Openstax: FREE your Students from Costly Textbooks

Openstax: FREE your Students from Costly Textbooks

Last semester’s Open Educational Resources (OER) Pilot Project was a huge success. The 10 instructors who took part in the project, combined with instructors who were already using OERs, helped to save students over $137,000 in just one semester. A few of these...
The NMC Lightboard is here!

The NMC Lightboard is here!

The lightboard is an innovative teaching and learning tool that enables instructors to capture lectures in an exciting, engaging format. Essentially, instructors stand behind a lighted piece of glass mounted on a stand. Words appear to glow and float, resulting in an...
Lightboard Teaching Technology: Request for Participants

Lightboard Teaching Technology: Request for Participants

The lightboard is an innovative teaching and learning tool that enables instructors to capture lectures in an engaging format. Essentially, instructors stand behind a piece of glass that has been framed in LED lighting and mounted on a stand. When the instructor...
We Are Not Alone (Teaching is not a solitary task)

We Are Not Alone (Teaching is not a solitary task)

Last week, I was fortunate enough to attend the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) conference in Vegas. Five days of sessions conducted around peer-reviewed research focused on the best of what technology can bring to education for...
Using Technology to Improve Student Learning: The Flipped Classroom

Using Technology to Improve Student Learning: The Flipped Classroom

Have you been wondering what a flipped classroom means in practice? Thinking about how to increase your students’ learning engagement between classes in order to spend time in class for rich discussion or project work? California University of Pennsylvania is...