Exemplars and Resources

Episcopal Divinity School Distributed Learning Option

• Requirements for Simulcast Class
• Adobe Connect Audio (SCREENR DEMO)
• Speakers – YouTube Channel
• May 2013 Commencement

Distributive Faith Formation for Community Members

• The LOGOS project is a free video series presenting global faith leaders offering their expertise on theological, practical and spiritual subjects.  Launched by The Episcopal Diocese of Texas at Diocesan Council in 2013, this video series was inspired by “TED Talks.”
• ChurchNext – Courses for individuals and/or congregations to learn about Scripture, liturgy, and Christian topics.  Can be used to create an online parish “school” for adult faith formation.
• My Faith My Life online curriculm integrated with Father Matthew Presents 
• Trinity Wall Street – Webcasts
• Art/y/fact.Xn Mobile Ap –  offers interpretive tools for artworks about Jesus, Mary, other figures and stories from the Bible, Saints, Angels and Demons. The 100+ articles about themes common in Christian art include Basic Info, a list of What to Look For, and questions that guide General, Personal, and Historical Interpretations of the artworks.

Seminary-based Theological Education and Online Courses

• EfM – Education for Ministry – Seminary-based (Sewanee) Online Lay Formation with three kinds of course activity: individual reading and study, participation in weekly online seminar, and conversations via an online discussion board.
• CALL – Center for Anglican Lifelong Learning – Seminary-based (Church Divinity School of the Pacific) Online and On-Campus formation for lay and ordained leaders.

Curated Sites

• Building Faith – curated by Sharon Pearson, Church Publishing
• Faith Formation Learning Exchange – curated by John Roberto, Lifelong Faith Associates
• Center for Spiritual Resources – curated by Robbin Whittington, CSR
• Vital Practices – curated by Nancy Davidge, Episcopal Church Foundation (webinars)
• BeliefNet

 Selected Theological Education Courses

• Online Orientation (especially 29:20 to 31:15 and 52:15 to 55 35)(2013) – Eileen Daily
• Being Church in the 21st Century (2011, EDS, PT2025) – Julie Lytle
• RiteKeeping – Session 4 (2006) – Richard McCall

Secular Distributive Learning Examples and Teacher Training Tools

• Digital Ethnography – Michael Wesch
• Illinois Online Network    — Virtual Guest Lecturers — includes faculty sharing tips for transitioning from classroom based to distributive courses
• University of Wisconsin eCampus  — catalog of online programs
• The Sloan Consortium – 2012 Survey of Online Learning: “Changing Course: Ten Years of tracking Online Education in the United States,” Free Publications,  BLOG: eLearning Landscape
• Cornell University Center for Teaching Excellence
• On the Cutting Edge: Strong Undergraduate GeoScience Teaching, Online Teaching
• University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Best Practices for Teaching Online: Creating an Online Syllabus
• Fresno State Technology Innovations for Teaching and Learning – Checklist for Online or Multi-mode/Hybrid Courses, Syllabus Template, Blackboard 9.1 Faculty Resources for Online Teaching and Learning
• University of Central Florida – Teaching Online – Pedagogy Best Practices

MOOCs – Massive Open Online Courses

• What is a MOOC? David Cormier, YouTube
• Top 10 Sites for Free Education from Elite Universities
• Educause Library: MOOCs
• Coursera
• Udacity
• edX   (MIT, Harvard, Berkeley, Univ of TX)
• Semester Online/2U (Notre Dame, Boston College, Georgetown, UNC, Emory, Northwestern, Brandies, Washington University St Louis, etc)