Archive for Resources for Learners

How adults learn

One of the least discussed topics in adult religious and theological education seems to be the distinctive qualities of adult learners. How adults learn simply is different from the way we learn at earlier ages; yet so much about our approach to adult-education has been drawn from the models of ‘education’ that we learned […]

Posted by: wfloyd on Tuesday, May 6th, 2008

Lake Junaluska and Alban Form New Partnership

Lake Junaluska, N.C.: Two pioneers in Christian leadership have formed a new partnership to advance the holistic ministry of United Methodist leaders. The Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center and the Alban Institute partnership brings 130 years of experience in church leadership training. Clergy and laity in The United Methodist Church will benefit from this […]

Posted by: wfloyd on Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

New Assets for Educating Congregational Leaders

Depending on whom you ask, continuing-education for ministry is either flourishing, with assets that have never existed before, or struggling to survive.
Troubling symptoms include increasing costs amidst anecdotal reports of decreasing support for staff and programs sponsored both by seminaries and by national as well as regional denominational structures. Among mainline Protestant denominations, […]

Posted by: wfloyd on Friday, March 14th, 2008

Welcome to AlbanLearning

Welcome to the new AlbanLearning site, brought to you by the Education Department of the Alban Institute.
The Alban Institute was founded in 1974 as a major resource for American congregations facing the challenges of a changing society.While today’s challenges are even more pressing than they were three decades ago, the opportunities have never […]

Posted by: wfloyd on Wednesday, March 5th, 2008

Faith & Everyday Leadership™

COMING SOON: EXCITING NEW CURRICULUM!
Have you ever honestly asked yourself, what does my faith really have to do with the concrete challenges of everyday life? What do my talents from the professional and business world, or from my responsibilities as a parent, have to do with the leadership roles I am asked to play […]

Posted by: wfloyd on Thursday, February 21st, 2008

Nothing definitive . . .

I just got home from an interesting small conference at the Blackwell Hotel and Conference Center at Ohio State, “Life Long Learning - Challenges and Opportunities in the Digital Age,” sponsored by the Society for the Advancement of Continuing Education for Ministry” or SACEM. Keynote speaker for the conference was Dr. Mary Hess from […]

Posted by: wfloyd on Wednesday, February 20th, 2008

About AlbanLearning.Org

Welcome to the new AlbanLearning site, brought to you by the Education Department of the Alban Institute.
The Alban Institute was founded in 1974 as a major resource for American congregations facing the challenges of a changing society. While today’s challenges are even more pressing than they were three decades ago, the opportunities have never been […]

Posted by: wfloyd on Thursday, February 7th, 2008