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While collaborative learning is becoming popular in the classroom, autonomy and individualism continue to dominate the culture of higher education for faculty. However, as we begin to recognize that old solutions to new problems are no longer effective, there is a growing desire for innovative engagement requiring the embrace of multiple perspectives. This takes the development of new habits of mind and discourse. For my dissertation, I engaged in a qualitative study with my colleagues where we experimented with generative approaches to dialogue in a community of practice. It became apparent that creating supportive, collegial spaces where we can explore beyond the edge of what we currently know can help us bridge across differences, harness the potential within diversity, and step into the emerging future. However, it also became apparent that this quality of dialogue is not easy.  \nIntroduction  \nt the 2015 Society for Teaching and Learning in AHighthe oeprpEdortuucatnityiotno f(STLHEacilitate)a CdioanfloegreunecbeasIedhaodn my recent dissertation,“Dissonance and resonance ina community of practice” (McAlister, 2015) . What follows is an account of my research, and then the ongoing process of co-creating communities of practice (CoP) in a post-secondary environment. The dissertation research acted as a pilot project that synchronistically coincided with a campus-wide initiative to create a culture of CoPs. Lessons learned from the original research continue to ripple through the development of these dialogue groups.  \nAs a college teacher, I regularly reflect on what makes classroom dynamics vibrant and engaging. I work hard to intentionally create a holding environment that supports and challenges my students at the edge of their development. I have come to recognize that the most successful classroom experiences involve dancing on a fine line between intention and emergence—between preconceived structure and immediacy. Tuning in to and being responsive to the lived intersubjective moment in the classroom has become a rich source of deep learning  \nfor me and my students. Eyes wide open, hearts pounding, awake, on the edge.  \nI have often wondered what it would be like for college faculty to create these kinds of holding environments with and for each other, intentionally designed to support and challenge us at our leading edge of learning and development. Would we be willing to risk the kind of vulnerability inherent in tuning in to the potential within each emerging moment? Eyes wide open, hearts pounding, awake, on the edge?  \nYou know these kinds of collegial conversations. They most often occur by accident rather than by intention; at the water cooler, out at pub night, in-between meetings, or in passing down the hall. Or you attend an inspiring professional development event where you share a sense of synergy and momentum with colleagues. You feel energized through engaging in meaningful dialogue with coworkers who share a passion for their work. You say to each other, we should do this more often! Then, you go back into your siloed classroom and office, orto another meeting where eyes glaze over. The passion dissipates.  \nI decided to focus my dissertation on experimenting with creating a community of practice at my college utilizing generative approaches to dialogue. By generative, I mean dialogue that attends  \nto the opportunity present in each emerging moment. Working with faculty, my intention was to focus farther upstream from the classroom where there is more potential to impact the broader college culture. While we are beginning to use collaborative and emergent approaches to learning and development in the classroom, we have yet to really embrace these concepts among ourselves.  \nComplexity, Change, and Higher Education  \nThroughout my doctoral journey, ","cbCaisLESD6hrN37","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaisLESD6hrN37","pdf",139625,"English","# Introduction\n## Communities of Practice and Faculty Development\n# Complexity, Change, and Higher Education\n## Communication, Dialogue, and Organizational Change\n# Dialogue and Communities of Practice\n## Generative Dialogue and Presencing","[{\"question\":\"What problem does the document address about faculty development?\",\"answer\":\"It addresses how older solutions no longer fit new challenges in higher education, creating a need for innovative engagement that embraces multiple perspectives and new habits of mind and discourse.\"},{\"question\":\"How was the dissertation research carried out?\",\"answer\":\"It used a qualitative study with colleagues to experiment with generative approaches to dialogue within a community of practice, acting as a pilot alongside a campus initiative.\"},{\"question\":\"Why is dialogue portrayed as challenging to implement?\",\"answer\":\"The document explains that creating high-quality, supportive collegial spaces and sustaining generative dialogue is not easy, despite its potential to bridge differences and harness diversity.\"}]","Emerging Communities of Practice - Ongoing account of generative dialogue research | PDF",1792087701]