In the Fall of 2017 Moodle is going to look and feel a little different. We’re upgrading from Moodle 2.9 to 3.2, which offers improvements to current features and several new features. We’ll also be installing a new theme, changing the visual design of each of your Moodle courses. Why upgrade? It’s important to keep versions of… Continue Reading Coming Fall 2017: New Moodle Theme & Features
I am a firm believer in having a broad Personal Learning Network (PLN) across a variety of education sectors. The advantages include getting many perspectives on resources, pedagogy, current research, educational strategies, and innovative practices. A main source for my PLN “feed” is Twitter, which is a constant tab in Chrome during the work day. From this… Continue Reading Teaching Online Preparation Toolkit (TOPkit)
teachingSOLUTIONS Boot Camp: May 9th – 13th A week long, face to face boot camp to learn Moodle, web-enhance your course, and learn skills to teach online. Earn your Online Teaching Certificate to be eligible to teach online at NMC. Course Development Institute: ONE week. ONE course. May 16th – 20th An opportunity to work… Continue Reading Save the Date: teachingSOLUTIONS & Course Development Institute
If you have students that cannot make it to the Testing Center in Osterlin because of weather, child care issues, living in a different state, or zombie attack, you can now give them another option. Online Proctoring. NMC has online proctoring available through Software Secure called PRnow. Built to protect exam integrity, RPNow authenticates the identity… Continue Reading Online Test Proctoring
Students with a growth mindset believe that intelligence can be developed. These students focus on learning over just looking smart, see effort as the key to success, and thrive in the face of a challenge. -Stanford’s PERTS Mindset Kit (Beta) Teaching this to college students challenges many of us at times in the face-to-face environment,… Continue Reading Growing Your Students’ Mindset Online
