Make Us Your Homepage

Make Us Your Homepage

Don’t miss any of the latest advice and info being shared on the teaching@NMC website.  Make it the homepage in your internet browser of choice.  Then each time you access the internet, teaching@NMC will greet you with interesting posts, videos, and the Instructor...
NMC’s teaching@NMC in Faculty Focus Article

NMC’s teaching@NMC in Faculty Focus Article

There was another nice mention of NMC and our teaching@NMC website on December 13, 2013.  The 4x4x16 Challenge that we created at NMC was mentioned by Todd Conaway, the originator of the idea from Yavapai College in Arizona. Faculty Respond to the Challenge: Write...
Wrap It Up:  4x4x16

Wrap It Up: 4x4x16

How my wife can wrap Christmas presents that look so nice with the fancy bows and everything is beyond me.  But that is a different wrapping subject. The 4x4x16 Instructor Writing project is a wrap! We had a group of eight instructors participate and create 30...
4 x 4 x 16 = Ice Cream!

4 x 4 x 16 = Ice Cream!

We are inviting instructors at NMC to create 4 new pieces of writing for 4 straight weeks. Each piece of writing should be at least 16 sentences in length and should be focused on teaching and learning. “That’s it?” you ask. But wait, there’s more! If we have just 10...
What is Active Learning?

What is Active Learning?

Nothing gets those neurons firing like active learning.   Active Learning Definitions: NMC’s compilation of definitions University of Minnesota’s definition The 21st Century Learning Experiences AQIP team would like to know what you think about active...