What is a MOOCOW?

What is a MOOCOW?

It is a “Massive Open Online Course Or Whatever.” After researching and taking several MOOCs, I believe “Or Whatever” describes the true nature of MOOCS. There are a variety of practices going on, which make the original MOOC definition...
Make Us Your Homepage

Make Us Your Homepage

Don’t miss any of the latest advice and info being shared on the teaching@NMC website.  Make it the homepage in your internet browser of choice.  Then each time you access the internet, teaching@NMC will greet you with interesting posts, videos, and the Instructor...
We Read

We Read

By Kristen Salathiel Most of my ENG 97/107 students have never read a whole book before. Since reading is such an important skill for college and life, my colleague Nancy Gray and I work hard to turn these students into readers. We want them to not just gain some...
Test Anxiety Continued

Test Anxiety Continued

In her November 14 blog post, Deb brought up the subject of “Test Anxiety” and shared some wonderful experiences from her own life that relate to the subject matter. I started writing a reply comment on her blog post but then I realized that the reply was...
Badging From Within

Badging From Within

This Jan 3 article from Inside Higher Ed describes a Competency-Based Learning degree, complete with digital badges, from UC Davis. The University of California at Davis is creating what may be higher education’s most promising digital badge system. But the badges are...