Nov 4, 2013
One strategy to elicit critical thinking is to omit important facts when presenting scenarios to students for classroom discussion. Often instructors take considerable care in class to articulate each important fact within a particular scenario that students will...
Oct 16, 2013
We are inviting instructors at NMC to create 4 new pieces of writing for 4 straight weeks. Each piece of writing should be at least 16 sentences in length and should be focused on teaching and learning. “That’s it?” you ask. But wait, there’s more! If we have just 10...
Oct 3, 2013
Nothing gets those neurons firing like active learning. Active Learning Definitions: NMC’s compilation of definitions University of Minnesota’s definition The 21st Century Learning Experiences AQIP team would like to know what you think about active...
Sep 20, 2013
Beginning next week, the Education Media Technologies department will have on-site “office hours” in three different buildings around NMC. It will be like Festivus! Each week a EMT staff member will be on hand for a two hour period to help answer any questions...
Aug 27, 2013
All of us have blog ideas to share from our personal practice that would benefit others, yet choosing the relevant information to share can be as challenging as learning to fish. Fortunately, there are some guidelines to help writing edublog entries. Much like a...
