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Swinging Bridge - December 1, 2010, Jaime White Dec 2010

Swinging Bridge - December 1, 2010, Jaime White

Student Newspapers & Magazines

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The Online Theology Classroom: Strategies For Engaging A Community Of Distance Learners In A Hybrid Model Of Online Education, Brent A. R. Hege Nov 2010

The Online Theology Classroom: Strategies For Engaging A Community Of Distance Learners In A Hybrid Model Of Online Education, Brent A. R. Hege

Brent A. R. Hege

The key to success in online education is the creation and sustenance of a safe and vibrant virtual community. In order to create such a community instructors must pay special attention to the relationship between technology and pedagogy, specifically in terms of issues such as course design, social presence, facilitation of sustained engagement with course material, specially tailored assignments, and learner expectations and objectives. Several strategies for accomplishing this goal are presented here based on the author’s experiences teaching second career students in hybrid introductory theology courses at a mainline denominational seminary.


Swinging Bridge - October 27, 2010, Jaime White Oct 2010

Swinging Bridge - October 27, 2010, Jaime White

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Swinging Bridge - October 13, 2010, Jaime White Oct 2010

Swinging Bridge - October 13, 2010, Jaime White

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Swinging Bridge - September 29, 2010, Jaime White Sep 2010

Swinging Bridge - September 29, 2010, Jaime White

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Swinging Bridge - September 15, 2010, Jaime White Sep 2010

Swinging Bridge - September 15, 2010, Jaime White

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Swinging Bridge - May 3, 2010, Michelle Canales May 2010

Swinging Bridge - May 3, 2010, Michelle Canales

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Swinging Bridge - April 8, 2010, Michelle Canales Apr 2010

Swinging Bridge - April 8, 2010, Michelle Canales

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Swinging Bridge - March 11, 2010, Michelle Canales Mar 2010

Swinging Bridge - March 11, 2010, Michelle Canales

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Swinging Bridge - February 25, 2010, Michelle Canales Feb 2010

Swinging Bridge - February 25, 2010, Michelle Canales

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Swinging Bridge - February 11, 2010, Michelle Canales Feb 2010

Swinging Bridge - February 11, 2010, Michelle Canales

Student Newspapers & Magazines

No abstract provided.


The Online Theology Classroom: Strategies For Engaging A Community Of Distance Learners In A Hybrid Model Of Online Education, Brent A. R. Hege Jan 2010

The Online Theology Classroom: Strategies For Engaging A Community Of Distance Learners In A Hybrid Model Of Online Education, Brent A. R. Hege

Scholarship and Professional Work - LAS

The key to success in online education is the creation and sustenance of a safe and vibrant virtual community. In order to create such a community instructors must pay special attention to the relationship between technology and pedagogy, specifically in terms of issues such as course design, social presence, facilitation of sustained engagement with course material, specially tailored assignments, and learner expectations and objectives. Several strategies for accomplishing this goal are presented here based on the author’s experiences teaching second career students in hybrid introductory theology courses at a mainline denominational seminary.