Learner Centered Teaching Resources from January Conference

Learner Centered Teaching Resources from January Conference

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,...
Moodle’s New Year’s Resolution: Slim Down 3 Terms

Moodle’s New Year’s Resolution: Slim Down 3 Terms

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...
Rochelle’s Goodbye

Rochelle’s Goodbye

Goodbye NMC you’ve been a good friend indeed. 36 years ago a friend of mine who was the office manager in the Communications Office, Barb Maylone, called me after my husband and I returned from a year in Tennessee with an 8-month-old baby boy. My husband had been...
Hacking a Learning Community

Hacking a Learning Community

Have you ever thought there was a better way? Whether that be grading, asking questions, inquiry, teaching? I want to explore these topics, and more. I also want you to join me in this exploration. Therefore, I am creating a Learning Community to address these very...