J. David Stark

Tag: Higher Education

  • How to Be Present Online

    How to Be Present Online

    If “online” means “moving away,” it supports checking out. But where it means “moving toward,” it can be a powerful way of being present.

  • Presence in Online Education

    Didaktikos has kindly published a short essay of mine about presence in online higher education. I’m grateful to the folks at Faithlife for their permission to distribute the essay here, the essence of which is that presence is completely possible online—it’s just different than it is on campus. If you’d like to read this short…

  • Babyak, “Teaching strategy for a Christian virtual environment”

    I’ve recently had the opportunity of working through Andrew Babyak’s article, “A Teaching Strategy for a Christian Virtual Environment” (Journal of Research in Christian Education 24, no. 1 [2015]: 63–77). A number of Babyak’s reflections are quite insightful and helpful. According to the abstract, The current landscape in education is changing rapidly as online learning…

  • Spiritual formation in online, Christian higher education

    Spiritual formation continues to be an important element in Christian education. As Christian education continues to explore online modes of executing its mission, it is necessary for Christian education to give careful thought to the unique challenges that online modes involve for the spiritually formative aspect of its mission. As one more preliminary way of puzzling out how…

  • Position search open

    Since September 2013, I’ve had the privilege of serving the Faulkner University community as the director of Faulkner University Online. Over that time, the effort has blossomed, and the university now enrolls about a quarter of its total student body in online degree programs, ranging from associates- to doctorate-level. I deeply appreciate the opportunity to have…

  • PhDs in non-faculty careers

    In the Chronicle of Higher Education, Maren Wood suggests that institutions should be more intentional about preparing PhD students for the possibility of non-faculty or non-teaching careers. Maren’s first suggestion is especially salient and recommends, in part, While there are graduate students who decide that an academic career is not for them, most say their…