MA in Global Leadership Cohort Online
Class
ML 581: Winter 2009
Downes
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FOR WINTER 2009 QUARTER ONLY!
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ML
581: DEVELOPING YOUR LEARNING PLAN (4 units).
Donna Downes, Associate Professor of Global
Leadership
DESCRIPTION:
A global context requires leaders who understand reality
beyond their respective national borders; accordingly, the formation and
development of leadership must be reconceived. In this introductory course of
the Master of Arts in Global Leadership, (student) leaders play a significant
role in their respective educational process as they develop their own
comprehensive learning plans for the entire degree program. Beyond individual
learning, each leader experiences the benefits of both joining a diverse
Christian community as well as enlisting in a like-minded group of
practitioners in an online learning environment.
LEARNING OUTCOMES:
Upon successful completion of this course, the
student will have:
·
Performed a
learning needs assessment in conjunction with the student’s ministry community.
·
Practiced various
habits of spiritual formation and identified resources to facilitate leadership
development.
·
Performed tasks
using online educational tools and methods.
·
Experienced
learning from church and mission leaders worldwide.
·
Reviewed various
monastic “rules” and decide on a common way of living for the cohort group.
·
Investigated adult
learning principles.
·
Designed a
comprehensive learning plan for the student’s Master of Arts program.
COURSE FORMAT:
The class will meet on the Internet using a 10-week lesson
schedule aligned with Fuller’s academic calendar. Each week students and the
instructor will interact with course material through journaling, threaded
discussions, and web-based research.
REQUIRED
·
Debra
K. Farrington, 2006. Living Faith Day by
Day: How the Sacred Rules of Monastic Traditions Can Help You Live Spiritually
in the Modern World. Authors Choice Press.
·
J.
Oswald Sanders, 2007. Spiritual
Leadership. Moody Press.
·
Jane
Vella, 2002. Learning to Listen, Learning to
Teach: The Power of Dialogue in Educating Adults. Jossey-Bass.
·
Etienne
Wenger, Richard McDermott, and William M. Snyder, 2002. Cultivating Communities of Practice.
·
Philip
D. Kenneson, 1999.
Life on the Vine: Cultivating the
Fruit of the Spirit in Christian Community.
ASSIGNMENTS:
1.
Weekly
threaded discussions, journaling, web research.
2.
Book
reviews, a learning needs assessment, agreement on a common rule.
3.
A
5,000-word learning plan which guides the student’s entire educational
program.
PREREQUISITES:
This course is only available to those who are accepted
into the MA in Global Leadership.
RELATIONSHIP TO
CURRICULUM:
A required course for the Cohort portion of the MA in
Global Leadership. NO AUDITORS.
FINAL EXAMINATION: None.
Updated October
2008
This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to
modification