Seven Things I Wish All Pastors Knew About Academics—Part 2 Posted on September 21, 2015 by J. Aaron SimmonsIn this second part, I want to focus on the experience and identity of academics in Christian communities. Many of the things that I wish pastors knew about academics speak to the way in which academics might be perceived as threatening to the leadership and power of pastors. Although I am attempting to show that such a notion is misguided, I admit that there is one way in which academics are threatening. . . .
Seven Things I Wish All Pastors Knew About Academics—Part 1 Posted on September 14, 2015 by J. Aaron SimmonsIn this two-part blog post, I want to offer a short (and quite informal) series of thoughts that I have about what I wish pastors knew about academics as they relate to us in the congregations that they serve….
Seven Things I Wish All Pastors Knew About Academics—PDF Download Posted on September 21, 2014 by J. Aaron Simmons
Sustainable Service Learning: A SLO Transformation Posted on July 11, 2014 by Julia FoggI began incorporating service learning over a decade ago, fresh out of grad school. I had few committee and no administrative responsibilities so all my time and energy went into teaching. I quickly learned two things: service and experiential learning are deeply transformative for students but incredibly time consuming for faculty…. Designing service learning or experiential learning courses presents two make-or-break challenges. The first is challenge is logistical…the second is relational…
Resisting Disembodiment – Distributed Learning is Not Distance Education Posted on December 27, 2013 by Ryan TormaWhen I first started working in online seminary education, my boss explained to me, ‘We don’t do distance education, we do distributed learning.’ Working with her and many other wise leaders, I came to understand what they meant. Distance education implies a learned center from which education radiates out. Online learning technologies allow education to be delivered to people who are distant from that center, but they are distant nonetheless. Distributed learning is something different….