Oct 23, 2014
Each semester the fundamental nursing instructors have to evaluate 45 nursing students on 24 different skills. Each skill takes about 10 minutes to evaluate. This equates to 10,800 minutes or 180 hours of class time to complete. The students become frustrated because...
Oct 21, 2014
“She smells vaguely of Band-Aids and Vick’s Vapor Rub. I have several overdue DVDs, one of which is scratched.” Yahoo Answers individual explaining a fear of Librarians. We see it all the time in the Osterlin Library. The student that reluctantly walks past the...
Oct 20, 2014
I am not a wizzard. And I do not live in the land of Oz. Traverse City certainly is a wonderful place to live, but it ain’t no Oz. Apologies to those whose “English gene” is now screeming. This is a blog, not a discertation. I am a teacher. And I find myself...
Oct 20, 2014
As a curriculum and assessment geek, I interpret writing high quality learning outcomes as the ultimate privilege in intellectual freedom. Discussions surrounding the updating of course outlines with significant learning outcomes (SLO’s) initially surprised me when...
Oct 20, 2014
The 4x4x16 Writing Challenge begins today. We have 11 people signed up to participate, and there is still plenty of room for more. If you are interested in participating, please contact Mark DeLonge. Over the next 4 weeks, our participants will create 4 pieces of...