1. By Kevin G. Smith
Biblical Ethics
How This Course Works
2. Welcome
Welcome to this course on
biblical ethics. The course
is an attempt to under-
stand what the Bible says
is right and wrong with
respect to various every-
day issues.
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3. Self-Study
This course is designed for self-study on the MySats
site. All the study materials are provided on the course
page. You can access the required readings and view
the presentations on MySats. You can also take the
review quizzes and submit your responses to the
questions for reflection MySats. After you submit your
answers, you can compare them with others’
responses. In addition, there are regular opinion polls
just for interest sake.
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4. No Teacher
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There is no teacher
available for interaction
on the course. The study
materials and learning
activities are self-
contained, and can be
completed successfully
without any need to
interact with a teacher.
5. Self-directed learning
The course site will walk you through a series of
learning activities that you must complete
yourself. When you have successfully completed
all the learning activities, you have completed
the course.
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6. Dialogue
We change and grow
when we discuss God’s
word. The learning
activities require you to
discuss the study
materials with a mature
disciple of Jesus Christ,
and summarise key points
from your discussions.
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7. Lesson by Lesson
The course is designed in
a topical format. You need
to complete one lesson
before you can move to
the next lesson. You can
work at your own pace,
though we recommend
you try to complete a
lesson each week.
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8. Talk to your friend
Each lesson has a “talk to your
friend” activity. We learn best
and grow most when we
discuss key truths and the
implications with fellow
disciples of Jesus Christ; you
learn together.
The “talk to your friend”
activity gives you a topic to
discuss with a fellow believer.
After you do so, you need to
write a short report explaining
what you learned in the
process.
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These discussion activities are crucial elements of the course.
You grow most in your knowledge of God when you discuss,
share, and apply the truths you are learning.
9. Student Discussions
You can interact with
other students taking the
course via the general
forum. The general forum
is a place where you can
post questions or
comments, and respond
to others’ posts.
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10. Textbook
The textbook is provided
as part of the course. It is
a free e-book, which you
have to download in PDF
format when you begin
the course.
Every lesson in the course
prescribes readings from
the textbook. In addition,
the quizzes to test your
understanding are based
on the information in the
textbook and in the
presentations.
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11. Test your understanding
Every lesson contains a
short review quiz with 10-
15 questions. The quiz
covers all the materials for
the lesson.
To complete the course,
you must get 80 per cent
for each quiz.
About the quizzes
• multiple-choice
questions
• true-false questions
• 3 attempts
• last attempt counts
• pass mark: 80 per cent
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12. Opinion Polls
Each lesson has at least one
opinion poll, identified by an
icon in the form of a question
mark.
These are just polls to see
what our students believe. You
have to give your opinion, but
nobody will see your individual
opinion.
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13. Activity completion
To the right of many activities,
you will see a checkbox.
Initially it will look something
like the top example, which
means the activity is
incomplete. (It looks different
on different browsers.) When
the activity is complete, the
checkbox changes appearance.
The course is complete when
all the boxes are checked.
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14. Course completion status
At the bottom left, you will see
a block called “Course
completion status.” It tells you
how many activities must be
completed, and how many you
have already completed.
If you click on the More details
link at the bottom, it will give
you a more detailed
breakdown of your progress.
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16. Linear learning
The course is programmed for
linear learning. You must
complete certain learning
activities before you can
access others.
There are two ways that access
and progress are controlled
and facilitated: “completion”
and “achievement” (see below
for examples).
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17. Progression
Completion
You will see a caption that says
something like, “Not available
until the activity Talk to your
friend 1 is marked complete.”
This means that when the
checkbox beside that activity is
ticked, you can access the
restricted activity.
Achievement
You will see a caption that says
something like, “Not available
until you achieve a required
score in Test your under-
standing 1.” This means that
when you score a passing
grade for that activity, you can
access the restricted activity.
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18. THE END
We pray that you will be informed and transformed as you
study the teachings of the word of God.
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