MA in Global Leadership Cohort Online Class
ML 581: Fall 2010 (Cohort 23)
Villacorta
ML 581: DEVELOPING YOUR LEARNING PLAN (4 units).
Wilmer Villacorta, Assistant Professor of Intercultural Studies.
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 READING:
- Farrington, Debra K. 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. ISBN: 9780595413522 (Pub.price: US $20.95)
- Kenneson, Philip D. 1999. Life on the Vine: Cultivating the Fruit of the
Spirit in Christian Community. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. ISBN:
9780830822195 (Pub.price: US$16)
- Sanders, J. Oswald. 2007. Spiritual Leadership. Moody Press. ISBN
0-8024-6799-7 (Pub.price: US$10.50)
- Vella, Jane. 2002. Learning to Listen, Learning to Teach: The Power of
Dialogue in Educating Adults. Jossey-Bass. ISBN: 9780787959678 (Pub.price:
US$35)
- Wenger, Etienne Richard McDermott, and William M. Snyder. 2002.
Cultivating Communities of Practice. Harvard Business School Press.
ISBN: 9781578513307 (Pub.price: US$35)
ASSIGNMENTS:
- Weekly threaded discussions, journaling, web research.
- Book reviews, a learning needs assessment, agreement on a common rule.
- 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.
This ECD is a reliable guide to the course design but is subject to modification. (July 2010)