During the years 2004-2005 I spent more than twelve months preparing for and completing doctoral qualifying exams at Indiana University in two totally distinct fields: Instructional Technology and Judaism & Christianity in Antiquity. (Somehow I …
The Bible Plus: The Four Books of Mormonism
This article should be required reading for everyone. I've never seen a better piece on such an important topic anywhere! Dr. Kathleen Flake, Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Vanderbilt University, has just published an online article …
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Ancient Synagogue Discovered: Kudos to BYU’s Matt Grey and the Rest of the Team.
Matt Grey, a friend of mine in the Ancient Scripture department at BYU, is part of an archaeological team led by Jodi Magness of the University of North Carolina. They just announced some very exciting finds related to an ancient synagogue at the …
The Lecture: A Technology 562 Years Past Its Prime
Lecture. What is it? As a kid a lecture is what I would hear from my parents when I did something wrong. Strange that when I arrived to college I was still being lectured at by my "new" parents, college professors, as though something was wrong. …
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Learning Outcomes. Missing the Mark!
I'm always surprised by the strong opinions I hear from some in Higher Education against learning outcomes for college classes. Some argue that learning outcomes impinge upon a professor's academic freedom. I recently saw an article in a Religious …
The Innovative University
Clayton Christensen (Harvard business school professor) and author of "The Innovative University" came to BYU's campus a few weeks ago. Wow, he nailed it. Disruptive innovation is already happening. It may be in slow motion, but innovation is …