Catalyst for collaboration
Technology grants build electronic bridges
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Autumn 1999
15 Articles
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Catalyst for collaboration
Technology grants build electronic bridges
High-tech equipment is, more often than not, high-cost as well, which can be an inhibiting factor for seminaries whose budgets are already stretched tight. Collaboration among recipients of Lilly grants to expand the use of information technology made the money go farther and accomplish more. With or without outside funding, other seminaries may find some…
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Limitless horizons?
Education via internet extends opportunities for learning
The same internet that has revolutionized marketing and communications is now being explored as an educational tool in some unlikely arenas. A long-time church journalist, now a divinity student, looks at one seminary’s success in the use of internet courses to extend educational opportunities to a geographically diverse student population.
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On line or on campus
How real is the virtual community?
Can community, in its sense of theological preparation, be achieved only in a long-term residential setting? Or can a seminary create a virtual campus that lets students build real-world relationships? As Bethel Theological Seminary prepares to graduate the first class of its five-year In Ministry program, Melinda R. Heppe examines the school’s experience and how…
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Do today’s seminaries have public roles?
The invisibility of theological institutions
James chastened those whose faith was without works. Paul pointed out the reality that Christians live in a political setting. Even Jesus said, “Render unto Caesar.” What public roles are—or should be—played by your administrators, faculty, and students?
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Yale to keep all divinity school buildings
Renovation scheme drops contested demolitions
Yale’s new plan calls for retention of all buildings on the Divinity School Quadrangle. Mark Coppenger leaves Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary after four sometimes stormy years at the helm, and several other schools report incoming and outgoing presidents.
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Picture This
A review of <i>How Computers Work</>
Title: How Computers Work Author: Ron White Publisher: Que
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Revealing the secrets
A review of <i>How Macs Work</i>
Title: How Macs Work Authors: John Rizzo and K. Daniel Clark Publisher: Que
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Walking along the road less traveled: an alternative to the monotheism of gates
A review of <i>The Invisible Computer</i>
Title: The Invisible Computer Author: Donald Norman Publisher: MIT Press
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Virtually Heaven?
A review of <i>The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace: A History of Space from Dante to the Internet</i>
Title: The Pearly Gates of Cyberspace: A History of Space from Dante to the Internet Author: Margaret Wertheim Publisher: Norton
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Real enough to touch
A review of <i>The Visionary Position</i>
Title: The Visionary Position Author: Fred Moody Publisher: Times Business
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Words in pictures
A review of <i>Visual Explanations</i>
Title: Visual Explanations Author: Edward R. Tufte Publisher: Graphics Press
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