digital resources
Spain Based Ministry Consortium Confers with MAF-LT
Submitted by jmanley on Thu, 10/06/2011 - 12:44
Dr Rodolfo Girón and Jorge Gallor
Advancing OL3C's ShellBook Open Library Project
Submitted by jmanley on Tue, 09/27/2011 - 12:21
Gary Simons
Joan Spanne
OL3C Project Update
Submitted by jclark on Wed, 07/27/2011 - 12:47In mid-2010, we at MAF-LT began participating in the Open Library for Local Learning Communities (OL3C) project to create an online library website. The primary goal of the OL3C online library is to facilitate the localization of digital resources into the languages of left-out people groups. See this post for more details about the project.
As the OL3C online library project kicked off in August, 2010, the OL3C Consortium asked us to research the feasibility of such a library and determine how it should be implemented. For the next several months, MAF-LT team members Peter Nye and Elliot Dawson pored over the OL3C Consortium’s requirements for the online library. They soon recommended two changes to the Consortium’s plan.
Small Libraries-to-Go
Submitted by jclark on Wed, 06/08/2011 - 14:50What happens when you combine MAF - Learning Technologies' experience in the field of digital libraries with new technologies and mobile devices? Amazing opportunities appear!
Using a new database technology which enables simple synchronization between a variety of devices, MAF - Learning Technologies aims to put personal digital libraries into the hands of computer, internet tablet, and smartphone users around the world.
How could this be helpful for pastors and church leaders in the isolated parts of the world? Here's an example of what we could do with this new technology:
African Partner Ministry Gives His View of MAF-LT
Submitted by jmanley on Fri, 09/04/2009 - 10:07We partner with ministries all around the world. And, while we divide our work into separate disciplines, most projects require a mix. In this letter, Bramuel Musya, Africa Director of The God's Story Project, describes his view of MAF-LT's part in the Great Commission.
"Dear Friends of MAF-LT,"
"With so many people in Africa still un-reached, some un-engaged, many more un-churched and others un-discipled; the goal of finishing the task of the great commission is far from being realized. In order for us to aggressively move towards that direction, we must rethink our human resource capital and strategy appropriateness. One of the best ways to address this situation has been to empower, equip and release nationals for the work of ministry amongst their own people groups and within their cultures.
"In the last 3 years, MAF-LT has helped our ministries in Africa to achieve this goal through the following means: In Kenya, Uganda, Zambia, Liberia, Nigeria, Ghana, Togo, and Ethiopia, we have stationed hard drives with digital resources carrying training material for leaders and the laity in audio, video and book formats. These are loaded onto smaller MP3 players that are checked in and out of the libraries (resource stations) by the respective users. As these leaders grow in the Word, so do their congregations.
More Resources for the Most Remote Christian Leaders
Submitted by rmanley on Fri, 04/17/2009 - 10:29
How do we reach the majority of Ugandan church leaders who cannot afford to leave their families or work for years of Bible study? Even if they could, most of them would struggle to learn through the highly literate approach used by most Bible schools because their learning preference is Oral, not literate.
Tony Okullu is meeting the need through by establishing a “Church Based Mobile Bible School.” This network of coordinators (such as Edola Francis, pictured at left) strategically places audio recordings of leadership and discipleship teachings on MP3 players with a speaker unit in trade towns. Pastors and church leaders gather to listen and learn. From there, more MP3 players are loaded with the teachings. The leaders can continue listening and share the teachings in even more remote villages where they work.
MAF-LT partners with Tony in providing free resources from our many partners. Together we are working to bring more resources to the most remote leaders and it is delivered in the same way that they prefer to learn - orally.
Been There Done That
Submitted by nivins on Thu, 04/02/2009 - 11:15So there I was in our Monday morning men's Bible study and Kurt was telling us about these Russian pastors who spoke at his church in Council the day before. They do training of pastors in Russia, etc.
So being the faithful Learning Technologies guy that I am I mentioned that we have a lot of Russian training resources like the pastor's library on a CD called Bibliologia. He's interested and we arrange for me to get him a copy of it.
Two days later when we are arranging for me to give him Bibliologia, he tells me that he spoke with the pastor in town who works with them and they already have it--it's being used all over the region and is the go-to resource for pastors in that region of Russia. So no thanks, we don't need your copy.
I was sort of disappointed because I wanted to be the resource guy and show my Bible study mates that Learning Technologies is a nifty place to work because of these kinds of opportunities to resource remote pastors.
Of course, at the same time I realized what a great thing it is that MAF-LT's Bibliologia was now just a standard part of the Russian pastor's bookshelf and was doing exactly what we had designed it to do!
Nifty.
