April Learning Outcomes Workshops

April Learning Outcomes Workshops

If you’re assessing the Communications General Education Outcome this semester, Friday, April 15th is the date when your General Educational Report Form should be submitted to your Academic Chair and the Assessment Coordinator (Nick Roster). Review the...
Moodle Outcomes and Flying Squirrels

Moodle Outcomes and Flying Squirrels

Where’s Cousin Eddie?  He normally eats these things. This was one of many Christmas Vacation quotes that were being thrown around yesterday at my house.  We had a visit from a flying squirrel who made his way into our furnace.  After attempting to catch the...
What Will Students Remember from Your Class?

What Will Students Remember from Your Class?

“Father Guido Sarducci – the character played by comedian Don Novello on Saturday Night Live in the 1970s – got some of his biggest laughs with a plan for a Five Minute University. Five years after they leave college, Sarducci noted, most graduates...
Five Tips for Using Spring Fever as a Springboard for Learning

Five Tips for Using Spring Fever as a Springboard for Learning

The glorious sun has finally chased winter away just in time for the push towards finals week. After six months of cold and grey, it is a challenge to keep focused on anything indoors—especially for those students who already struggle with school. Fortunately,...
Preparing Students for the Home Stretch

Preparing Students for the Home Stretch

Sports dominated the TV this weekend with Red Wings games and Michigan State playing in the Final Four.  Watching, I thought about how successful coaches and players maintain intensity until the last possible second and how as instructors we can do the same for our...