MA in Global Leadership Cohort Online Class

ML 581: Fall 2008

Freeman

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ML 581: DEVELOPING YOUR LEARNING PLAN (4 units).
Robert Freeman, Assistant Professor of Continuing and Distance Education

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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, each (student) leader plays a significant role in their respective educational process as he or she develops a comprehensive learning plan for their 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 identify resources to facilitate leadership development.

· Performed tasks using online educational tools and methods.

· Experienced learning from church and mission leaders of the non‐western world.

· Reviewed various monastic ‘rules’ and decide on a common way of living for the cohort group.

· Adopted a historically Christian perspective on leadership, practice, and learning.

· 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 READING:

· Debra K. Farrington, 2000. Living Faith Day by Day: How the Sacred Rules of Monastic Traditions Can Help You Live Spiritually in the Modern World. Perigee.

· J. Oswald Sanders, 1994. 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. Harvard Business School Press.

· Philip D. Kenneson, 1999. Life on the Vine: Cultivating the Fruit of the Spirit in Christian Community. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press.

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 July 2008

This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification