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Remotely Close: A Practical Guidebook for Christian Online Higher Education

Remotely Close: A Practical Guidebook for Christian Online Higher Education

Day, Daniel R.
Klaus, Byron

Hardcover

General ChristianityGeneral Education

ISBN13: 9798385022250
Publisher: WestBow Press
Published: Apr 3 2024
Pages: 158
Weight: 0.86
Height: 0.50 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English


After ten years of online education, I had earned an MA and a Ph.D. Though incredibly grateful for this time of learning and growing, there was still something amiss once it was all finished. It wasn't easy to figure out why I felt this way, but it finally came to me. Ultimately, I cannot point to one meaningful long-term friendship that was formed with either a peer or professor. The accessible, convenient, and affordable pathways of online educational delivery systems paved the way for me to achieve my learning goals, and for that, I am thankful. Yet, the feeling of being robbed of the human element and the benefit of gaining another's perspective remained.

Online education is here to stay. No one is arguing that fact. Even now, new technological advancements continue to emerge, offering innovative approaches to helping people to continue learning. I celebrate this and encourage it, but not at the expense of the human element. This book puts forward research-based findings that offer evidence that students, professors, and schools are far more likely to achieve their goals when solid friendships exist.

A solidly Christian and Biblical perspective undergirds and supports the results of this one-and-a-half-year doctoral research project that is the basis for this book. Questions that are considered through these pages include:

1. Why do relationships matter in online education?

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