On Teaching, Content Distribution, & the Like
I’ve been thinking a lot about teaching. And, I’ve been thinking a lot about how to distribute content in pedagogically productive ways. What prompted this post is a conversation which I had with an adjunct faculty member. Our conversation revolved around history and how to teach history online. Can genealogies and histories be filtered through an online medium? And, if so, how? This question is the exact place to begin thinking about pedagogy and content distribution. If classes are online, which there are many online classes at various universities, then how do instructors produce content and encourage knowledge production via the online medium?
A friend recently became an adjunct for an online class. He lives in the Dallas/Ft. Worth Metro area, and the university is in Arizona. He is currently thinking about content distribution and pedagogy for his class and going thru their extensive online training. I’m wondering if he’s considering how his students will become knowledge producers? I’m certainly thinking about this with the adjunct faculty member with whom I’m working.
So, the craft, skill, and challenge of teaching and the embodiment of a critical pedagogy is central to the classroom which is beyond the brick and mortar room. How do instructors, in my case, theologians, do this well? Just some passing thoughts I am having around teaching…
