Webinar Series Archive
Informational Webinar: NISOD 101: Student Essay Contest and Graphic Design Contest
Informational Webinar: NISOD 101: Student Essay Contest and Graphic Design Contest Are you interested in learning more about NISOD’s Student Essay Contest and Student Graphic Design Contest? Students at NISOD-member colleges are eligible to [...]
Integrating Current Events Into Any College Course
Integrating Current Events Into Any College Course Newsworthy events related to almost every discipline occur on a daily basis. There are positive results when people are better educated and have a better understanding of the world around them. [...]
Brain-Based Teaching and Learning
Brain-Based Teaching and Learning This webinar provides an overview of brain-based teaching and learning theories and research. Topics include an overview of key findings from Brain Rules: 12 Principles for Surviving and Thriving at Work, [...]
What’s the Secret to Creating Classroom Discussions That Work?
What’s the Secret to Creating Classroom Discussions That Work? While discussions are effective pedagogical tools, they can be frustrating to students, lead to uncomfortable silences, and can be dominated by a couple of speakers. This webinar provides concrete [...]
Fostering Habits of Mind in Today’s Students: A New Approach to Developmental Education
Fostering Habits of Mind in Today’s Students: A New Approach to Developmental Education Successful preparation for college and future careers requires more than just skill development. An array of intellectual characteristics such as [...]
Using Social Media for Active Learning
Using Social Media for Active Learning People use social media in their everyday lives to connect to people and information. It can be challenging to effectively leverage social media in the classroom. The benefits [...]
To Innovation and Beyond: Program Models for Building Entrepreneurship and Innovation Extracurricular Programs
To Innovation and Beyond: Program Models for Building Entrepreneurship and Innovation Extracurricular Programs Providing extracurricular programs for community college students can be challenging due to the competing demands students face. Yet, it has become [...]
Launching a Collegewide Online Course Quality Review Initiative
Launching a Collegewide Online Course Quality Review Initiative In the fall of 2017 we began the journey of adopting and implementing a peer-based online course quality review rubric and process with the goal [...]
The Retention Divide: Building New Cultural Bridges
The Retention Divide: Building New Cultural Bridges Diminishing retention returns are a recurring topic in scholarly discourse. The topic of retention within the context of community colleges is particularly viable because the student demographic [...]
Student Engagement in College: The Heartbeat of Student Success (A Two-Part Webinar Series)
Student Engagement in College: The Heartbeat of Student Success (A Two-Part Webinar Series) This webinar is a two-part series that will challenge faculty and administration to examine their levels of engagement; how their [...]
Tools That Increase Student Engagement in Online Courses
Tools That Increase Student Engagement in Online Courses Today's students are accustomed to continuous movement and visual stimulation. This session explores free and low-cost tools that can help increase student engagement in online [...]
Student Engagement in College: The Heartbeat of Student Success (Part One of Two)
Student Engagement in College: The Heartbeat of Student Success (Part One of Two) This webinar is a two-part series that will challenge faculty and administration to examine their levels of engagement; how their [...]
Are Your Students Global Citizens? How to Teach Diversity to the Leaders of Tomorrow
Are Your Students Global Citizens? How to Teach Diversity to the Leaders of Tomorrow Teaching diversity requires strong relationships that encourage dialogue and action so that today’s students become leaders of tomorrow. Confederation College [...]
Assessment Advocate: An Attribute of Teaching Excellence and Educational “Hotness”
Assessment Advocate: An Attribute of Teaching Excellence and Educational “Hotness” This webinar is the third in a three-part series titled Elevating Your Educational “Hotness”: Achieving Teaching Excellence. The first two webinars discussed faculty [...]
Entrepreneurial Mindset: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Advance Student Success
Entrepreneurial Mindset: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Advance Student Success Entrepreneurship is more than an academic discipline and reaches far beyond the concept of traditional business creation and small business management. Entrepreneurship is a mindset—a [...]
Classroom Management: Enough With the Nonsense!
Classroom Management: Enough With the Nonsense! Learn about effective classroom management strategies that promote student success. Webinar participants discuss research-based classroom techniques specific for higher education learning and gain an understanding about the importance [...]
Establishing a Social Presence in the Online Environment
Establishing a Social Presence in the Online Environment Despite the increasing popularity of online courses, retention in these courses is much lower than their face-to-face counterparts. The content in both delivery methods is the [...]
Teaching in the “SLO” Lane
Teaching in the "SLO" Lane This webinar illustrates how to design courses around Student Learning Outcomes (SLOs) and how those outcomes benefit student learning. Have you ever questioned whether you are teaching students what [...]
Student-centered Mindset: An Attribute of Teaching Excellence and Educational “Hotness”
Student-centered Mindset: An Attribute of Teaching Excellence and Educational “Hotness” This webinar is the second in a three-part series titled Elevating Your Educational “Hotness”: Achieving Teaching Excellence. Part one of the series discussed [...]
Teaching Techniques: Beyond Lectures
Teaching Techniques: Beyond Lectures Are you tired of lecturing semester after semester? Learn how to revitalize your classroom by using active learning to facilitate interactions between you and your students. This webinar introduces teaching techniques [...]
Elevating Your Educational “Hotness”: Achieving Teaching Excellence
Elevating Your Educational "Hotness": Achieving Teaching Excellence This webinar is the first in a three-part series that focuses on specific attributes exhibited by excellent faculty. In an effort to create a culture of teaching [...]
Social Presence in Online Learning: A Critical Literacy for Effective Online Experiences
Social Presence in Online Learning: A Critical Literacy for Effective Online Experiences Recent research suggests that students continue to struggle with isolation and disconnectedness in online courses. This webinar addresses the importance of human [...]
Dynamic Lecturing: Research-Based Strategies to Enhance Lecture Effectiveness
Dynamic Lecturing: Research-Based Strategies to Enhance Lecture Effectiveness In the fight against poor teaching, lecturing has been unjustly accused and vilified. If someone describes a lecture as ineffective, the webinar facilitator asks three questions: [...]
Teach Students How to Learn: Metacognition Is the Key!
Teach Students How to Learn: Metacognition Is the Key! Today’s students come to college with widely varying academic skills, interests, and motivation levels. Faculty often lament that students are focused on achieving high grades, [...]
Bird by Bird: Creating a Culture of Teaching Excellence
Bird by Bird: Creating a Culture of Teaching Excellence "Student success" is a common mantra in higher education; however, in order to realize student success, institutions must first have "teacher success." This webinar discusses strategies [...]