Sep 19, 2013
Service learning integrating meaningful community service with instruction and reflection is on the rise. NMC now provides support through Outreach Services, coordinated by Nicholeen Frusti. As a beginning step in growing our existing service learning efforts, such...
Sep 6, 2013
In higher ed, reaching out and making contact with students early on in the semester is a newly promoted strategy for student success. Reflecting on strategies I’ve seen instructors implement successfully, the old slogan, “reach out and touch...
Aug 27, 2013
All of us have blog ideas to share from our personal practice that would benefit others, yet choosing the relevant information to share can be as challenging as learning to fish. Fortunately, there are some guidelines to help writing edublog entries. Much like a...
Aug 16, 2013
That may sound over-dramatic when referring to the first few seconds when our students arrive, but research says differently. According to Malcolm Gladwell’s Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking (2005). “ …this ability we have as humans, to quickly...
