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31 Mar, 2016

Building Interest, Agency, and Interaction in Online Learning Environments: A Toolkit for Superb Online Courses

nisod2017-06-16T01:17:02-05:00March 31st, 2016|Categories: Webinar Series|7 Comments

Building Interest, Agency, and Interaction in Online Learning Environments: A Toolkit for Superb Online Courses Online learning allows for the flexible use of class-time for nontraditional students and telecommuting instructors while offering a way for colleges to expand their offerings without investing in brick-and-mortar classrooms. Online learning can also provide students with relevant [...]

25 Mar, 2016

Seven Years a Teacher: Five Lessons Learned as a Two-Year College Instructor

nisod2017-06-16T01:17:06-05:00March 25th, 2016|Categories: Innovation Abstracts|Tags: Learning Communities, Professional Development|0 Comments

Volume XXXVIII, No. 9 | March 25, 2016 Seven Years a Teacher: Five Lessons Learned as a Two-Year College Instructor Frederick Douglass is attributed with the following quote: “Without a struggle, there can be no progress.” With this quote in mind, I would like to introduce you to a story about progress achieved [...]

24 Mar, 2016

From Koala to Kangaroo: Getting Your Students Hopping With Active Learning

nisod2017-06-16T01:17:09-05:00March 24th, 2016|Categories: Striving for Excellence – Part 2, Webinar Series|0 Comments

From Koala to Kangaroo: Getting Your Students Hopping With Active Learning During this fun and interactive webinar, participants learn icebreaker activities and active-learning strategies that increase student engagement, encourage higher-level thinking, enliven classroom discussions, and enhance learning in the classroom. Participants leave with practical strategies they can implement immediately to move students from passive [...]

17 Mar, 2016

Walking the Tightrope of Interaction

nisod2017-06-16T01:17:13-05:00March 17th, 2016|Categories: Striving for Excellence – Part 2|0 Comments

Walking the Tightrope of Interaction The long pause—we’ve all waited an eternity in our classrooms hoping for just one student to respond to our questions. Articles and advice from tenured faculty are abundant about the value of the long pause. If we wait long enough, they will respond. And sometimes they do, with a disappointing [...]

11 Mar, 2016

Using Badges in an Online Class: How Gamification Can Improve Student Learning

nisod2017-06-16T01:17:16-05:00March 11th, 2016|Categories: Innovation Abstracts|Tags: Classroom Strategies, Educational Technology, Online Teaching|0 Comments

Volume XXXVIII, No. 8 | March 11, 2016 Using Badges in an Online Class: How Gamification Can Improve Student Learning Several years ago, I learned about gamification and started thinking about how I could apply it to my online courses. I decided that using badges would be a good way to introduce these [...]

10 Mar, 2016

The Value of Five Minutes

nisod2017-06-16T01:17:19-05:00March 10th, 2016|Categories: Striving for Excellence – Part 2|0 Comments

The Value of Five Minutes Five minutes equates to 300 seconds. I stopped for a moment to make a list of how many things I do that only take five minutes, and the list was quite extensive. To name a few, I can check a few e-mails, make a phone call, grade one or two [...]

10 Mar, 2016

The Value of Five Minutes

nisod2017-06-16T01:17:22-05:00March 10th, 2016|Categories: Striving for Excellence – Part 2|0 Comments

The Value of Five Minutes Essie Childers, Professor Blinn College

4 Mar, 2016

Recognizing the Value of Soft Skills in College

nisod2017-06-16T01:17:24-05:00March 4th, 2016|Categories: Innovation Abstracts|Tags: Active Learning, Classroom Strategies|0 Comments

Volume XXXVIII, No. 7 | March 4, 2016 Recognizing the Value of Soft Skills in College We all see those students in our classrooms—the ones with that certain casual attitude towards attendance, participation, and communication in general. They have experienced a lifetime of getting a “pass” for missed deadlines and exhibiting disrespect or [...]

3 Mar, 2016

It’s More Than JUST “Flipping” the Class

nisod2017-06-16T01:17:27-05:00March 3rd, 2016|Categories: Striving for Excellence – Part 2, Webinar Series|0 Comments

It’s More Than JUST “Flipping” the Class Using the terms flipped and model in “flipped model” can cause newcomers to this style of teaching and learning to dismiss trying it out, simply because they do not have the time to try another new thing. Participate in this webinar and learn what advantages flipping the [...]

3 Mar, 2016

Jason Grill Announced as Winner of NISOD’s 2016 Student Art Contest

nisod2021-12-13T16:18:18-06:00March 3rd, 2016|Categories: Press Releases|Tags: Membership, SAC|0 Comments

Jason Grill Announced as Winner of NISOD’s 2016 Student Art Contest Austin, Texas [March 14, 2016] – Jason Grill, a second-year student at St. Clair County Community College studying graphic design, is the winner of the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development’s (NISOD) 2016 Student Graphic Art Contest. As the winning student artist, [...]

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