Moodle Tip: Your Date Guide

Moodle Tip: Your Date Guide

Have you noticed all the types of dates available in Moodle? (Availability, Restrict Access, Due, Expected Completion, Cut-off…) How do you know what to use when, and why? Check out this guide to using dates in Moodle. Availability You can make an activity...
4 x 4 x 16 = Ice Cream!

4 x 4 x 16 = Ice Cream!

We are inviting instructors at NMC to create 4 new pieces of writing for 4 straight weeks. Each piece of writing should be at least 16 sentences in length and should be focused on teaching and learning. “That’s it?” you ask. But wait, there’s more! If we have just 10...
5 Tools to Help Students Learn How to Learn

5 Tools to Help Students Learn How to Learn

This short article from Mind/Shift (http://blogs.kqed.org/mindshift/2013/03/5-tools-to-help-students-learn-how-to-learn/) defines inquiry learning. The article appears intended for K-12, but it applies well to higher education too.   Helping students learn how to...
LIVE from the Midwest Moodle Moot

LIVE from the Midwest Moodle Moot

Sherry Tier and Kristal Nolf are off learning the latest and greatest in the Moodle world at the Midwest Moodle Moot and SLATE conference being held at the Northern Illinois University, Naperville campus.  So far, rubbing elbows with educators, technologists, and...
Going Global

Going Global

Jim Bensley, the Director of Outreach Services, has been on a mission. He has been working with ESIMT and the Curriculum Committee and is currently conducting departmental listening sessions, all in hopes of creating  new opportunities to help NMC go Global. The...