Innovation Abstracts, NISOD’s flagship teaching strategies publication, provides an excellent opportunity for community and technical college educators to learn about and share best ideas about programs, projects, and strategies that improve students’ higher education experiences.

21 Jan, 2020

Creating a Flexible Learning Environment for Online Nontraditional Students

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Volume XLII, No. 1 | January 23, 2020 Creating a Flexible Learning Environment for Online Nontraditional Students Nontraditional students are a growing population across community colleges, technical schools, and universities. Although no universal definition exists for nontraditional students, characteristics they share are being an adult over the age of 24, working full-time, [...]

Creating a Flexible Learning Environment for Online Nontraditional Students2020-06-15T17:54:00-05:00
10 Dec, 2019

Singing Through Freshman Composition

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Volume XLI, No. 47 | December 12, 2019 Singing Through Freshman Composition During my first semester teaching English Composition at Wake Technical Community College, I was surprised to find that over half of my students did not have the textbook by the second week of class. When we began reading and analyzing [...]

Singing Through Freshman Composition2020-06-15T17:54:35-05:00
3 Dec, 2019

The Need for Adult Education

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Volume XLI, No. 46 | December 5, 2019 The Need for Adult Education Over the past 20 years, the landscape of public education has changed drastically with the introduction of the national No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 and the state-led Common Core effort in 2009. Colleges across the country are seeing [...]

The Need for Adult Education2020-06-15T17:55:13-05:00
22 Nov, 2019

Elementary, My Dear Students

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Volume XLI, No. 45 | November 26, 2019 Elementary, My Dear Students Many educators agree that teaching an introductory course can be more challenging than teaching an upper-level course. The effectiveness of the professor’s teaching is put to the test since students have no previous material to fall back on. Many instructors [...]

Elementary, My Dear Students2020-06-15T17:56:16-05:00
19 Nov, 2019

Creating Community in ALP Courses

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Volume XLI, No. 44 | November 21, 2019 Creating Community in ALP Courses Many community college students struggle to feel a sense of community on campus. Community colleges generally do not have on-campus housing, so students come to class and leave immediately afterward, seldom partaking in extracurricular activities. This is especially true [...]

Creating Community in ALP Courses2020-06-15T17:56:50-05:00
12 Nov, 2019

Supporting Community College Student Athletes

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Volume XLI, No. 43 | November 14, 2019 Supporting Community College Student Athletes Athletics are an important part of the community college experience. There has been a nine percent increase in the number of sports offered at community colleges and a 20 percent increase in the number of student athletes since 2005[i]. [...]

Supporting Community College Student Athletes2020-06-15T17:57:29-05:00
5 Nov, 2019

The Situation Room

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Volume XLI, No. 42 | November 7, 2019 The Situation Room Engaging students by creating an inclusive and collaborative environment is the key to student success. Collaboration allows students to embrace and appreciate each other’s individual learning styles. Activities that encourage the learning process in a safe, nonjudgmental arena allow even the [...]

The Situation Room2020-06-15T17:58:07-05:00
29 Oct, 2019

Embrace the Future of Education With Bots

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Volume XLI, No. 41 | October 31, 2019 Embrace the Future of Education With Bots The impact of bots on manufacturing and technology is well documented, but much less has been said about the impact of bots on education. Many educational institutions have already automated many of their teaching and learning processes [...]

Embrace the Future of Education With Bots2020-06-15T17:59:00-05:00
22 Oct, 2019

Online Collaboration Strategies That Work

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Volume XLI, No. 40 | October 24, 2019 Online Collaboration Strategies That Work Online collaboration can be tricky for everyone. At Wake Technical Community College, we sometimes struggle to communicate in a timely manner among teams spread over multiple campuses. It is especially challenging to build community in an asynchronous environment such [...]

Online Collaboration Strategies That Work2020-06-15T17:59:38-05:00
15 Oct, 2019

Promoting Student Success Using Supplemental Instruction

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Volume XLI, No. 39 | October 17, 2019 Promoting Student Success Using Supplemental Instruction College instructors often plan coursework under the assumption that students possess reading, note-taking, and study skills. When the harsh reality of attrition manifests, we point to the lack of college readiness as the culprit. This problem is more [...]

Promoting Student Success Using Supplemental Instruction2020-06-15T18:00:28-05:00