Teaching Religion Using Technology in Higher Education

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John Hilton III is Associate Professor of Religious Education at Brigham Young University, USA.

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Providing multiple perspectives on a range of topics-including social media use, interactive classroom learning, and MOOC-this book presents a series of original case studies on how technology can be used in religion classes in higher education to improve student learning.

Résumé
Providing multiple perspectives on a range of topicsincluding social media use, interactive classroom learning, and MOOCthis book presents a series of original case studies on how technology can be used in religion classes in higher education to improve student learning.

Contenu

Part I: Technology in the Classroom

1. "Third-Screen Teaching: Enhancing Classroom Learning with Mobile Devices." Richard Newton

2. "Student-Created Podcasts as a Means of Knowledge Assessment," David Kniep

3. "Who Do You Vote That I Am? Using Student Response Systems in Religion Courses" Renate Hood

4. "Teaching Religion with Clickers," Kristy L. Slominski

5. "'Seeing' the Sacred Landscape: A Digital Geographies Approach to Contextualizing Ancient Sites in Religious Education," Kyle M. Oliver Part II: Leveraging Technology in and out of the Classroom

6. "If You'll Tweet Along With Me: Effectively Using Social Media in Religious Education," Rob O'Lynn

7. "Social Media in Higher-Ed Religion Studies," Brooke Lester

8. "Blended Learning in Religious Education: What, Why, and How," Anthony Sweat

9. "Character-izing Gameful Learning: Using Student-Guided Narratives to Motivate, Engage, and Inform Learners," Christopher Heard, Steven V. Rouse Part III: Using Technology to Expand Your Classroom

10. "Technology Twist on the Visiting Professor," Gerald L. Stevens

11. "Taming the MOOS: Massive Online Open Seminars in Religion," Phyllis Zagano

12. "Welcoming the Strangerto the Conversation," Charlotte Heeg

13. "Comparing Spiritual Outcomes in Face-to-Face versus Online Delivery of a Religion Course," John Hilton III, Kenneth Plummer, Ben Fryar, & Ryan Gardner