus on educational issues through discussion, community outreach, and even host guest speaker events. This is stored in Listserves, also Facebook is used as a social learning network and as a container to house