#NISODProfiles - Emmanuel Luke "My best piece of advice for other educators is to encourage and motivate students about your field, and to work with them to ensure that they understand the keys to securing and maintaining employment in the profession you are preparing them for." [...]
Volume XLI, No. 20 | May 30, 2019 Adoption of OER Materials for a College Algebra Course and Its Results During the Spring 2016 semester, Southern Utah University (SUU) adopted an OER textbook for its general lower‐division algebra course (Math 1050). Overall, the new adoption for the course went extremely well. Background [...]
Volume XLI, No. 19 | May 23, 2019 What Do I Expect From You? What Do You Expect From Me? What Do We Expect From Each Other?: Involving Students in Expectation Setting The Importance of Setting Expectations Any good relationship requires that all parties involved have clear explanations and understandings of what [...]
Volume XLI, No. 18 | May 16, 2019 Philosophy Beyond Critical Thinking A common question I get from students and nonstudents alike is, “What’s the point of taking a philosophy course, especially in a context geared towards workforce training and placement?” It’s a fair question. It doesn’t seem that an introductory course [...]
Member Spotlight - Carl Sandburg College Carl Sandburg College offers the support of a caring family of faculty, staff, and community eager to help students achieve their academic goals. Rooted in a strong rural area, we look to embrace science and technology to help advance our area employers and [...]
#NISODProfiles - V. Michelle Macbeth "I love showing students how learning a language can introduce us to a whole community, lots of other countries, and a new set of wonderful people to get to know." #NISODProfiles | May 16, 2019 [...]
Volume XLI, No. 17 | May 9, 2019 Reducing Social Distance in the Online Classroom The term “social distance” generally refers to how well a person feels they know other people and how well they are known in return. When social distance is low, students feel engaged and are motivated to participate [...]
PRESS RELEASE: NISOD Names 2019 Faculty Conference Scholarship Recipients For Immediate Release NISOD Names 2019 Faculty Conference Scholarship Recipients Austin, Texas – May 1, 2019 – The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) is honored to announce the Suanne Davis Roueche Faculty Conference Scholarship recipients for the 2019 International Conference [...]
Meet the 2019 Faculty Conference Scholarship Recipients Read more about 2019's five Faculty Conference Scholarship recipients and learn how they exhibit values that reflect NISOD’s mission of promoting and celebrating excellence in teaching, learning, and leadership at community and technical colleges. Sharon Cisneros Institution: Malcolm X College, Chicago, Illinois [...]
#NISODProfiles - Amy Poteet "Education changes lives, and it’s a treasure to witness that." #NISODProfiles | May 2, 2019 What is your favorite part about being a community college educator? I enjoy the opportunity to work with [...]