The BYOD Classroom: Smartphones May Change How You Teach Posted on October 20, 2014 by Nathan LoewenStudents appeared with smartphones in my classrooms long before my pocket-sized revolution. Their use of these devices were the trigger for changing how I teach…. These devices allowed them to do more advanced work in-class. This pedagogical shift made my classrooms BYOD/BYOT learning contexts. Bring-your-own-device/technology, in my mind, names an approach to teaching that intensively and directly leverages whatever equipment that arrives in my classrooms via student’s pockets….
Formational Theological Education—Part 2: The Competency of the Folk Posted on October 13, 2014 by Timothy SnyderWe learn in our bodies, in concrete situations. We learn from our built-environments and the constructed social contexts which surround us. In theological education, the turn to CPE and field or contextual education have brought these pedagogical realities to the foreground. If it is the case that theological education shifts as models of ministry shift (and that seems to hold from my reading of history), then such learning in ministry ought to become the “research and development” arm of our seminaries and theological schools….
Formational Theological Education—Part 1: Troubling a Metaphor Posted on September 30, 2014 by Timothy SnyderChange is coming to theological education…. In the future, one of the great elements of teaching will be tending not only to the knowledge our students need, but also competency and character-based practices. Pedagogy, curriculum and technological innovation can support this shift, but it seems to me that at its heart is a shift of vocational understanding for theological educators….
Sleep in Academia: Sleep Tight Posted on September 16, 2014 by A+ Brooke Lester, CuratorStep One: We admitted that we were powerless over academia’s sleep-deprivation culture, that our lives had become unmanageable. If we want better sleep, then there are two aspects. First, there are the physiological solutions, many of which will seem both obvious and impractical. Second, there is the task of making these possible by Jobby-Jobbing Our Job.
“e-Formation”—A Case for Seminaries to Take on the Challenges of Faith Learning Posted on June 20, 2014 by Kyle Matthew OliverEach time we’ve hosted an e-Formation Conference, we have come away convinced that learning opportunities like it are essential for training professionals and volunteers for faith leadership. Here are some important themes from this year’s event….