From February 26 to March 3, some new “students” will be sitting in NMC classrooms. These students will actually be faculty participating in Open Classroom Week. This is a CIE-sponsored initiative to promote contemplation and conversation about teaching...
Last semester, one of my students came to me for help with another class. She felt that the tests included material that was never covered in class. And even the stuff that was covered in class she felt she often struggled to understand fully. When I asked her how she...
This year’s Winter Conference focused on the non-cognitive issues that our students face. The NMC Reads book, Paying the Price, gave us the research to support what we have been seeing–our students face many challenges as they make their way through college....
It’s cold, it’s dark, it’s the end of the semester, and you’re buried in grading. What to do? How about coming to the The Long Night of Grading brought to you by CIE, the Osterlin Library and Educational Media Technologies? On Tuesday, Dec. 12,...
CIE is offering two learning opportunities for faculty on Jan. 11. Helping Your Students Read the Textbook Thursday, Jan. 11, 10:00-10:45 in SH 204. The first session led by Nancy Gray and Kristen Salathiel will be a practical, hands-on workshop focused on specific...
