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.

26 Apr, 2022

“And Scene!” Using Best Practices From Institutional Assessment Processes to Enhance Virtual Learning Experiences

2022-04-27T19:14:21-05:00

Volume XLIV, No. 8 | April 28, 2022 “And Scene!” Using Best Practices From Institutional Assessment Processes to Enhance Virtual Learning Experiences In 2019, more than 170 faculty and staff gathered at a design thinking session at Tallahassee Community College (TCC) to answer the following question: How might TCC redesign its [...]

“And Scene!” Using Best Practices From Institutional Assessment Processes to Enhance Virtual Learning Experiences2022-04-27T19:14:21-05:00
12 Apr, 2022

Incorporating DEI Into Visual Arts

2022-04-13T11:50:12-05:00

Volume XLIV, No. 7 | April 14, 2022 Incorporating DEI Into Visual Arts Arts and humanities textbooks contain beautiful images, but the art canon taught in community and technical colleges remains mostly Western. This poses a challenge to instructors who wish to teach courses from a non-Western or global perspective, and [...]

Incorporating DEI Into Visual Arts2022-04-13T11:50:12-05:00
29 Mar, 2022

Viewing BIPOC Students as S.T.E.A.M. Professionals

2022-03-30T14:41:52-05:00

Volume XLIV, No. 6 | March 31, 2022 Viewing BIPOC Students as S.T.E.A.M. Professionals Introduction: An Afterthought When I share my childhood with others, they often cannot believe that I worked as a civil and mechanical engineer for seven years and went on to become an educator. During my K-12 education, [...]

Viewing BIPOC Students as S.T.E.A.M. Professionals2022-03-30T14:41:52-05:00
11 Mar, 2022

Process of Collaborative Course Design

2022-03-17T09:34:23-05:00

Volume XLIV, No. 5 | March 17, 2022 Process of Collaborative Course Design Harford Community College (HCC) uses collaborative course design (CCD) for all online physical education (PE) courses. CCD is the shared creation of course content that applies the expertise of multiple faculty members to meet academic rigor and support [...]

Process of Collaborative Course Design2022-03-17T09:34:23-05:00
1 Mar, 2022

Midsemester Evaluations of Teaching: Strengthening Faculty Development in Rapidly Changing Times

2022-03-02T15:50:25-06:00

Volume XLIV, No. 4 | March 3, 2022 Midsemester Evaluations of Teaching: Strengthening Faculty Development in Rapidly Changing Times Student evaluations are used at many higher education institutions to assess faculty performance and encourage self-reflection and improvement over time. However, because these evaluations typically come at the end of the semester, [...]

Midsemester Evaluations of Teaching: Strengthening Faculty Development in Rapidly Changing Times2022-03-02T15:50:25-06:00
14 Feb, 2022

Teaching Argumentative Writing in the Age of Trigger Warnings and Safe Spaces

2022-02-16T14:05:51-06:00

Volume XLIV, No. 3 | February 17, 2022 Teaching Argumentative Writing in the Age of Trigger Warnings and Safe Spaces In 2016, an opinion article in The New York Times entitled “Trigger Warnings, Safe Spaces, and Free Speech, Too,” was written by Sophie Downes, a then-college student at the University of [...]

Teaching Argumentative Writing in the Age of Trigger Warnings and Safe Spaces2022-02-16T14:05:51-06:00
1 Feb, 2022

Adopting OER to Support Equity in Instruction and Learning

2022-02-03T09:53:11-06:00

Volume XLIV, No. 2 | February 3, 2022 Adopting OER to Support Equity in Instruction and Learning Open Educational Resources (OER) are having a moment. The state of California just invested an unprecedented $115 million to develop zero textbook cost degrees and OER at the California Community Colleges. But OER adoption [...]

Adopting OER to Support Equity in Instruction and Learning2022-02-03T09:53:11-06:00
18 Jan, 2022

Meh: Faculty Life After (During) the Pandemic

2022-01-19T13:51:30-06:00

This article is a continuation of the research that began in a previous issue of Innovation Abstracts, "Pivoting in a Time of Pandemic: The Faculty Experience" (Peterson et al., 2020). If you have not already read the first article, you can do so here. y Volume XLIV, No. 1 | January 20, 2022 [...]

Meh: Faculty Life After (During) the Pandemic2022-01-19T13:51:30-06:00
13 Dec, 2021

On Becoming Writing Practitioners

2021-12-15T08:10:27-06:00

Volume XLIII, No. 33 | December 16, 2021 On Becoming Writing Practitioners As the co-editor of a national journal, I have been told privately by many English instructors that they would love to contribute something to a journal, faculty newsletter, or newspaper editorial page. Their promises are seldom kept. The common [...]

On Becoming Writing Practitioners2021-12-15T08:10:27-06:00
30 Nov, 2021

Intrusive Advising as a Retention Strategy

2021-12-02T09:13:55-06:00

Volume XLIII, No. 32 | December 2, 2021 Intrusive Advising as a Retention Strategy Educators are often not aware that students are struggling until it's too late. We encourage students to contact us if they have concerns, but very few students do. How can we get ahead of problems before it's [...]

Intrusive Advising as a Retention Strategy2021-12-02T09:13:55-06:00