Engaging Learners Through Creative Assessments This webinar explores how creative assessments can engage learners by allowing them to demonstrate knowledge using their individual strengths; allows participants in all disciplines to challenge the way they assess learners; provides examples of creative assessments; and explores ways to grade different types of assignments. Learning Outcomes: 1. [...]
Volume XLIII, No. 16 | May 6, 2021 Converting Corequisite Writing Into a Model of Student Success One of the greatest feats a college can achieve is student retention. Retention speaks to students’ satisfaction with the educational value, instruction, and cost of the college. It means that students see the [...]
Volume XLIII, No. 15 | April 29, 2021 Providing Students With Emotional Support During a Pandemic The coronavirus pandemic has changed our “normal” or daily routine. What was expected to be a two-week shelter in place or “lockdown” became considerably longer. I'm an adjunct instructor who primarily works from home, so [...]
Volume XLIII, No. 14 | April 22, 2021 Best Practices for Communicating With Students Online Beginning in the early 2000s and continuing today, the rate at which non-traditional students enroll in postsecondary institutions has been steadily rising. This phenomenon, in part, fuels the need for distance learning opportunities. Moreover, given [...]
The NISOD Papers Issue No. 21 • April 2021 In “The Simple Question That Became a Movement," Doug Berry, Vice President, Academic Affairs, Phoenix College; Anne Suzuki, Dean, Student Development, Chandler-Gilbert Community College; and Andrea Scherrer, Professor, Counseling, Scottsdale Community College, explore how the question “What’s your why?” connected a diverse group of [...]
PRESS RELEASE: NISOD Announces 2021 Student Graphic Design Winner For Immediate Release NISOD Announces 2021 Student Graphic Design Winner Austin, Texas, April 16, 2021 – The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) announced that Kiki Kelley, a student at Central Texas College (TX), is the winner of the 2021 Student Graphic [...]
PRESS RELEASE: 2021 Scott Wright Student Essay Contest Winners For Immediate Release NISOD Announces 2021 Scott Wright Student Essay Contest Winners Austin, Texas – April 15, 2021 – The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) is proud to announce the winners of its 2021 Scott Wright Student Essay [...]
NISOD is proud to announce the winners of the 2021 Scott Wright Student Essay Contest! Highline College Read the winning essay by Farkhanda Farkhanda Moin Student Christie Knighton Faculty, English Language/Career and Academic Prep Dr. John Mosby [...]
Meet the 2021 Faculty Conference Scholarship Recipients Read more about 2021's five Faculty Conference Scholarship recipients and learn how they exhibit values that reflect NISOD’s mission of promoting and celebrating excellence in teaching, learning, and leadership at community and technical colleges. David Blevins Institution: Roane State Community College [...]
Volume XLIII, No. 13 | April 15, 2021 Digital Textbook for Principles of Chemistry I Over the past few years, enrollment in the Principles of Chemistry I course at Georgia State University's Perimeter College has declined and the withdrawal rate has remained consistent. Part of the main general chemistry sequence, it's [...]