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W. Brian Lane

Engaged Learning, YouTube, and Audience Needs

October 12, 2018 by W. Brian Lane Leave a Comment

W. Brian Lane is a physics professor who wrote the very first post for  Scholar's Compass,  our ongoing online devotional for academics. This fall, he's writing a series on engaged learning and how it can help Christian academics teach well in the university and the church. In our mission to support emerging Christian scholars, we've found that one key question most grad students and early career profs are asking is how they can serve their students by teaching well. We're delighted to publish Brian's reflections on … [Read more...] about Engaged Learning, YouTube, and Audience Needs

Filed Under: Life in the Academy Tagged With: education, engaged learning, engaged learning series, Let's Code Physics, teaching, YouTube

Engaged Learning in Church

October 5, 2018 by W. Brian Lane Leave a Comment

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W. Brian Lane is a physics professor who wrote the very first post for  Scholar's Compass,  our ongoing online devotional for academics. This fall, he's writing a series on engaged learning and how it can help Christian academics teach well in the university and the church. In our mission to support emerging Christian scholars, we've found that one key question most grad students and early career profs are asking is how they can serve their students by teaching well. We're delighted to publish Brian's reflections on … [Read more...] about Engaged Learning in Church

Filed Under: Life in the Academy Tagged With: bible study, biblical hermeneutics, biblical interpretation, church, engaged learning, engaged learning series, local church, parables, Sunday school, teaching

Engaged Learning: How Can It Help?

September 21, 2018 by W. Brian Lane Leave a Comment

W. Brian Lane is a physics professor who also wrote the very first post for  Scholar's Compass,  our ongoing online devotional for academics. This fall, he's writing a series on engaged learning and how it can help Christian academics teach well in the university and the church. In our mission to support emerging Christian scholars, we've found that one key question most grad students and early career profs are asking is how they can serve their students by teaching well. We're delighted to publish Brian's reflections … [Read more...] about Engaged Learning: How Can It Help?

Filed Under: Life in the Academy Tagged With: engaged learning, engaged learning series, Just-in-Time Teaching, teaching

Navigating Beginnings: Glory-Seeking Ministry in the Academic Life (Scholar’s Compass)

September 9, 2014 by W. Brian Lane 2 Comments

For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Lord's glory, as the waters cover the sea. --  Habakkuk 2:14 (HCSB) Reflection I didn't want a career in the university world. That's not how you were expecting this devotional to start, is it? My original intention when I began studying physics as a university freshman was to become a high school physics teacher. Then, I became involved in campus ministry (with my weeknights full of meetings and my backpack full of gospel tracts) and fell in awe over Bible … [Read more...] about Navigating Beginnings: Glory-Seeking Ministry in the Academic Life (Scholar’s Compass)

Filed Under: Christ and the Academy, Love Your Academic Discipline, Scholar's Compass Tagged With: C.S. Lewis Foundation, campus ministry, Chorister’s Prayer of the Royal College of Church Music, Christian Study Center, Christian Study Center of Gainesville, creation, devotional, Faculty, faith and vocation, Imagebearer, Love Your Academic Discipline, Ministry, Navigating Beginnings, physics, professor, Scholar's Compass, science and faith, spiritual formation, The Four Loves

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