A little over two years ago, before the pandemic, ESN launched our ESN Conversations, monthly conversations with scholars about the intersection of faith and scholarship. Over 400 people have participated in conversations. The early conversations weren't recorded, mostly due to legal reasons, but also to give us a chance to learn how to do this. By July of 2020, we had worked out those issues and began, with an interview of Elaine Howard Ecklund, to post these interviews on our newly created Emerging Scholars Network … [Read more...] about Have You Discovered ESN’s YouTube Channel?
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Engaged Learning, YouTube, and Audience Needs
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
Week in Review: Faith, Reason, and YouTube Edition
What are you reading, watching, thinking about this week? As usual, here's a few which have been on our mind. Let us know your thoughts on any/all of them. If you have items you'd like us to consider for the top five, add them in the comments or send them to Tom or Mike. 1. Mike will write a longer post about this on Monday, but Bruce Waltke's departure from Reformed Theological Seminary – following his appearance in a video posted on the Biologos Foundation's website – has been making big news. (In case you … [Read more...] about Week in Review: Faith, Reason, and YouTube Edition