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Academic

14TH INTERNATIONAL GRADUATE
SCHOOL CONFERENCE

BY MAY ANN BARAGONA

“S

trap on your helmet
and paddle like crazy!”
was an apt description
given to 194 attendees from 21
academic institutions during
the 14th AIIAS International
Graduate School Conference
held last October 28-29, 2013.
“Change, Chaos, and Resilience:
Thriving in a Turbulent World”
featured Dr. John Wesley
Taylor V, Associate Director
of Education for the General
Conference of Seventh-day
Adventists, as the keynote
speaker. Dr. Taylor emphasized
during the keynote address
that chaos is a part of our daily
life. Anything and everything
that causes a change in our
attitude and in the way we do
things, our thinking lead to
internal conflict, and in some
cases, when change becomes too
much, it turns into chaos.

from Andrews University
presented on “Ipad vs. Ilearn:
New Pedagogical Approaches to
Communication Education.” Her
paper focused on how modern
technology changes the ways
to learn and approach teaching.
“The illiterate of the 21st
century will not be those who
cannot read and write, but those
who cannot learn, unlearn, and
relearn,” she challenged her
listeners.
The conference was a
poignant reminder of just how
turbulent this world is that we
live in. Everything seems to
remind people about just how
fragile time is and the nearness
of the Second Advent of Jesus
Christ. Despite these changes,

PHOTO CREDIT: DHANY IRAWAN

Dr. Warren Shipton, Associate Professor )