Creating quizzes from videos in your Ensemble library can be a great way to increase student engagement and determine whether or not they have viewed your video content. Best of all, quizzes are quick and easy to create. Here’s how to do it: Step 1: Log on to Ensemble...
At a conference a few years ago, a presenter said something that really stuck with me: the person who does the work does the learning. That really got me thinking. I sure know that when I work hard to prepare to teach something new, I learn a ton. So of course it...
Earlier this month, Mark DeLonge and I presented at the 2019 ITC eLearning Conference at the Planet Hollywood Resort & Conference Center in Las Vegas. Our session, called "Herding Cats and Teaching Them a Trick or Two: Strategies for Finding your Piece of the...
We have a new accessibility add-on available for use with Google Docs. This is a really easy tool that can help you analyze your document and guide you in any fixes needed to be in compliance with ADA. In this video tutorial, we will show you how to add Grackle Docs...
The OER Faculty Conversation series provides an opportunity for faculty from two and four-year institutions to hear how their peers are using OER in their classrooms. The final session of the year will feature NMC's Lisa Blackford discussing her Social Work course....
The HLC peer reviewers will be on-campus Monday and Tuesday, March 11-12. There is a Faculty Forum scheduled for Monday from 1:30 to 2:30 pm in the Scholars Hall Auditorium. Two peer reviewers will want a chance to talk with you and to ask questions. Only faculty...
Winter Conference was led this year by Georgetown University's Dr. Randy Bass. Dr. Bass gave a talk in the morning entitled "Higher Education and the Future of Human Learning." In his talk, he spoke of what education needs to look like as we move into the future,...
At last Monday’s Winter Conference guest speaker Dr. Randy Bass of Georgetown University facilitated discussion around high-impact experiential learning practice and the future of human learning in higher education. Over the next three days twenty NMC faculty and...
Beginning with registration for fall 2019, all students taking an online class for the first time at NMC will be required to complete an Online Learning Orientation (OLO). In addition, any student who has not been successful (2.0 or better) in a previous NMC online...