In this compensation management course, several paradigm shifts occurred to accomplish the needed philosophical alignment. First, the professor changed her approach to her role in the learning environment. She became a learner the same as everyone else in the class. Becoming a learner means the professor forgoes the control to direct or dictate how learning occurs. By assuming and acknowledging a learning role, the professor can emphasize that everyone in the class will be learning from each other including the professor learning from students. Second, the vocabulary used to discuss each person’s learning responsibilities was modified. Instead of describing the class as a credit course during one semester, the course was described as an odyssey of learning experiences and opportunities occurring in our lives. Learning opportunities became known as personal odysseys, inquiry dialogues, learning assessments, learning activities, and learning projects. The goal of these revisions was to provide mental models focused on knowledge integration, lifelong learning, and continuous improvement rather than on instructor expectations, accumulating course credits, and grades.