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title: 368 – The New Way To Learn
description: On WELSTech this week the discussion topic is online learning and we welcome a special guest, Dr. John Meyer, from Martin Luther College to tell us about their spring course offerings which range from one hour webinars for clock hours to 3 credit hour courses. Martin gives us the skinny on a brand new gadget […]
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# [368 – The New Way To Learn](https://welstech.wels.org/2014/11/18/368-new-way-to-learn)

 Written by [Sallie Draper](https://welstech.wels.org/author/sallie-draper) | Nov 18, 2014 7:45:27 PM

On WELSTech this week the discussion topic is online learning and we welcome a special guest, Dr. John Meyer, from Martin Luther College to tell us about their spring course offerings which range from one hour webinars for clock hours to 3 credit hour courses. Martin gives us the skinny on a brand new gadget and Sallie shares community feedback from the WELSTech audience.

[https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Episode_368.mp3](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Episode_368.mp3)

Podcast: [Download](https://wels2.blob.core.windows.net/welstech/WELSTech_Episode_368.mp3) (Duration: 50:02 — 45.8MB)

### The interview:

Learning Online – Dr. John Meyer, Director of Graduate Studies and Continuing Education at Martin Luther College, joins Martin and Sallie to discuss the variety of offerings available in the area of online learning.

- MLC Graduate Studies and Continuing Education
- [Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary Grow in Grace](http://wlsce.net/)
- WELS.net University
- [How Do I Get a PLN?](http://www.edutopia.org/blog/how-do-i-get-a-pln-tom-whitby)

### Ministry resources:

- [Do Saturday Emails Increase Church Attendance](http://churchm.ag/saturday-emails-church-attendance/)

### News in tech:

- [Facebook singles out Groups in trend towards standalone apps](http://www.cnet.com/news/facebook-expands-its-app-catalog-with-groups/)

### Tips & picks of the week:

- [Elevate Brain Training App](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/elevate-brain-training/id875063456?mt=8)
- [iPhone 6](https://www.apple.com/iphone-6/)

### WELS insider:

- [Online Worship](http://welstechwiki.gapps.wels.net/church/online-worship)
- iPhone 4 Donations for Malawi

### Need to know:

- Registration is open for FinalWeb online training, coming up January 21-23, 2015. [bit.ly/fw4d2015](http://bit.ly/fw4d2015)
- Visit the WELSTech Conference 2015 site to sign up for conference announcements via e-mail

### Community feedback:

- [In Their Sandals](http://www.amazon.com/In-Their-Sandals-Robert-Guenther-ebook/dp/B00AXDER8U)
- [OneDrive Unlimited Storage for Office 365 Subscribers](http://blogs.office.com/2014/10/27/onedrive-now-unlimited-storage-office-365-subscribers)
- [edX online Learning](https://www.edx.org/)
- 8 Things You Didn’t know You Could Do With Google Drive

### Coming up on WELSTech:

Episode 369 – Join us on a special date and time – **Monday, November 24 @ 11 am** – for a look at [ShopWELS.net](http://ShopWELS.net) offerings and an interview with ShopWELS vendor, Chris Hunt from Troxell. (Broadcast date – 11/24/14)

### Featured videos:

This week we’ve added an entry on the WELSTech Presentation/Teaching Videos YouTube channel – [Salman Khan talk at TED 2011](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gM95HHI4gLk)

 

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