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Fuller Theological Seminary Nationally Recognized for Online Education for Fourth Consecutive Year

PASADENA -- For the fourth consecutive year, Fuller Theological Seminary has received national recognition for its development of Online classes. Christianity Today and the “ACCESS” (an association of Christian higher-education institutions involved in developing continuing and distance education) has awarded its “2001 Graduate Online Course of the Year” to Fuller for its development of “Youth Outreach and Evangelism.”

This Online class, which is the product of the work done by Dr. Chap Clark of Fuller’s School of Theology, was developed by Alison Houghton-Kral, a senior course writer for the Office of Distance Learning at the seminary.

The award is based on the evaluation of educational consultants who look at the instructional design, educational methods, and overall course design. 

The same “Course of the Year” award was given to Fuller Seminary in 2000 for “Mission to Modern/Postmodern Culture” (now called “Contemporary Culture in Missiological Perspective”). This course was taught by Dr. Wibert Shenk and conducted online by Ron Hannaford.

The 1999 “Course of the Year” award was given to Fuller for “Evangelizing Nominal Christians,” taught by Dr. Eddie Gibbs and doctoral candidate Ryan Bolger, conducted online by Ron Hannaford. The 1998 “Course of the Year” award was given for “Adult Training in the Info-Tech Age” taught by Dr. Robert Freeman.

Fuller’s Distance Learning program was also awarded the “Graduate Credit Course of the Year” for 1998 and 2000 for its Individualized Distance Learning Courses, “Empowering the People of God” and “Christian Worldview & Contemporary Challenges.”

“We place a high priority on quality online education,” said Richard J. Mouw, President of Fuller Theological Seminary. “It is a valuable way to help meet the growing needs of students. In a partnership with eCollege.com’s Internet technology assistance, we are able to offer a virtual campus to students around the world.”

Visit http://www.fulleronline.org to learn more about our online courses.