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Invited talk addressing history and status of distance learning at FSU.

This article proposes that Paul’s letter to the church in Rome can identify processes involved

in offering a spiritually formative education from a distance. When Paul wrote the letter to

Rome, he wrote to a church he had never visited. We argue that his relationship with the recipients is

analogically similar to the relationship between professor and student in an online, educational paradigm.

Paul modeled how to offer this spiritually formative relationship by emphasizing the gospel

message, grounding his scriptural authority, personalizing his message, anticipating questions, enlisting

the community, encouraging the recipients, praying for needs, and explaining the marks of …

This paper draws on two case studies from UK universities to advance debate regarding assessment

strategies and methods in the ERAU Worldwide. It focuses on the use of summative and formative

assessment, the role of feedback, and the importance of learning outcomes for continuous academic

improvement. Findings from the first case study, with three cohorts of graduate students, show that,

where students are encouraged to learn from their mistakes via formative feedback, improvement is

more likely than when standard approaches to assessment are employed. The second case study

identifies one university's approach to changing the design, delivery and assessment of …

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