Volume XLI, No. 4 | February 7, 2019 CHEERS Every semester, I create a to-do list of a new teaching methods to try or previous teaching methods to put a twist on. In particular, I try to implement suggestions students offer for improving my classroom. My continued self-reflections on how to improve [...]
Saving by Engaging You’re already engaging with your NISOD member benefits, but did you know that the perks don’t stop there? Now you do, and you’ll know exactly when and how with our cheat sheet of all the ways that you can squeeze the most [...]
Volume XLI, No. 3 | January 31, 2019 Daily Attendance Quizzes I am a punctual person. The joke in my family is that I was born eight days late and have never been late since then. A few years ago, I was going crazy when almost half of my students were showing [...]
Five Reasons to Co-Host a Campus or Regional Workshop NISOD’s collection of workshops, designed for community and technical college educators, are a great way to reinvigorate classrooms and curricula that may be feeling a bit stale. NISOD’s workshops are also an outstanding way to bring together [...]
Volume XLI, No. 2 | January 24, 2019 Can Science Survive Without the Humanities? A Forgotten Creative Reciprocity! The Academy of Arts and Sciences made the following statement in the Executive Summary of their 2013 The Heart of the Matter report: “Scientific advances have been critical to the extraordinary achievements of the [...]
Volume XLI, No. 1 | January 17, 2019 Time to Reflect: Common Teaching Challenges and Solutions Because we are in the middle of the current academic year and on the precipice of the Spring 2019 semester, now is a perfect time to reflect on best teaching practices related to classroom management. Although [...]
Member Spotlight - Elgin Community College Elgin Community College is committed to excellence and takes pride in being an institution that is consistently recognized by NISOD. We are student-focused and mission-driven. Our outstanding faculty are dedicated to helping students succeed in the classroom and the workforce. – Dr. David [...]
Volume XL, No. 41 | December 13, 2018 Academic Skills 101: In-Class Support Services Scholarship continues to indicate that many community college students enter higher education unprepared for the rigor of their academic courses. As a faculty member of nearly 15 years who has taught at urban and suburban, predominately white, predominately [...]
Member Spotlight - Montgomery County Community College “At Montgomery County Community College, we are deeply committed to student success. We take a holistic approach to creating academic and career pathways that enable students to accomplish their educational and professional goals. Together with the support and guidance of our [...]
Three Things NISOD Loved About Turning 40 Summarizing Our 40th Year NISOD was formed in 1978—meaning we celebrated our 40th year over the course of 2018! Though turning 40 may not be a milestone everyone eagerly awaits, there are so many wonderful endeavors and memories over the past [...]