Smartphones, Tablets, and Cloud(s)Posted on July 23, 2013 by Cari CrumlyIt used to be that teaching was about lecturing through peer reviewed texts and journals and students utilized the local or university library to complete research; nowadays we are consumed with technology.Technology permeates our lives, from the time we awaken in the morning to the time we rest our heads at night. I challenge educators to find one student in their classroom that doesn’t have a smartphone, a tablet, a computer, or some form of technology that they use on a daily basis. Teaching…education has succumbed to the age of information overload and technological advancements that can make teaching more challenging and difficult; or does it?
Counteracting Global Ignorance with Synchronous Online LearningPosted on July 23, 2013 by Nathan LoewenBringing web-based technology into the world religions classroom is often destructive. It’s wrong because the web technologies easily foster the worst kinds of tendencies that erode what is good about general education. The adoption of the web into religious studies teaching must adapt the technology towards properly-considered competencies for general education. I will propose and justify one means of doing just that.