368 – The New Way To Learn

On WELSTech this week the discussion topic is online learning and we welcome a special guest, Dr. John Meyer, from Martin Luther College to tell us about their spring course offerings which range from one hour webinars for clock hours to 3 credit hour courses. Martin gives us the skinny on a brand new gadget and Sallie shares community feedback from the WELSTech audience.

The interview:

Learning Online – Dr. John Meyer, Director of Graduate Studies and Continuing Education at Martin Luther College, joins Martin and Sallie to discuss the variety of offerings available in the area of online learning.

• MLC Graduate Studies and Continuing Education
• Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Grow in Grace
• WELS.net University
• How Do I Get a PLN?

Ministry resources:

• Do Saturday Emails Increase Church Attendance

News in tech:

• Facebook singles out Groups in trend towards standalone apps

Tips & picks of the week:

• Elevate Brain Training App
• iPhone 6

WELS insider:

• Online Worship
• iPhone 4 Donations for Malawi

Need to know:

• Registration is open for FinalWeb online training, coming up January 21-23, 2015. bit.ly/fw4d2015
• Visit the WELSTech Conference 2015 site to sign up for conference announcements via e-mail

Community feedback:

• In Their Sandals
• OneDrive Unlimited Storage for Office 365 Subscribers
• edX online Learning
• 8 Things You Didn’t know You Could Do With Google Drive

Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 369 – Join us on a special date and time – Monday, November 24 @ 11 am – for a look at ShopWELS.net offerings and an interview with ShopWELS vendor, Chris Hunt from Troxell. (Broadcast date – 11/24/14)

Featured videos:

This week we’ve added an entry on the WELSTech Presentation/Teaching Videos YouTube channel – Salman Khan talk at TED 2011

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