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Digital Literacy Toolkit

Digital Literacy Toolkit

Lifelong Learning by VTS

  • Home
  • Context
    • New Ministry Context
    • New Media & Digital Literacy
    • Advocacy
    • Wider Conversations
  • Research
    • Four Domains of Practice
    • Impact
  • Literacies
    • Navigating Hybrid and Digital Cultures
    • Convening Hybrid and Digital Community
    • Maintaining a Posture of Experimentation
    • Cultivating a Spiritually Wise Digital Habitus
    • Creating and Curating Faith-Based Artifacts
    • Connecting Media Theory to Theological Reflection
    • Presenting Authentically and Pastorally Online
  • Resources
    • Assignments
    • Teaching Activities
    • How-To-Guides
  • Who We Are
  • Contact

ASSIGNMENTS

Examples of how instructors can provide students the opportunity to demonstrate their learning while at the same time practicing a digital literacy.

ABOUT ASSIGNMENTS

Psychologist Jon Mueller
defines authentic assessment as “a form of assessment in which students are asked to perform real-world tasks that demonstrate meaningful application of essential knowledge and skills.” This practice is not new to theological education. Our students write sermons, prepare Sunday school classes, lead public worship, and participate in various forms of supervised pastoral experience.

Nevertheless, we believe ministry training programs over-value academically oriented assignments and under-value professionally oriented assignments. Like the best of experiential theological learning, digital media assignments have the potential both to prepare students directly for future ministry tasks and to extend the impact of students’ effort beyond the boundaries of the classroom. If students choose, or if we specifically require it, their digital assignments—say, a 90 Second Sermon—can have a life of their own via the many networked publics that connect our students, the people they serve, and potentially others.

The benefits of such an experience are substantial—our students gain insight into how their projects resonate (or not) and how their approach might be revised in the future. The online reflection that often follows the posting of a project can be as the experience of creating it.

EXPLORE THE ASSIGNMENTS


Why Ministry? Meme Assignment

September 2, 2019

Lisa Kimball, professor of Christian Education at VTSMargie Baker Memes are funny, memorable, and

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Using Online Reviews to Share Resources

September 2, 2019

Lisa Kimball, professor of Christian Education at VTSMargie Baker, Digital Coach This activity

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Ketubah Remix Assignment

May 21, 2019

Judy Fentress-WilliamsSarah Stonesifer This assignment, from the Bad Girls of the Bible online

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Biblical Meme Assignment

May 20, 2019

Judy Fentress-WilliamsSarah Stonesifer This assignment is part of the Bad Girls of the Bible

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First Person Video Assignment

May 20, 2019

Sarah StonesiferJudy Fentress-Williams This first-person video assignment, from the Bad Girls of

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Bad Girls of the Bible: Jigsaw Activity

May 14, 2019

Judy Fentress-WilliamsSarah Stonesifer This assignment is part of the Bad Girls of the Bible

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Case Study & Toolkit Assignment: Parish Administration

February 14, 2019

Kathryn GloverMargie Baker This is a two-part assignment for a one-week intensive course on

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Bad Girls of the Bible: Online Course

December 19, 2018

Are you curious about how to design and facilitate an entirely online course? This guide offers a

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Technology Rule of Life

December 19, 2018

Several of our favorite books on technology and faith, including Tweet If You ♥ Jesus and The

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