Born somewhere between 1979 and 2002, the majority of NMC’s current students fall in the generational stereotype of “Digital Native”: never knowing life without computers, video games, cell phones (smartphones), and cloud computing. Assumptions abound about how this...
The purpose of the Perceptual Learning Method/Module or PLM is to introduce and reinforce concepts, ideas, or meaning without detailed explanation --or “any” explanation for that matter. The aim is to SHOW learners a concept, idea, or meaning and allow them...
I have had students do group work in my various classes for decades. Until last year I always let the students choose their own groups. Some groups worked well together and some did not. When a group did not work well together it was difficult to remedy the situation....
It is the fifth anniversary of the 4x4x16 Writing Challenge at NMC and what better way to celebrate than to participate in the challenge. The 4x4x16 Writing Challenge will begin the week of the October 16th and will run until November 13th. ALL instructors are...
I am not sure how many of you had a chance to check out the Moodle Doctors session at Professional Development day but if you didn’t attend this session we wanted to let you know that the Moodle Health Professionals are here to help. We have a full team of Moodle...
I just got back from a conference and the most powerful session I attended was entitled “The Role of Care in Faculty Development.” Based on the work of Nell Nodding, the session focused on how in addition to caring for our students, we have to care for each other as...
I usually don’t tell too many people that my official title is Government Documents Librarian, for the obvious reason that it’s just too exciting for most people to handle. I am often asked, “What, no cape?” “Do you have a secret handshake with other Government...
“Education is inherently and inevitably an issue of human goals and human values.” These words are found in the introduction to Howard Gardner’s Five Minds for the Future. He places before us five critical uses or “muscles” of the human mind if we are to live well in...
Shame on Me, Shame on Us! Last Tuesday, like many of you, I watched the election results in disbelief. How could we have gotten the polling so wrong and how could the American populous have elected Donald Trump as President? As I thought about facing my colleagues...