Module 1 Overview - Developing a Basic Sense of the Terminology (Click here to download the Module 1 PDF with the supplementary materials)
Aim:
Begin to build a community of inquiry. Review basics for presenting online. Explore the differences between online and classroom teaching and learning.
Grounding:
From the Apostolic Letter "The Rapid Development" of the Holy Father
John Paul II to those responsible for communications January 24,
2005:
"Such is the importance of the mass media that fifteen years ago I considered it inopportune to leave their use completely up to the initiatives of individuals or small groups, and suggested that they be decisively inserted into pastoral programs."
"New technologies, in particular, create further opportunities for communication understood as a service to the pastoral government and organization of the different tasks of the Christian community. One clear example today is how the Internet not only provides resources for more information, but habituates persons to interactive communication. Many Christians are already creatively using this instrument, exploring its potential to assist in the tasks of evangelization and education, as well as of internal communication, administration and governance. However, alongside the Internet, other new means of communication, as well as traditional ones, should be used. Daily and weekly newspapers, publications of all types, and Catholic television and radio still remain highly useful means within a complete panorama of Church communications."
Resources and assignments
in the Required category:
- Reading assignment in the text,
Essential Elements,
- "What does all this (technology) mean for
the Church?" by John Jewell
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Resource Guide by Mr. Jim Rafferty and Dr. Jan Viktora -- including the resources (such as PDFs and PPTs) that are still active within the presentation
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Resources and assignments in the Recommended
category:
- Mary Hess’ article "What Difference does
it Make? Digital Technology in the Theological Classroom
-
Resources and assignments in the Optional
category:
- "Learning Management Systems in
Seminaries" by Jim Rafferty
Module Checklist (You'll know you're done with this module when you've completed the following items below.)
- Build a web page for yourself and post a link to it in the Module 1 discussion forum.You could create the page online at Google (http://sites.google.com) or use the “save as web page” feature of MS Word. You could also personalize it with an audio, like this one. This web page is for your own benefit. It is not necessary to have one to complement an online course, but it does enable you to post materials for students who are not enrolled in a given course template.
- Create a welcome document and respond to a classmate’s introduction/welcome letter within the Module 1 discussion forum.
- Listen to Jim Rafferty's and Jan Viktora's Resource Guide presentation and post within the Module 1 discussion forum a 100- to 200-word reflection on it.
- Listen to David Harrison's Podcast and post within the
Module
1 discussion forum a short 100- to 200-word reflection on it.
If you have not received an email asking for a re-submit of any of the above criteria, please proceed to the next module.
*Module Podcasts for CDLN Certification Course by David J. Harrison are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License. Based on a work at www.catholicdistance.org.