Press Release
IBI LIVE means that from now on – long term, not just during the current restrictions - students on our university validated CERTIFICATE AND BA HONOURS DEGREE PROGRAMMES will be able to study via a TWIN TRACK ACCESS.
ON SITE or ON ZOOM
ON SITE means in person classes in IBI.
The teacher and students will be in classes in IBI – we expect this to be the case from this Autumn. We are very much looking forward to all the life and conversations and learning that is sparked by being together.
ON ZOOM means that students will also have the option to access those classes from wherever they are in Ireland and even beyond.
The new thing here is how both ON SITE and ON ZOOM students will be able to study simultaneously together in the one class.
We are investing in technology over the summer in quality sound and cameras. The result will be that students ON ZOOM will be able to participate fully in the class and group discussions.
We are also investing in more online E-Resources so that all students will have excellent access to all the academic resources they need from wherever they are studying.
There are at least three reasons we are launching IBI LIVE
IBI LIVE has come out of our experience over the last year of the Coronavirus pandemic. Both teachers and students have learnt a lot. Learning via Zoom has gone much better than we expected. We have seen how high quality teaching and learning can happen remotely. And we want to build on this experience
IBI LIVE will enable students who for work, location or family reasons cannot get to Dublin. We have always said we want to be an IRISH BIBLE INSTITUTE – not a Dublin institute. This opens up quality training to individuals and churches from all over Ireland and beyond.
IBI LIVE will enable students to study via that track all the way through to DEGREE LEVEL - this is a new option