St. Hilda’s,
Santa Helena, Belize, Central America. Preparing for service. Photo copyright
Fr. Shaw Mudge.
Answers to questions.
How does online distance education
help students in Belize?
Our online seminary program is the
only seminary program in Belize. Without us, there is not anything.
But not all students stay in Belize.
Our program enables students to continue their courses from anywhere on the
globe. Some students travel to visit relatives. Some travel for medical
reasons, and so forth.
For instance, in the past month or so,
one student has been continuing studies from California. Another student kept
in touch from the UK. Back in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, another student
participated in one of our interactive sessions from Harlem in New York City
(the lights were on there, although not in lower Manhattan).
Furthermore, students travel around
Belize, and during rainy/hurricane season or at night, road travel is not
always possible or advisable. Our online seminary courses enable students to
continue their studies wherever they are in Belize, 24 hours a day, 7 days a
week as long as the Internet is accessible.
Online education takes into account
that Belizean students may not be able to be online for any length of time
because of power failure or other circumstances, and our free Global Online
Anglican Theological College (GOATC) online program enables students to take
courses and download notes as they have access to the Internet.
For our live courses, I post my notes
online in case students could not make the classes for power reasons or other
matters. And if I am traveling, I can post notes ahead of time, so that
students can download them and read them off-line, as would be convenient.
It is a timely program. God bless you all,
and thank you for your support,
Fr. Shaw, and on behalf of Mtr. Julie.
Examining Chaplain, Diocese of Belize
SAMS missionaries.
Support.
Please pray and continue to make
checks out to: "SAMS". Put "Shaw and Julie Mudge"
in the memo, to support what we are doing. Your continued support makes the
work in Belize possible.
Mailing address:
SAMS,
P. O. Box 399,
Ambridge, PA 15003-0399.
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