2018 Winter Conference Information and Links
This year’s Winter Conference focused on the non-cognitive issues that our students face. The NMC Reads book, Paying the Price, gave us the research to support what we have been seeing--our students face many challenges as they make their way through college. Mickie...
The New Dennos!
The New Dennos is now open! Following the January 21 community celebration day with free admission for everyone, join Jason Dake for a brief tour of the new galleries on any of the following three dates and times. This is your first chance to see the new permanent...
Communicating with Students
Establish a Communication Policy What better time than now to communicate expectations with students regarding turn-around time on phone calls, emails and graded assignments? Do you have a communication policy in your syllabus and possibly posted in your course...
Long Night of Grading is Back!
It's cold, it's dark, it's the end of the semester, and you're buried in grading. What to do? How about coming to the The Long Night of Grading brought to you by CIE, the Osterlin Library and Educational Media Technologies? On Tuesday, Dec. 12, just when you are most...
Two Mini-PD Opportunities in January
CIE is offering two learning opportunities for faculty on Jan. 11. Helping Your Students Read the Textbook Thursday, Jan. 11, 10:00-10:45 in SH 204. The first session led by Nancy Gray and Kristen Salathiel will be a practical, hands-on workshop focused on specific...
Moodle Grade Annotation & Microsoft Word Issue
We've noticed an issue with Microsoft Word submissions and the Moodle grading annotation feature that we'd like to let you know about. In Microsoft Word, there's a native "References" feature that allows students to manage resources, insert parenthetical citations,...
Important Upcoming Moodle Dates
Below you'll find important Moodle dates to remember: January 10th - Students populated in Spring 2018 (1802) courses. You'll be able to see student lists in Moodle. Students will not be able to see courses unless you turn a course on early. January 12th - Spring 2018...
Confusion and Learning
We’re heading into the last leg of the semester, and many of us have students working on the most complex projects and concepts in our courses. If we were to walk in the students’ shoes a bit we would see that they are working on complicated culminating components in...
“Your Conspiracy Theory Assignment Changed My Life”
I have, in the past, asked ENG 112 students to research a debunked scientific theory or conspiracy theory that people still believe today. As they research, they must create a theory about why some folks to continue to hold that belief despite it being proven false....
Ekphrasis Into the Arctic at the Dennos
Into the Arctic is a traveling exhibit that's at the Dennos Museum until the end of the calendar year 2017. The exhibit provides incredible vistas of northern Canada painted en plein air under sometimes incredible conditions. In the videos that accompany the exhibit...