Kyle Matthew Oliver

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  • #CertStudy, Day 7: The “research pedagogies” tradition

    #CertStudy, Day 7: The “research pedagogies” tradition

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    This post is part of a series wherein I blog my way through studying for the doctoral certification exam in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Read the first post here. Full disclosure: Amazon links in this post have my affiliate code built into them. If you follow one and purchase something,…

  • #CertStudy, Day 6: Dynamic theories of identity, part 1 (Goffman)

    #CertStudy, Day 6: Dynamic theories of identity, part 1 (Goffman)

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    This post is part of a series wherein I blog my way through studying for the doctoral certification exam in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Read the first post here. Full disclosure: Amazon links in this post have my affiliate code built into them. If you follow one and purchase something,…

  • #CertStudy, Day 5: Paul Ricœur on plot and “productivity”

    #CertStudy, Day 5: Paul Ricœur on plot and “productivity”

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    This post is part of a series wherein I blog my way through studying for the doctoral certification exam in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Read the first post here. Full disclosure: Amazon links in this post have my affiliate code built into them. If you follow one and purchase something,…

  • #CertStudy, Day 4: Charles Taylor on narrative

    #CertStudy, Day 4: Charles Taylor on narrative

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    This post is part of a series wherein I blog my way through studying for the doctoral certification exam in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Read the first post here. Full disclosure: Amazon links in this post have my affiliate code built into them. If you follow one and purchase something,…

  • #CertStudy, Day 3: Why/how I learn from New Literacy Studies

    #CertStudy, Day 3: Why/how I learn from New Literacy Studies

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    This post is part of a series wherein I blog my way through studying for the doctoral certification exam in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Read the first post here. Full disclosure: Amazon links in this post have my affiliate code built into them. If you follow one and purchase something,…

  • #CertStudy, Day 2: Cognition Overview

    #CertStudy, Day 2: Cognition Overview

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    This post is part of a series wherein I blog my way through studying for the doctoral certification exam in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University. Read the first post here. Full disclosure: Amazon links in this post have my affiliate code built into them. If you follow one and purchase…

  • #CertStudy, Day 1: Introducing the Certification Exam

    #CertStudy, Day 1: Introducing the Certification Exam

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    This is the first in a series of posts wherein I blog my way through studying for the doctoral certification exam in the Communication, Media, and Learning Technologies Design Program at Teachers College, Columbia University.  The process will culminate February 9 in a three-hour, open-note (but “closed Internet”) test where I’ll be expected to bring social,…

  • “Speak tenderly” and … : Prophets on the cusp of hope in Isaiah 40

    “Speak tenderly” and … : Prophets on the cusp of hope in Isaiah 40

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    Second Sunday of Advent: Isaiah 40:1-11; Psalm 85:1-2, 8-13; 2 Peter 3:8-15a; Mark 1:1-8 Listen to this sermon. ** Here’s what you need to know about Isaiah to understand the peculiar mixed emotions of the passage we heard this morning: Almost all of what comes before this passage was written in the time of a historical prophet named Isaiah. Isaiah served…

  • Matthew & Ezekiel on power & predation

    Matthew & Ezekiel on power & predation

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    Last Sunday after Pentecost: Ezekiel 34:11-16, 20-24; Psalm 100; Ephesians 1:15-23; Matthew 25:31-46 Listen to this sermon. ** I have a confession to make: there is much rejoicing in the Saylor-Oliver household on this, the final Sunday of Lectionary Year A. We’ve been talking for weeks about being ready for a break from the Gospel According…

  • For the first day of school

    For the first day of school

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    God of Solomon the wise and just, God of Luke the learned, God of the School Sisters and even the Scholastics, God of each one teaching one: You inspire your people with visions of the deserts rejoicing in bloom. You water us for growth, nothing less than the full stature of Christ. You draw us…