Learning via Discussion

Learning via Discussion

“I cannot teach anyone anything. I can only make them think” –Socrates My students impress me in so many ways, and one is in their verbal abilities. While working with students in a testing situation, I offer the opportunity to verbally explain answers to test...
Learning for Life

Learning for Life

In my high school, there was a statement over the entrance way that read, “Learn not for school, but for life.”  I think the best gift of being an educator is that we have the ability to learn from every student, every peer, every day.  I know that is a journey that...
OER Pilot

OER Pilot

OER = Open Educational Resources made freely and legally available on the Internet for anyone to reuse, revise, remix and redistribute. The Friday Forum held on November 7th, 2014 involved a discussion and review of OERs and the official introduction of the OER pilot...

From Captain Kirk to Gandalf the White; What’s An Educator To Do?

I grew up with a brother who was and is a Trekkie.  On a normal day, after school and football practice, he was found glued to the TV set watching the most recent episode of Star Trek.  Not only was he glued, but he ran with a crowd in our high school who were also...
Copyright Videos in Your Moodle Shell? Important Please Read

Copyright Videos in Your Moodle Shell? Important Please Read

As we learn more about copyright and our responsibility at NMC to be in compliance, Educational Media Technologies has been working to develop a process for how copyright videos are used in courses. Because use of online materials falls under the TEACH Act, please see...