Questioning Strategies to Encourage Student Engagement

Questioning Strategies to Encourage Student Engagement

Creating a purpose for reading or viewing focuses students’ attention on important concepts in the text or recorded lectures instructors use to guide them.  As academics, instructors readily pull information from sources with confidence while students may not share...
Communicating with Students

Communicating with Students

Establish a Communication Policy What better time than now to communicate expectations with students regarding turn-around time on phone calls, emails and graded assignments?  Do you have a communication policy in your syllabus and possibly posted in your course...
Learning Communities Kick-off

Learning Communities Kick-off

Check out the LC@NMC communities during the NMC Fall Conference.  Members will be present during the lunch hour and also at the end of the day.  Create new communities or join those that are starting (link for descriptions).  Opportunities are endless. Groups...
Learning Communities Kick-off

Join an LC@NMC

Take advantage of the benefits a learning community provides: collective inquiry, supportive environment, increase your pedgogical practice and group synergy.  Working in a community, your group can explore an area of interest and decide which direction to go and how...
Learning Communities Celebrates Its Second Year!

Learning Communities Celebrates Its Second Year!

 celebrates its second year! Congratulations to all those faculty and staff that made Learning Communities great this year.  Groups included Belongingness, New Faculty, e-Portfolio, Coaching, and Collaboration for Universal Design. Participants in the Belongingness LC...