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One of the reasons I felt immediately at home when I came on board at Learning Forte is that our company values of strategic imagination and curious engagement with diversity together set the backdrop for a powerful way of working. We’re always trying to break down silos. We seek out opportunities for seemingly dissimilar individuals, …
This is part three in a series of posts about Becoming Tapestry, Kyle’s dissertation podcast about multimedia learning in faith-adjacent settings. Read part one here. Read part two here. I’ve just returned to the office after a week in New York to celebrate my graduation from the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design program at …
This is part two in a series of posts about Becoming Tapestry, Kyle’s dissertation podcast about multimedia learning in faith-adjacent settings. Read part one here. If you’ve ever participated in teacher effectiveness training, you’ve probably heard about one of the big thorny issues in learning. And I guarantee you that you’ve been on the receiving …
“The shortest distance between two people is a story.” That’s according to Joe Lambert, one of the media visionaries and nonprofit leaders whose work has most significantly shaped my teaching and research since I enrolled in my first Storycenter workshop in 2014. Others agree with Lambert about storytelling’s power to connect. “Communion with others, elusive …
The Learning Forte team makes a regular practice of naming and celebrating the wins we experience and observe in our work with each other and our clients. We decided to focus our final conference wrap-up post on celebrating the wins we saw and admired among our Forma colleagues this week. From Jenn Baker (Consultant, Integrated …
Members of the Learning Forte team continued our series of reflections at the end of Day 2 of the Forma Conference. From Jenn Baker (Consultant, Integrated Learning): The second half of Day 2 offered opportunities to think about Letting Go. In a session called “Discerning a Path Forward: Hybrid Faith Formation in Your Context,” Hannah …
Learning Forte is excited to be a part of the 2022 Forma Conference. At the end of Day 1, our team spent some time reflecting on ideas and experiences that stuck with us. From Jenn Baker (Consultant, Integrated Learning): I’m excited to see the energy in the Christian Formation community through this digital event. The …
It’s been almost a decade since Learning Forte team members began teaching the design and facilitation of online and hybrid courses. In that time, we’ve learned a lot about the joys and frustrations of our fellow educators and faith formation leaders. Some of the common themes of our countless forum threads and Zoom discussions will …
Virginia Theological Seminary (VTS), affiliated with the Episcopal Church, contracted with Learning Forte to design and manage a research project around “Faculty Perspectives of Pedagogy”. Learning Forte gathered qualitative data from the faculty through a written survey and an hour-long semi-structured interview with each faculty member. The research was designed to engage conversation on several …
Johnson C. Smith Theological Seminary is innovating theological education and advancing communities of faith, justice, and compassion. It is one of the twelve theological institutions of the Presbyterian Church (USA), and the only one that is historically African-American. Learning Forte worked alongside President Paul Roberts and the curriculum team to develop a curriculum framework that …
