Volume XXXI, No. 19 | September 18, 2009 LEARNING STRATEGIES: THE FLIP SIDE OF TEACHING STRATEGIES I am happy to report that educational psychologists, demonstrating their infinite wisdom, have once again found students. This may appear to be a curious statement to those of you who never knew we lost them. However, for [...]
Vol. XXXI, No. 15 - May 8, 2009 Global Perspectives— Enhancing Research A presentation at the 2008 League for Innovation Spring Conference in Denver, by Lauren Sabel, Front Range Community College, featuring her unique design to establish a global perspective concept into a research essay class, caught my attention. The typical English research [...]
2008-2009 Innovation Abstracts Issue Description Vol. XXXI, No. 15 May 8, 2009 In “Global Perspectives: Enhancing Research,” Stephen Holland, English and Education Faculty, at Muscatine Community College (IA), describes a strategy for helping students move from simple presentations of information to critical levels of thinking. Helping students gain perspective about global relationships [...]
2007-2008 Innovation Abstracts Issue Description Vol. XXX, No. 15 May 2, 2008 In "The Natural Athlete: A Comfortable Myth," Suanne Roueche, currently Editor of NISOD Publications, describes 10 strategies for improving athletes' performances that have proven to work equally as well for improving academic performance. This issue, originally published in 1983, is [...]
2006-2007 Innovation Abstracts Issue Description Vol. XXIX, No. 15 May 4, 2007 In “Challenging the Myths About Online Learning,” Robert Mendenhall, President, Western Governors University (UT), and Mark David Milliron, former NISOD Director, at The University of Texas at Austin, discuss 10 of the most common myths that faculty believe about this [...]
2005-2006 Innovation Abstracts Issue Description Vol. XXVIII, No. 15 May 5, 2006 In “Practical Advice: Focusing on the Attentional Needs of College Freshmen,” Lori Norin, Assistant Professor of Speech Communication, at the University of Arkansas-Fort Smith, describes her successful strategies for responding to barriers that ADHD creates for an unfortunate number of [...]
2003-2004 Innovation Abstracts Issue Description Vol. XXVI, No. 15 May 7, 2004 "Getting Them Excited the First Day," by Alice Reinke, Karen Kemp, Rod Somppi, and Paul Johnson, members of the Curriculum and Technology Planning Team, at Confederation College (CN), describes the results of a collegewide strategy for getting all students off [...]
2002-2003 Innovation Abstracts Issue Description Vol. XXV, No. 15 May 2, 2003 In "Listening: Everyone's Responsibility," Kimberly Batty-Herbert, Instructor in Communications at Clovis Community College (NM), describes the practices and challenges of good listening, emphasizes the critical need to teach good listening skills, and addresses the importance of college faculty and administrators [...]
2001-2002 Innovation Abstracts Issue Description Vol. XXIV, No. 15 May 3, 2002 "A New Faculty Orientation," by Eric Wildman, at Tomball College (TX), describes important activities to acquaint new faculty with the college and each other. Held at a bowling alley, the day's activities included unusual opportunities to share successful strategies for [...]
2000-2001 Innovation Abstracts Vol. XXIII, No. 15 May 4, 2001 Telephone Voice Mail: A Significant Force in Distance Education Vol. XXIII, No. 14 April 27, 2001 Community Building Vol. XXIII, No. 13 April 20, 2001 Surprise! Something a Little Different Today Fishing for Poets Vol. XXIII, No. 12 April 13, 2001 Awakening [...]