Tim Bulkeley, Tyndale Carey Graduate School, was one of the presenters in the SBL session on Distance Education. His comments about Degrees of Presence are applicable to anyone teaching a distance course. He’s placed on his blog his notes in a few posts, which I’ve linked to below. I’ve also placed the links on my SBL 2009 Pedagogy page for continued reference.

• Degrees of Presence: Using Various Technologies to Provide Distant Students which a Degree of “Presence” (PDF summary)
• http://www.bigbible.org/blog/2009/11/degrees-of-presence-ii-backstory.htm
• http://www.bigbible.org/blog/2009/11/degrees-of-presence-iii-research.htm