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...

Pharmacology Scavenger Hunt Assignment

Teaching fundamentals of nursing, I seldom get the “aha” moment. When I taught the second semester students, I would see the “aha” moment when students were in clinical and what they learned in lecture finally made sense. Instead of just...
Honoring Our Discipline’s Values in Non-Traditional Ways

Honoring Our Discipline’s Values in Non-Traditional Ways

Description:  I practically tore my hair out in trying to find a way to genuinely honor the practice of the Socratic Method in my on-line philosophy class.  I soon discovered that the solution lies in viewing the values that are fundamental to your academic discipline...
Free Coffee.  Free Lunch.  Great Ideas.

Free Coffee. Free Lunch. Great Ideas.

You know you’ve got teaching ideas you’d like to try– we’ll provide the coffee and lunch as we learn about teaching with technology together.  The NMC teachingSOLUTIONS professional development program will be offered again this Spring and...
Moodle Love

Moodle Love

When I find myself defending Moodle these days, I am still a little surprised by the fondness I feel for our course management system. You see, for years I had been a hater, a vociferous wailer of Moodle woes. I had a fit last spring when I discovered that turning off...