Learning Involves Moving and Being Moved—Part 1: Hinge MomentsPosted on January 12, 2015 by Mindy McGarrah SharpHinge moments often evoke dislocation, opening certainties and unfolding more multidimensional possibilities to what appeared to be smoothed out maps. For theological educators trained to map a place in a field, carve out a scholarship domain, advance a particular line of thought, maps and map-making are key vocational tools to meet the dislocations that new questions of hinge moments propose….
Dynamic Online Teaching-Resistances & ConversionsPosted on December 8, 2014 by Mindy McGarrah SharpI did not want to do online teaching.Like many theological educators, my education in divinity school and doctoral work was in traditional classroom formats. I attended residential institutions, spent hours in stacks with physical books and their distinct smells, and daily conversed with students and professors in hallways that connected one classroom to another….