GoPRO’s serve many instructor and student needs Jason Slade has met the assessment challenge by using GoPRO’s (cameras that attach to your body) with his RAM120 robotics students. He has figured out all kinds of uses for the GoPro that help not only students but instructors as well. Check it out his Sharing Showcase video.… Continue Reading Sharing Showcase – Jason Slade Using GoPro’s
Thanks to all faculty who attended the January PD day on Monday. We hope the overview of Dee Fink’s significant learning model was useful and helps you feel ready to write or revise your outcomes as well as link your assessments to your outcomes. Here are a couple important points to remember: Your revised outcomes… Continue Reading January PD Day: Creating Significant Learning
EMT and CIE are excited to announce the new Sharing Showcase, a collection of videos showcasing the best practices of faculty and staff at NMC. These short videos cover topics from service learning to using the active learning classrooms to specific course activities and assignments. This collection is a work in progress and will continue to… Continue Reading Introducing the New Sharing Showcase
Two weeks ago, I handed out mid-semester feedback forms to my students. They got two forms–one where they gave me feedback on my leading of the class, and one where they did some reflecting on their own success and challenges so far in the class. I think this two-part metacognitive check-in is critical. Most students… Continue Reading Using Metacognition: The Mid-semester Check-in
Scantron forms and scanners are antiquated tools still in use at NMC, but many instructors and academic areas are phasing them out in favor of newer assessment technology. During the October PD day I lead a session introducing the Teaching Assistant application, a technology already available on several campus Kyocera copiers and printers. Teaching Assistant allows you to… Continue Reading Ditch the Dinosaur: Advance your Assessment Technology
