How Does Openstax College Stack Up?
Students, like everyone else, love to save money. They are vocal about their support for cheaper college tuition, textbooks and course materials. Who can argue with them on that? With textbooks and materials, faculty have a chance to really help. While not all texts...
Qualifying for Accommodations
This week I was asked to write about disability services for our student veterans. At first I was stuck trying to think of how the process would be any different for this population. Then I realized that qualifying for disability-related accommodations is no different...
Openstax: FREE your Students from Costly Textbooks
Last semester’s Open Educational Resources (OER) Pilot Project was a huge success. The 10 instructors who took part in the project, combined with instructors who were already using OERs, helped to save students over $137,000 in just one semester. A few of these...
Calling all Job Seekers the Career and Employment Fair is coming!
Our 10th Annual Career and Employment Fair will be held Thursday, March 3, from 4-5:30 pm, at the Hagerty Center on the Great Lakes Campus. It is free and open to all students, alumni, and community members. Check out the list of employers to do some research before...
Save the Date: teachingSOLUTIONS & Course Development Institute
teachingSOLUTIONS Boot Camp: May 9th - 13th A week long, face to face boot camp to learn Moodle, web-enhance your course, and learn skills to teach online. Earn your Online Teaching Certificate to be eligible to teach online at NMC. Course Development Institute: ONE...
You’re Invited: EvaluationKIT Open Workshop/Training Sessions
EvaluationKIT is the new course evaluation system being used at NMC and you’re invited to attend an open workshop/training session to learn how use your EvaluationKIT dashboard. Feel free to pop in at any point during one of the sessions below to learn how to access...
NMC Student Veterans: Hear First Hand
Colleagues, In attempt to better-understand the unique challenges that student veterans face in college, NMC’sStudent Veterans of America (SVA), in conjunction with NMC’s Military & Veteran Services, will be sponsoring a webinar on Thursday, February 25...
Creating a Bridge to Learning with Scaffolding
As experienced teachers, we intuitively know many approaches to helping our learners engage with content. Occasionally, we discover scientific, research-based strategies that reflect what we intuitively know. Now with brain-research and increased knowledge in how...
Auxiliary Aids and Services
Auxiliary Aids and Services - for the many years I served K-12 students as an educational sign language interpreter, that’s how I was designated on the paperwork. Each Individualized Education Program (IEP) specified what services the student would receive to help...
Making Texts Meaningful
The Power of Visualizing and Creating Sensory Mental Images Visualizing and creating sensory mental images describes one of the most powerful comprehension strategies. According to Buehl (2007), “Comprehension involves breathing life experiences into the abstract...