An Effective Learning Environment is a Shared Responsibility

An Effective Learning Environment is a Shared Responsibility

This article by Maryellen Weimer, PhD, appeared in the June 18, 2014 edition of Faculty Focus. Whether it’s a student who is texting during class, an online student who makes minimal comments to the discussion board, or a teacher who marches nonstop through mountains...
Lecture Capture Saves the Day

Lecture Capture Saves the Day

Students require many different methods for the delivery of educational content from my advanced medical-surgical and pharmacology classes. Over the past few years, many have requested that I record my lectures so they can go back over the content (foreign language to...
Online Moodle Gradebook Training

Online Moodle Gradebook Training

Are you new to the Moodle Gradebook? We are happy to announce that our online module, 5 steps to Gradebook Success, is now available! Online Training: (Self-paced basic overview with tutorials) 5 Steps to Moodle Gradebook Success Note: Link will open directly into the...
Attendance Module Love

Attendance Module Love

I liked the idea of the attendance module when we first introduced it, it fixed a common complaint for instructors, how to take attendance with the Moodle gradebook.  My like turned to infatuation this fall when I began to use it in my on-campus course. I appreciate...
Free Textbooks @ NMC ?

Free Textbooks @ NMC ?

Last week Tina Ulrich discussed the high cost of textbooks. I want to introduce you to a no- or low-cost option that could save students hundreds of dollars a semester: Open Educational Resources. As defined at Creative Commons, “Open Educational Resources (OER) are...