Moodle Outcomes and Flying Squirrels
Where's Cousin Eddie? He normally eats these things. This was one of many Christmas Vacation quotes that were being thrown around yesterday at my house. We had a visit from a flying squirrel who made his way into our furnace. After attempting to catch the little...
Writing and Reading Center
Happy New Year everyone! The Writing and Reading Center is ready for a busy and exciting semester. Below is some information about the resources we have to support students. Spring Hours and Contact Information: The WRC opens with a full staff January 18th, though I'm...
Now on Teaching@NMC: Accessibility
Check it out! We are excited to share with you a new resource on the Teaching@NMC site! Look for the new Accessibility link in the side menu on the right. This will take you to a new resource that will help you prepare your online content. Learn the how, what, and why...
Start with Headings
By now you may be asking yourself, "Where do I start?" How about starting with your syllabus, do you have the proper structure in place with headings? Using properly structured headings helps organize your content, making it easier for everyone to read. Headings are a...
Reader/Scribe Accommodation
Every semester I approve a handful of students to receive the accommodation of a reader (someone who reads the material exactly as written) and/or scribe (someone who fills in an answer sheet exactly as dictated by the student) for tests and quizzes. A student might...
Communicating Information Through Multiple Means
Communicating information through multiple modalities (visual, auditory, tactile, kinesthetic) enables students to access information. Learners differ in the ways that they perceive and comprehend information that is presented to them. For example, those with sensory...
Do you backchannel?
Do you backchannel? When I attend professional conferences, I often participate in the conference backchannel using Twitter to tweet from the keynote presentation and the concurrent sessions that I attend. I will also follow the backchannel while I’m not in sessions...
December Friday Forum: LearningCommunities@NMC
This Friday, come join your colleagues to investigate the new learning communities being sponsored by CIE. Do you have a group that would love the time to collaborate, problem solve, laugh with colleagues? The December 4th Friday Forum will provide an introductory...
Reading Your Colleagues: The 4×4 Challenge
We have just wrapped up our third annual 4x4x16 Writing Challenge. We invited instructors at NMC to create 4 new pieces of writing for 4 straight weeks. Each piece of writing was to be approximately 16 sentences in length and focused on teaching and learning. That...
Book Review: Mindset
It's been at least five years since I first read Carol Dweck's Mindset, but it still informs many of my interactions with my students and my own children. This book has been around a while--you hear about it at conferences, we chose it as an NMC Reads book a number of...