Volume XXXVIII, No. 19 | September 15, 2016 Helping Students Value Challenge and Hard Work In postsecondary classrooms, we should help students move beyond the “empty vessel” model of learning to a model that encompasses self-directed, strategic learning. For many years, I struggled to identify ways or approaches that help students to see [...]
Volume XXXVIII, No. 18 | September 8, 2016 Outside the Classroom and Beyond the Campus: Community-Based Experiential Education Expanding the Experiential Concept After years of incorporating a combination of field trips, active learning, and flipped classrooms, I decided to design a radically flipped course in which I would leverage technology to craft class [...]
Chuck Underwood and Dr. Belle Wheelan to Keynote NISOD's 2017 Conference Austin, TX [September 2, 2016] – The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) is pleased to announce Chuck Underwood and Dr. Belle Wheelan as keynote speakers for the 39th annual International Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence, held May 27 - 30, 2017, [...]
Volume XXXVIII, No. 17 | September 1, 2016 A Tale of Two Division Chairs When you think of the job title “Division Chair,” what comes to mind? Roles and responsibilities are ever-changing in higher education. The division or department chair position at community and technical colleges has morphed into a myriad of [...]
Volume XXXVIII, No. 16 | August 26, 2016 Transforming Classrooms Into Active Learning Zones While student response systems (SRS) have been around well over a decade, it was not until recently that I began to take advantage of their pedagogical benefits. In the span of time since my first implementation of SRS-associated peer-instruction [...]
How Your Online Presence Boosts Student Learning Distance learning offers students increased access, adaptability, and agency. However, without an active and engaged faculty presence, online classrooms can be lonely and alienating places. As a result, student satisfaction, achievement, and retention can plummet. Fortunately, you can be the glue that holds your online learning community together [...]
37 Million and Counting: Toward Innovative Approaches to Recruitment, Retention, and Credentialing Issue No. 4 • July 2016 In “37 Million and Counting: Toward Innovative Approaches to Recruitment, Retention, and Credentialing,” Craig Follins, Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Special Projects, Alamo Colleges, presents an exploration, examination, and analysis of Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) and [...]
The Hero Complex: Advising Minority Males Resilience and true grit can be developed in minority male students by considering several factors during advising sessions. The facilitator advises students using a theory he calls "The Hero Complex,” which helps students develop proactive strategies and tactics for college completion and transfer. During this webinar, the facilitator discusses [...]
Pedagogical Strategies for Engaging Students and Promoting Success Learning community (i.e., the affective domain necessary for learning) and employing pedagogical strategies that promote student engagement and academic success (i.e., the cognitive domain). The active-learning pedagogical strategies presented work for all students; however, they work particularly well for low-income, first-generation, and minority college students. Hear about [...]
NISOD’s 2016 Conference on Teaching and Leadership Excellence Honors, Celebrates, and Inspires Community and Technical College Educators Austin, Texas [June 15, 2016] – The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) welcomed over 1,000 community and technical college teachers, administrators, staff, and their family members to Austin, Texas for the 38th annual International Conference [...]
