Tatiana V. Melanina's research while affiliated with St.Tikhon's Orthodox University and other places

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This article considers the basic problem of online education owing to the lack of direct contact between all participants in the study process. The experience of distance theological education in Russia as a whole and the personal experience of two of the authors who are lecturers at St Tikhon’s Orthodox University in Moscow are used to understand...
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The presented paper demonstrates the results of a survey conducted at the Institute of Distance Learning (IDL), Saint Tikhon’s Orthodox University. The survey aimed at investigating the attitude of scientists and practitioners to the issue of communication when teaching and learning theology through distance education. Familiarization with the teac...

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... Researchers in theological education and Christian education have identified some critical elements for character and spiritual formation to happen and which need to be present in theological education programs, independently of the selected delivery mode: faculty training for the new delivery environment, fostering and developing a sense of community among students, and a robust mentoring or spiritual guidance system (Egorov et al., 2019;Maddix & Estep, 2010;Marmon, 2013;Masterson, 2014;Naidoo, 2012Naidoo, , 2019Roche, 2013). This study took these elements as its main categories for analysis. ...