Creating Online Presence

I will teach a doctoral level capstone preaching course in which we explore theories of preaching, sermon development/refinement, and sermon presentation.  The course draws upon skills learned through experience and prior education to facilitate the practice of preaching. Cognitive presence.  An activity I will use to establish cognitive presence is discussion forum posts.  Students will Read More …

The Intersection of Social, Cognitive and Teaching Presence

Social Presence: This domain of “Community of Inquiry” is the ability of participants to project their individual personalities in order to identify and communicate with the community and develop inter-personal relationships (Garrison, 2009). As a result, a fundamental first activity that I plan to use in a “Foundations of Neuroscience” class -that I hope to Read More …

Presence in the Virtual Classroom: A Philosophical Take

Since philosophy concentrates to such a high degree on understanding complex ideas in ways that are often counter-intuitive from a common-sense approach, strongly embedded in an intellectual history that many students have only peripherally made contact with before, it is important to make sure that students have access to materials and methods that maximize their Read More …

Cultivating Classroom Presence

I teach an introductory religion course in which we de-center dominant faith traditions in the US, and give particular attention to traditions that have been historically marginalized.  The course is reading and writing intensive. Cognitive presence.  An activity I use to establish cognitive presence is index card inquiry.  The question for this activity is always Read More …

Teaching with a Presence

I am an instructor for a master’s level course on Qualitative Research Methods. The purpose of the course is to introduce students to relevant aspects of qualitative research, including: research design, sampling and recruitment, data collection (interviewing, observation, and focus groups), preliminary data analysis, and ethical issues. I use a variety of activities throughout the Read More …