Create a PLM for Your Class

Create a PLM for Your Class

It has been a long time coming, but the PLM site is ready for use.  And we are looking for faculty to create modules for their students. How it Works The goal of a PLM is to introduce and reinforce a concept or idea or meaning without detailed explanation -or “any”...
WATCH NOW: New Moodle Plugins Webinar

WATCH NOW: New Moodle Plugins Webinar

Earlier this term we held two face-to-face training sessions and two online Zoom meetings to show off several new plugins that offer some incredible functions and usable features for the online portion of your courses. Watch a recorded version of the training and read...
Faculty Spotlight:  Devan DePauw

Faculty Spotlight: Devan DePauw

Devan DePauw, Welding Instructor When it comes to leading the way in providing for the advancement of curriculum and program offerings to students, Devan DePauw in the welding department is really going the extra mile. With the initial acquisition of a welding...

The Role of Caring

I just got back from a conference and the most powerful session I attended was entitled “The Role of Care in Faculty Development.” Based on the work of Nell Nodding, the session focused on how in addition to caring for our students, we have to care for each other as...

Creating a Sense of Belonging for Students

Yesterday in my ENG 99 class, students at two tables were swapping Snapchat names so they could start Snapchatting each other. Another table saw them, and said, laughingly, “You guys are just doing that now? Our table did that the first week!” It was completely...