2015 NMC Reads Book Choice
Each year the CIE Board selects a book which has connections to the classroom but that also has ties to our personal and professional lives. The book for 2015-2016 is How We Learn. In the tradition of The Power of Habit and Thinking, Fast and Slow, comes a practical,...
CIE Wants to Hear from You
In addition to continuing to offer popular programs such as Friday Forums (the first Friday of every month from 12:00-1:30 with lunch provided!), and the 20 Minute Mentor Coffee Club (the third Friday of every month at 10 am with coffee and pastries!), we are also...
Summer Courses are officially done: Getting Ready for Fall
Remember, summer course shells will be turned off to students on Aug 24. If you have a student with an incomplete at the end of summer semester, please submit a help desk ticket indicating which CRN (and course name) you need left open for student access. Looking...
A Moodle Upgrade & An Invitation to Learn
After grades are submitted on August 12th, we’re planning to upgrade to Moodle 2.9, the most recent version of the course management system. We’re excited about the many new features that will be available following the upgrade, but we know you’ll have some questions....
Accessibility: Looking Ahead to Fall Semester
As we plan for our students flocking back to campus this fall, accessibility needs to be woven into all of those plans. Today I want to share a series of videos produced by California State University. These videos are from the student perspective and also...
Sharing Your Brilliance with the OER Community
One of the most exciting things about the Open Educational Resources (OER) movement is that it allows talented and experienced teachers to create resources and share them with others in their fields. If an open textbook (or quiz, or video lecture or worksheet or...
The Impact of Upgrading to Moodle 2.9: Your Feedback is Needed
In the Educational Media Technologies department we keep close tabs on versioning and we continually upgrade technologies used by our instructors and students. Why? Mainly to ensure that everyone has access to the latest and greatest features. Sometimes, however,...
Don’t Follow Your Passion if You Want to be Successful
"Don't Follow Your Passion": Ben Horowitz's Commencement Speech at Columbia University from a16z
You Spoke and We Listened!
As a result of several comments we received about the functionality of Osterlin 203 & 205, we recently redesigned these classrooms to make it easier for both the instructor and the student. By repurposing equipment we were able to improve student viewing by...
Sharing Cart Now Available
Have you dreamed of an easy way to duplicate assignments or resources between courses? Or do you miss the ability to have files stored in Moodle? Good news, now you can do that very easily with the new Sharing Cart. The Sharing Cart is a block for duplicating course...