Faith, Life, and Learning Online
Author | : Brant M. Himes |
Publisher | : Wipf and Stock Publishers |
Total Pages | : 206 |
Release | : 2022-04-08 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781666705683 |
ISBN-13 | : 1666705683 |
Rating | : 4/5 (83 Downloads) |
Book excerpt: Faith, Life, and Learning Online is an invitation for faith-based institutions to take bold steps toward integrating a holistic mission of spiritual formation into the online learning environment. For Christian higher education, faith integration is a matter of mission, not modality. Regardless of whether learning happens in the traditional classroom, through hybrid models, or exclusively online, Christian universities have a missional mandate to continue their long legacy of forming students of competence and character. While traditional campuses continue to provide unique and meaningful opportunities for students to grow in their faith, online learning has opened new avenues for engagement and development of spiritual formation. As such, all Christian higher education institutions are now called to take advantage of this unique technological moment to continue to offer transformative opportunities for the holistic integration of faith, life, and learning in the online environment.