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Reflecting on the Pedagogy of Online Theological Education

A Wabash Center Conference
October 9-11, 2009
Indianapolis

This conference is by invitation only.
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Over the past three summers 82 faculty members from 66 theological schools have enrolled in the Wabash Center’s online course for theological school faculty teaching online (offered through the University of Wisconsin’s Distance Education Certificate Program).

Now it is time to take stock, and articulate what we have learned about the challenges and opportunities of teaching online.

We will gather some alumni from the past three years’ online course, together with leading innovators in the field and other stakeholders, to reflect upon the nature of online pedagogy and the teaching and learning outcomes associated with it.

What are we learning about online education and what do we see as its future?

What aspects of online education create pedagogical differences?

How does ministerial formation evolve through online learning?

What are the implicit habit and skills that are taught in online learning?

What is being learned when a course is offered online?

Goals of the Conference
By the end of the weekend:

Individuals will have shared practices and questions which each will subsequently engage in their home context;
Essential teaching and learning questions will have been framed;
The conference will have contributed to the development of a community of reflective practioners of online teaching and learning.

Leadership team
Mary Hess, Luther Seminary
Richard Nysse, Luther Seminary
Dan Ulrich, Bethany Theological Seminary
Nadine Pence, Wabash Center For Teaching and Learning In Theology and Religion
Thomas Pearson, Wabash Center For Teaching and Learning In Theology and Religion
Paul Myhre, Wabash Center For Teaching and Learning In Theology and Religion

Conference Participants
C. Colt Anderson, Washington Theological Union
Kathy Dawson, Columbia Theological Seminary
Stephen Delamarter, George Fox Evangelical
Elizabeth Drescher, Center for Anglican Learning & Leadership
Robert Freeman, Fuller Theological Seminary
Darwin Glassford, Calvin Theological Seminary
Peter Gräbe, Regent University School of Divinity
Robert Hale, Asbury Theological Seminary
Barry Hamilton, Northeastern Seminary at Roberts Wesleyan College
Tara Hornbacker, Bethany Theological Seminary
David Johns, Earlham School of Religion
Masego Kebaetse, Palmer Theological Seminary
Barbara Anne Keely, United Theological Seminary of Twin Cities
Cindy Kissel-Ito, Union-PSCE
Kristine Lund, Waterloo Lutheran Seminary
Julie Lytle, Episcopal Divinity School
Michael Matlock, Asbury Theological Seminary
Cameron Murchison, Columbia Theological Seminary
Robert O’Gorman, Loyola University Chicago
Barbara Radtke, Boston College
Tim Sensing, Abilene Christian University
Jerry Skira, Regis College
Dennis Smith, Phillips Theological Seminary
Gregory Sobolewski, Saint Mary's University of Minnesota
Julia Speller, Chicago Theological Seminary
Jennifer Woodruff, Tait Huntington University
Vickie Taylor, Ashland Theological Seminary
George Thompson, Interdenominational Theological Center
Melinda Thompson, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary
Sr. Angela Ann Zukowski, University of Dayton

Contact:
Thomas Pearson
Associate Director of the Wabash Center
pearsont@wabash.edu
1-800-655-7117

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