Keeping learning fresh with new resources: where do you find the time?
"This is really cool. Where do you find the time to do all of this?" --email from Jimmy Dawson, NMC criminal justice adjunct and friend The answer's easy~it's part of my instructional designer role. In fact, it is one of the most fun things I get to do! As a...
Competent at What?
This article describes an upcoming effort by a new national group, the Competency-Based Education Network, to define and shape deployment of competency-based learning in higher ed. C-BEN will include representatives of U.S. colleges and universities at the leading...
A Global Lens
"What lens do you use to look at the world?" "How can we help students explore and find greater depth, to see that things can be accomplished in so many different ways, and not just in terms of our own value systems? How can different value systems co-exist within...
Teach Online? Read This!
What you need to know for ending/starting a semester. IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to Opening Conference and our support at Professional Development Day, EMT may not be available on Monday, January 6 to address helpdesk tickets by you or your students. Assistance may not be...
Credentialing Higher Education: A Sample Competency-based Report Card
We've heard a lot about what competency-based education can do for students. This Inside Higher Ed article shares an example report card of what it could look like in practice. Students who enroll in a new competency-based program at Northern Arizona University will...
Spring Cleaning: Lecture Capture and Ensemble
A word about spring cleaning: It’s that time of the year when fall semester is winding down and preparations are being made for spring. Please take time to consider a bit of spring cleaning in your Ensemble Video account. If you will not be reusing your lecture...
Wrap It Up: 4x4x16
How my wife can wrap Christmas presents that look so nice with the fancy bows and everything is beyond me. But that is a different wrapping subject. The 4x4x16 Instructor Writing project is a wrap! We had a group of eight instructors participate and create 30...
Celebrating the Season with EMT
A song from us to you (we saved you from actually hearing us sing): On the first day of Christmas EMT brought to me Alan popping popcorn. On the second day of Christmas EMT brought to me two digital cameras. On the third day of Christmas EMT brought to me three Moodle...
Introducing Moodle Feedback
Did you know that you could collect feedback from your students using the feedback tool in Moodle? What is it? The feedback activity module allows you to create custom surveys to collect feedback from your students. You can use multiple choice answers, numeric...
Every Step of the Way
Written by Patty Olson, NMC Education Instructor, Adjunct & submitted by Jeff Straw. One technique that I found VERY useful particularly in teaching hormonal, uninterested 8th graders US history was combining your two ideas. As a PREview, I broke the class into...