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MAF-LT Remodels Orality Course for New Audience

Submitted by jmanley on Tue, 03/01/2011 - 15:09

Jim Bowman, Director of Scriptures In Use (SIU), asked MAF-Learning Technologies to evaluate their “Bridges Online” course for presentation to a new audience. The course content centers on a series of videos originally created to train missionaries already working and living among preferred oral communicator people groups. The new audience, however, consisted mainly of Americans considering or just beginning preparations for their first cross-cultural assignments.

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Nicholas Ivins and Leaman Mosley of our Educational Services Team led the project. First, they reformatted the course with MAF-LT’s DEScribe. This allowed them to focus on course design rather than the technology. Then they moved the course from its original wiki to MAF-LT’s DEViewer platform. This gave the students a friendlier, more intuitive experience and also offered SIU financial savings because they could host it on their own server.

The team faced a formidable challenge...
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Quick Takes From India

Submitted by jmanley on Tue, 06/08/2010 - 08:19

We set out to accomplish four things. But as an added blessing, we find God's people enjoy the fellowship of one Spirit whether from megapolis slum or sun-blasted wilderness. Our four tasks:

  • Mumbai (Bombay): Determine if we can help the pastor of a 25,000+ member house church network with leadership training
  • Jaipur: Participate in an SIU (Scriptures In Use) church planter story workshop
  • Bengaluru (Bangalore): Conduct an STS Bible story-telling workshop
  • Mysore: Evaluate progress of a three-year relationship with the leader of a rural house church group

At just over a third of the way through our trip, I had to share these sample sightings... (more pictures)

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