The typical classroom setting doesn’t always work – especially for people who are working in remote locations. Vegas Dargatz knows that firsthand.
Briercrest’s Continuing and Distance Education (CDE) program makes it pos...
Luke Johnson and Brian Westnedge are in virtual heaven.
The duo is part of the distance education team at Briercrest College and Seminary where they say the future for online education is bright.
“There are big things happening these days for Briercrest,” Johnson exclaimed. “I think that while we’re on the verge of expanded degree granting and universi...
Briercrest College and Seminary partners with Compassion to teach students about ministry to children through a life-changing trip to Ecuador.
"I can fall into that mindset that children's ministry is to entertain kids because their attention span is short," admitted Ramsey Klassen, Student Body President of Briercrest College and Seminary in Caronport, Saskatchewan.
Josh Stigall, Briercrest’s new assistant professor of New Testament and director of continuing and distance education (CDE) knows firsthand the power that just one distance education class can have.
When he graduated from college at Briercrest in 1998 and took a youth pastorate at First Baptist Church in Fairfield, California, he was sure he was finished with his formal ...
Imagine your college class happening in the comfort of your own home.
Briercrest College and Seminary is making that easier by offering two classes in the online format beginning this January.
“I love online learning!” Shelley Wright, Briercrest distance learning instructor said.
Wright knows firsthand about the benef...
Charles Grebe, theologian and techno-buff extraordinaire, has found a way to marry his two passions.
This fall, the director of distance learning at Briercrest College and Seminary will teach ancient Hebrew in an online virtual world using an avatar.
He has designed the virtual-world courses to replace classroom courses for students who want to...