Jan 31, 2020
Before I begin, I need to give credit and a shout out to Nick Roster, who inspired me with his own lock box activity. I had been wanting to do a group-styled “exam” for some time with my classes, and his idea of the “lock box” gave me the...
Jan 28, 2020
At January’s Friday Forum, we heard from a panel on the topic of neurodiversity (the range of individual differences in brain function and behavioral traits including autism spectrum disorder and dyslexia). Two students, Hannah Krohn and Harley Maxbauer; a...
Jan 28, 2020
We were honored to host learner-centered teaching guru Maryellen Weimer on Jan. 6 for our January Conference faculty professional development. She focused on the five characteristics of learner-centered teaching: 1) students are doing the hard, messy work of learning,...
Jan 24, 2020
Have you noticed fewer classes in your Moodle dashboard this week? That’s not a fever dream, but the result of a new Ed Tech policy regarding the number of past classes being maintained on our Moodle server (we reduced the number from 2 years + 1 semester of...
Dec 18, 2019
Join us as we talk with Rochelle Hammontree as she reflects her 35 year career at NMC.
