Video Games and the Learning Process
When I first learned to play Monopoly, we had the pressed cardboard game area, the small pieces (I always wanted the car), and the rulebook near in case we needed to check if someone was playing fair. We read the book, set up the board, dealt the money, and began to...
Audio Recording Feedback to Students
Often there are time constraints in providing detailed and individualized feedback to a large number of students regarding their class participation or a particular assignment. An audio recording can facilitate your provision of this feedback and allow you to explore...
Covering All The Bases for Student Success: Beyond Early Feedback
Amjad Khan and Tracy Russo Given the recent pennant race with many ups and downs for Tigers fans, a baseball metaphor seemed appropriate to frame strategies helping students score in school. Bring home the run Over the many years of my teaching experience, I have...
The Advising Center
Your Advising Center has had a pretty busy year, and is pleased to announce an easy to find Advising information resource right here at: teaching.nmc.edu/advising. But before you click, please take a moment to check out what else they have been up to. Advising Center...
Choices, Choices: Moodle Choice Activity
This activity allows you, as an instructor, to ask your students a single question with a selection of possible answers, however… Did you know the Choice activity can be used: As a quick poll. As a discussion starter. To allow students to vote on a direction for the...
Moodle Tip: Your Date Guide
Have you noticed all the types of dates available in Moodle? (Availability, Restrict Access, Due, Expected Completion, Cut-off...) How do you know what to use when, and why? Check out this guide to using dates in Moodle. Availability You can make an activity available...
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...
5 Tools to Help Students Learn How to Learn
This short article from Mind/Shift (http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/03/5-tools-to-help-students-learn-how-to-learn/) defines inquiry learning. The article appears intended for K-12, but it applies well to higher education too. Helping students learn how to...
LIVE from the Midwest Moodle Moot
Sherry Tier and Kristal Nolf are off learning the latest and greatest in the Moodle world at the Midwest Moodle Moot and SLATE conference being held at the Northern Illinois University, Naperville campus. So far, rubbing elbows with educators, technologists, and...
Going Global
Jim Bensley, the Director of Outreach Services, has been on a mission. He has been working with ESIMT and the Curriculum Committee and is currently conducting departmental listening sessions, all in hopes of creating new opportunities to help NMC go Global. The...