Top 5 IFYC Curricular Tools for Online Learning

The past week has seen our nation virtually transformed as the coronavirus spreads across the country. One in five Americans are now living under some sort of “shelter in place” orders with little doubt that such circumstances will affect more of us soon.

This doesn’t mean that interfaith education on campus grinds to a halt. Far from it, educators on campus have now had the opportunity to begin to imagine a completely online educational landscape for the duration of the academic year, including interfaith courses and programs. As educators begin that planning process, we have heard from many of you about essential needs in regard to engaging religious diversity and interfaith engagement constructively under entirely new circumstances.

We at IFYC are here for you in this tumultuous time, as fellow interfaith leaders and innovators in this exciting (and challenging!) new space. We’ve got a lot more in the works that we’ll be announcing through the newly-launched Interfaith Resource Collective. Based on our conversations with key campus partners over the past few days, below are the top five existing IFYC tools that might be helpful to you as you begin to creatively envision the rest of the semester.

We want to hear your ideas too – above all, we want to serve as a collaborator to you in promoting civic interfaith leadership. Please don’t hesitate to reach out if you’ve got an idea for an online session, a need for a particular resource, or just want to connect with a partner in the work. Thank you for your leadership and we hope these tools are helpful to you!