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About igalindo

Israel Galindo is Professor and Associate Dean for Lifelong Learning at Columbia Theological Seminary.

Google Classroom, not yet ready for prime time

There’s been a lot of buzz in the instructional tech world about Google’s new “Classroom” LMS. Given Google’s influence and impact, it’s worth watching. But writer and educator Phil Hill shares his opinion that it’s too early to know if … Continue reading

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Overcoming “transactional distance”

There’s a term for the anxiety many novice instructors feel about the online teaching-learning environment. It’s called “transactional distance.” This relates to the dissonance of feeling “distant” or disconnected from one’s students when one is used to only teaching face-to-face. … Continue reading

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Six Challenges When Leaving Office as Dean

New post on Wabash blog for deans: “Six Challenges When Leaving Office as Dean,” http://goo.gl/CSGWNB

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Understanding your graduation profile

The Dean and Program Assessment: understanding your graduation profile http://goo.gl/ioY4U2

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The Dean and program assessment

Post on the Wabash blog for theological school deans: “The dean and program assessment, a portable infographic.”

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Reflection for insight

Practicing reflection for insight on Bowen Family Systems theory at the Perspectives blog site.

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Ghost hunters and exorcists: Leaders and secrets in the system

Do you have ghosts in your system that go bump in the night? Thoughts on leaders as ghost hunters and exorcists at the Perspectives on Congregational Leadership blog site.

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Leading an anxious system: what’s a leader to do?

Thoughts on leadership in a chronically anxious system at the Perspectives on Congregational Leadership blog.

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Do you know your educational terms?

Nifty handout on educational terms at the theological school deans blog from the Wabash Center.

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Five Stages for Effective Teaching

One of the hardest things for both novice and experienced teachers to learn is that lecture is not instruction. Here are some thoughts on “Five stages for effective teaching” at the Wabash Center? blog on “less lecture.”

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