scholarly journals Muhammad’s Heirs:

2018 ◽  
Vol 35 (2) ◽  
pp. 91-94
Author(s):  
Abdullah Bin Hamid Ali
Keyword(s):  
Special Class ◽  
Charismatic Leadership ◽  
State University ◽  
Legal Scholar ◽  
Islamic History ◽  
Documentary Sources ◽  
Accurate Picture ◽  
Penn State ◽  
The University ◽  
Muslim Scholars

Muhammad’s Heirs: The Rise of Muslim Scholarly Communities, by JonathanE. Brockopp of Penn State University, begins anecdotally with an encounterwith Moroccan students at the “University of Fez-Sais” (apparently the Collegeof Literature, Kulliyat al-Adab). In this encounter the author challengesstudents’ presumptive trust in the scholastic honesty of classical Muslimscholars, like Qadi Iyad b. Musa (d. 544/1149). Brockopp claims that QadiIyad “subtly manipulated” the stories of scholars in order to “fulfill his notionof what a great legal scholar should be” (1). Building on this contention,Brockopp endeavors in Muhammad’s Heirs to “reconstruct the historyof Muslim scholars based primarily on documentary sources” (2) and “to imagine Islam without the scholarly institutions that arose only centuriesafter Muhammad’s death” (3).Biographical works on Muslim scholars give the general impressionthat religious and scholarly “classes” were immediately known to the pioneergenerations and have always been christened as Islam’s indispensableand sole charismatic leadership. Brockopp argues the contrary, namelythat for approximately the first two centuries of Islamic history there wasno established class or community of scholars with an authoritative voice.Despite being subversive of Muslim scholarly authority, Brockopp’s truegoal appears to be an effort to offer a more accurate picture of early Islamichistory and the way that the early community organically evolved to seereligious scholars as a special class whose authority is to be appealed to byboth the governed and governors ...

scholarly journals International design collaboration and mentoring for tertiary students through Facebook

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Josh McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
State University ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Student Cohorts ◽  
Penn State ◽  
The University ◽  
Industry Professionals

<span>This study explores the efficacy of the online social networking site </span><em>Facebook</em><span>, for linking international digital media student cohorts through an e-mentoring scheme. It reports on the 2011 collaboration between the University of Adelaide in Australia, and Penn State University in the United States. Over one semester, twelve postgraduate students in Australia and ten undergraduate students in the United States took part in an online mentor scheme hosted by </span><em>Facebook</em><span>. Students were required to submit work-in-progress imagery each week to a series of galleries within the forum. Postgraduate students from Adelaide mentored the undergraduate students at Penn State, and in turn, staff and associated industry professionals mentored the Adelaide students. Interaction between the two student cohorts was consistently strong throughout the semester, and all parties benefitted from the collaboration. Students from Penn State University were able to receive guidance and critiques from more experienced peers, and responded positively to the continual feedback over the semester. Students from the University of Adelaide received support from three different groups: Penn State staff and associated professionals; local industry professionals and recent graduates; and peers from Penn State. The 2011 scheme highlighted the efficacy of </span><em>Facebook</em><span> as a host site for e-mentoring and strengthened the bond between the two collaborating institutions.</span>

Learning Management Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 1223-1230
Author(s):  
Diane Chapman
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
State University ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Cornell University ◽  
Penn State ◽  
Nontraditional Learning ◽  
The University ◽  
Learning Options

Formal university-based distance education has been around for over 100 years. For example, Cornell University established the Correspondence University in 1882, and Chautauqua College of Liberal Arts in New York was awarding degrees via correspondence courses in 1883 (Nasseh, 1997). Soon many other educational institutions, including the University of Chicago, Penn State University, Yale University, and John Hopkins University, were offering these nontraditional learning options for their students. Many institutions then moved to instructional telecommunications as the technology matured. With the entry of the personal computer into homes and workplaces in the 1980s, learning started to become more technology driven. But it was not until the 1990s, with the proliferation of the World Wide Web, that the concept of technology-enhanced education began to change drastically.

Introduction to Learning Management Systems

2011 ◽  
pp. 1280-1286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Diane D. Chapman
Keyword(s):  
New York ◽  
Liberal Arts ◽  
Educational Institutions ◽  
Traditional Learning ◽  
State University ◽  
Yale University ◽  
Cornell University ◽  
Johns Hopkins University ◽  
Penn State ◽  
The University

Formal university-based distance education has been around for over 100 years. For example, Cornell University established the Correspondence University in 1882, and Chautauqua College of Liberal Arts in New York was awarding degrees via correspondence courses in 1883 (Nasseh, 1997). Soon many other educational institutions, including the University of Chicago, Penn State University, Yale University, and Johns Hopkins University were offering these non-traditional learning options for their students. With the entry of the personal computer into homes and workplaces in the 1980s, learning started to become more technologydriven. However, it was not until the 1990s, with the proliferation of the World Wide Web, that the concept of technology-enhanced education began to change drastically.

Digital Badging at Scale at Penn State University

2022 ◽  
pp. 375-395
Author(s):  
Victoria Raish ◽  
Andrea Gregg ◽  
Cathy Holsing
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
State University ◽  
University Libraries ◽  
Central Pennsylvania ◽  
Visual Identity ◽  
Penn State ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
College Of Engineering ◽  
The University ◽  
Digital Badging

In this chapter, the authors discuss two examples of digital credential implementations at Penn State University. Penn State University is a large R1 with a main campus located in Central Pennsylvania. The purpose of this chapter is to situate the broader digital credential movement within one example of how it has played out in higher education. Within this one example, the implementations between the University Libraries and College of Engineering have similarities and differences. This chapter demonstrates that the purpose and goals of a digital credentialing program heavily influence decisions made from the beginning of the effort through maturation. Outside forces that impact what a digital credentialing effort looks like will be discussed such as administrative requirements and concerns over visual identity. Finally, this chapter provides thoughts on where digital credentials are headed within higher education.

scholarly journals Engineering and Engaged Scholarship at Penn State Part II: The Existing Ecosystem

2014 ◽  
pp. 114-147 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas H Colledge
Keyword(s):  
Engineering Education ◽  
Student Organizations ◽  
State University ◽  
Engaged Scholarship ◽  
Pennsylvania State University ◽  
Deep Knowledge ◽  
The Core ◽  
Penn State ◽  
College Of Engineering ◽  
The University

The objective of engineering education is to educate students who are ‘ready to engineer’.  This implies that students should be broadly prepared with not only deep knowledge and understanding of the technical fundamentals, but also the pre-professional skills required to be successful in the engineering workplace of today and tomorrow1.  Part I of this paper includes a brief rationale and need for ‘Engaged Scholarship’ and the inherent need for a robust ecosystem to support it.  Part II details the existing curricular, co-curricular, and extra-curricular efforts which form the core for the engaged scholarship ecosystem in the College of Engineering at the Pennsylvania State University.  Curricular, co-curricular and extra-curricular opportunities for students are detailed.   Part III provides an overview of how this assortment of minors, certificates, programs, courses, and student organizations is being integrated and institutionalized into a strategic mission for the University.

scholarly journals CREATION OF UNISCOPE: A MODEL FOR REWARDING ALL FORMS OF SCHOLARSHIP

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Elise A. Gurgevich ◽  
Drew Hyman ◽  
Theodore R. Alter
Keyword(s):  
Learning Community ◽  
Full Range ◽  
State University ◽  
Promotion And Tenure ◽  
Deliberative Dialogue ◽  
Recommendations For Action ◽  
Penn State ◽  
And Performance ◽  
Faculty And Administrators ◽  
The University

On March 24, 1998, a small group of faculty and administrators at the Pennsylvania State University (PSU) formed a learning community to engage in a deliberative dialogue about recognizing and documenting outreach scholarship in the University. We chose UniSCOPE, University Scholarship and Criteria for Outreach and Performance Evaluation, as a title to encapsulate our mission. Our goal was to consider the meaning of scholarship in the contemporary university and to consider the role of outreach therein. We did this in the context of the Penn State promotion and tenure system to gain a better understanding of its effect on scholarship. We quickly learned that outreach scholarship cannot be examined in isolation, and we broadened our deliberations to consider the full range of scholarship. This report articulates a multidimensional model of scholarship in general, of which outreach scholarship is a key component and presents our recommendations for action.

scholarly journals International design collaboration and mentoring for tertiary students through Facebook

2012 ◽  
Vol 28 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Josh McCarthy
Keyword(s):  
United States ◽  
Digital Media ◽  
Undergraduate Students ◽  
The United States ◽  
State University ◽  
Postgraduate Students ◽  
Student Cohorts ◽  
Penn State ◽  
The University ◽  
Industry Professionals

<span>This study explores the efficacy of the online social networking site </span><em>Facebook</em><span>, for linking international digital media student cohorts through an e-mentoring scheme. It reports on the 2011 collaboration between the University of Adelaide in Australia, and Penn State University in the United States. Over one semester, twelve postgraduate students in Australia and ten undergraduate students in the United States took part in an online mentor scheme hosted by </span><em>Facebook</em><span>. Students were required to submit work-in-progress imagery each week to a series of galleries within the forum. Postgraduate students from Adelaide mentored the undergraduate students at Penn State, and in turn, staff and associated industry professionals mentored the Adelaide students. Interaction between the two student cohorts was consistently strong throughout the semester, and all parties benefitted from the collaboration. Students from Penn State University were able to receive guidance and critiques from more experienced peers, and responded positively to the continual feedback over the semester. Students from the University of Adelaide received support from three different groups: Penn State staff and associated professionals; local industry professionals and recent graduates; and peers from Penn State. The 2011 scheme highlighted the efficacy of </span><em>Facebook</em><span> as a host site for e-mentoring and strengthened the bond between the two collaborating institutions.</span>

scholarly journals Approaches to the Study of Islam and Muslim Societies

1992 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 425-427
Author(s):  
A. I. Tayob
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Cape Town ◽  
Religious Studies ◽  
Guest Speaker ◽  
State University ◽  
Islamic History ◽  
The Media ◽  
University Of Cape Town ◽  
The University ◽  
Personal Law

This conference was convened by J. H. Dreyer of the Department ofSemitic Studies at the University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, andthe Department of Religious Studies, University of Cape Town, Cape Town,South Africa. It was preceded by a banquet, during which the Islamic Studiesprogram of the Department of Religious Studies was introduced to the peopleof Cape Town. Approximately 250 invited guests attended the conference,which was well received by local Muslims and set the parameters for ahealthy relationship between the department and the Muslim community.The conference was attended by a fluctuating audience of eighty to 150individuals from the University of Cape Town and various Muslim communities.This provided an ideal opportunity for the emergence of a varietyof lively and critical ideas. Issues affecting Muslims living in South Africaalso generated a lot of discussion.The keynote guest speaker was Richard Martin, Arizona State University,Tucson, Arizona. The rest of the papers were presented by scholars fromSouth African universities who have been involved in the study of Islam andArabic. The following broad areas were covered: early Islamic history;Qur'anic hermeneutics in traditional and modem scholarship; revivalism;Islam in South Africa; and Muslim personal law in South Africa.The first session dealt with early Islam and featured two presentations.The first, Martin's paper on "Public Theology in Medieval Islam: The Roleof Kalam in Conflict Definition and Resolution," set the pace with aninteresting and innovative approach to the study of early theological disputes.In addition, he presented kalam disputes to illustrate how modem discussionsand debates on fundamentalism have produced a kind of public theologyinvolving both the media and academia in North America. He was followedby Abdul Kader I. Tayob, University of Cape Town, who dealt with themeaning and significance of the masjid as a sacred space as reflected in theQur'an and si'rah literature of the thirteenth hijri century.Two papers on Qur'anic hermeneutics made up the second session. A. K. ...

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