Active Learning – Simulation
During 2014, we recorded several instructors around campus using active learning techniques. The example below is from the Nursing program. Watch this short video to get an inside look at the simulation scenarios and skills checks Nursing students experience at NMC....
Hey! Guess What?
A new feature in the latest version of Ensemble makes it easier to package a video together with annotations, files, and/or links. The old way required you to use a playlist, but now it's as simple as checking a box! Let's take a look... [ensemblevideo...
Welcome Ryan Bernstein to EMT!
Ryan is coming to Educational Media Technologies after spending four years as content manager, technical writer, social media manager and webinar host at a local internet hosting provider. He has been an adjunct instructor in the Communications academic area since...
If you warrantied your teaching, what would it look like?
A common refrain heard at instructor events is the amount of effort students put into their work. Driving by this sign today, I had to laugh at the simple advice on how to fix situations where students aren't putting in the needed effort to meet desired instructor...
Printing at NMC
While going green is great, sometimes there is just no replacement for the printed page. The following document is your guide to setting up printers using the printing tools and resources available at NMC. NMC recently underwent a campus-wide update of printing...
We Are Not Alone (Teaching is not a solitary task)
Last week, I was fortunate enough to attend the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE) conference in Vegas. Five days of sessions conducted around peer-reviewed research focused on the best of what technology can bring to education for...
Do You Use GoToMeeting? Please Read
Some of you may have heard that the GoToMeeting interface is changing. It will still have all the same abilities, however they have made it easier to use. To see all of the new changes click here Watch this video of the changes.
Ordering Question – NEW to Moodle!
A new quiz question format has been added to our Moodle system. This new question format called Ordering, allows students to drag a random list of answers into the correct sequence. This new format will work well for: Steps in a process (spit, put toothpaste on your...
What are Cookies?
A cookie is a small packet of data sent from a website and stored in the browser settings on the clients computer. This packet holds information of where the user went on the site, what their search contained and even login credentials. These cookies are important to...
SMARt Outcomes?
The Learning Outcomes Team (LOT) has been thinking about...well...outcomes. We are poised to help anyone create SMARt Learning Outcomes for their courses. Updated learning outcomes (SLOs) are due on Course Outlines by May 8th, 2015. Typically questions spring to mind...