ICETE Academy

This nano-course is a follow-up to Introduction to AI and Theological Education. It is designed for those with a foundational understanding of AI, aiming to enhance their skills with further insights and practical applications. You will learn how to craft effective prompts to leverage AI for various tasks, such as generating sermon ideas, conducting biblical research, and enhancing classroom teaching. By the end of this course, you will have a deeper understanding of how to use AI to make your theological work more impactful and efficient. 

This is a 4-hour, self-paced online nanocourse that requires watching some videos, engaging with ChatGPT, writing a 300-word reflection and passing a short quiz.

Course Enrolment Key:  IA0112

In this nano-course, we will explore the basics of AI with a specific focus on ChatGPT and its applications in theological education. This is a 3-hour, self-paced online nanocourse that requires watching a video lecture, reading a research paper, engaging with ChatGPT and sharing your reflections in a discussion forum.

Course Enrolment Key:  IA0111

This course provides orientation to the core principles of adult learning drawn from the theories of Knowles, Freire, Kolb, and Mezirow.  Participants in this course will evaluate a current adult learning program and also design an adult learning program. This is a 10 hour, self-paced online course that will be assessed through a learning biography, the design of a learning experience and a reflective paper. 

Course Enrolment key:  IA008

This course introduces the concept of  'deep learning' and applies it to the practice of teaching theology. The course is particularly suitable for lecturers who are designing their lessons and are looking for principles to support their planning in order to ensure the best learning experience for their students.  This is a 10 hour, self-paced online course that will be assessed through a project and a self-grading quiz.

Course Enrolment key:  IA001

This course explores the practice of problem-based learning (PBL) in theological education.   It is particularly suited both for teachers looking for new approaches to learning and teaching and to curriculum designers who are willing to consider innovative ways to structure learning pathways.  This is a 10 hour, self-paced online course that will be assessed through a practical project and a self-assessment exercise. 

Course Enrolment Key:  IA012

This course will guide you in understanding three fundamental areas related to the ‘how’  of assessment in theological education. This is a 2 hour, self-paced online nanocourse that requires the reading of an article, participation in a discussion forum and completion of a self-grading quiz. 

Course Enrolment Key:  IA0028

This course provides a re-orientation of the definition and purpose of assessment, and explores designing assessment schemes. It is particularly relevant to theological educators who wish  to improve the way they do assessment and use it creatively to impact learning.  This is a 10 hour, self-paced online course that will be assessed through a project and a final quiz.

Course Enrolment key: IA0034

This course explores the role of story imagination in theological education and engages the practice of narrative storytelling.   This is a 2 hour, self-paced online nanocourse that requires watching a video, reading an article, engaging with a narrative piece and completing of a self-grading quiz. 

Course  Enrolment key:  IA029

This course explores 'learning in encounter' as a response to the stressful times that can characterise the life of a theological educator.  This is a 2 hour, self-paced online nanocourse that requires the reading of an article, participation in a discussion forum and sharing in your social media. 

Course Enrolment Key:  IA0021

This course introduces three key ares in which assessment must take place in order to help improve quality assurance and enhancement in a theological institution. This course is suited for faculty members and academic administrators wishing to develop their knowledge, awareness and skills in the area of assessment.  This is a 10 hour, self-paced online course that will be assessed through reporting on interviews and an evaluation questionnaire. 

Course Enrolment key: IA0025

This course introduces creativity in teaching theology.  This course is suitable for teachers who are looking for a better understanding of creativity and how it relates to the practice of theological education.  This course is followed by a second course focusing on implementation: Practicing Creative Teaching. This is a 10 hour, self-paced online course that will be assessed through a project and a reflective summary paper. 

Course Enrolment key:  LST001

This course provides methodological training in creative teaching for theological educators.  This course is suitable for practitioners who are looking for creative ideas that can be applied to teaching theology.  This course is preceded by a first course: Understanding Creative Teaching. This is a 10 hour, self-paced online course that will be assessed through a project and a reflective summary paper. 

Course Enrolment key:  LST002

This course is designed to critically engage with the lecture as a teaching device and to help make lectures more engaging.  This course is suitable for teachers who want to think about approaches to best promote active learning. This is a 10 hour, self-paced online course that will be assessed through a project and a reflective summary paper. 

Course Enrolment key:  LST003

This course introduces the ICETE Qualification Framework (IQF) and explains how to use it.  It is suitable for designers of formal programmes and courses, accreditation officers, registrars, and non-formal practitioners.  This is a 7-hour, self-paced online course that requires acquisition, series of short quizzes, participation forums and one final assignment. 

Enrolment key: IA0120 

This nanocourse will provide basic instruction on how to design a micro-credential through the use of a standard template.   This course is particularly suited for faculty and course designers.  This is a 3-hour, self-paced online course that will be assessed through the production of a micro-credential and a self-grading quiz. 

Self-enrolment Key:  IA0115

This course introduces the revolution of micro-credentials in education and the opportunities offered to global theological education.  It is suited for anyone who is interested in innovative approaches.  This is a 2 hour, self-paced nano course that will be assessed through an engagement project and a quiz.

Self-enrolment Key:  IA0110

This course allows you to explore the foundations of instructional design through the lens of microlearning with a particular focus on mobile delivery. This is a referral course offered freely on Gnowbe.com through a limited scholarship programme.  

Self enrolment key: MID101

This course applies the concepts, debates and practices of lifelong learning (LLL) to theological education.   This course is particularly suited for those involved in the dialogue between formal and non-formal theological education.  This is a 2 hour, self-paced online nanocourse that will be assessed through a project and a self-grading quiz. 

Course Enrolment Key: LST008

This ICETE Academy course will guide you in designing questions for quality multidimensional learning.  This course is particularly suited for theological educators and curriculum designers who wish to further promote holistic integrative learning.  This is a 10 hour, self-paced online course that will be assessed through a question-design project and a self-grading quiz. 

Course Enrolment Key:  IA0101

This course introduces the concept of 'hidden curriculum' and shows how it can be harnessed in practice to generate positive holistic learning experiences.   This is a 2 hour, self-paced online nanocourse that requires the reading of an article, participation in a discussion forum and completion of a self-grading quiz. 

Course Enrolment Key:  IA0046