Volume XLIII, No. 2 | January 28, 2020 Pivoting in a Time of Pandemic: The Faculty Experience Across the landscape of American higher education, there exist over 1,000 two-year colleges. These institutions account for 23 percent of all colleges and universities while educating 29 percent of their students (Carnegie Classification of [...]
Volume XLIII, No. 1 | January 21, 2020 Five Ways to Make Your Online Foreign Language Content More Brain-Friendly Between the threat of COVID, national unrest, and the stress of everyday life, students are experiencing an unprecedented amount of information overload and anxiety. Neuroscience has taught us that our brains do [...]
#NISODProfiles - James L. Allison "We are all recruiters, counselors, advisors, coaches, and cheerleaders for our students." #NISODProfiles | January 21, 2021 How long have you been an educator? Fourteen years. What is your favorite [...]
Member Spotlight - Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society “We recognize and give opportunities to more than 250,000 active Phi Theta Kappa members each year, and it would not be possible without the dedicated college faculty and staff serving as chapter advisors. Just as they are the front lines promoting [...]
Volume XLII, No. 47 | December 10, 2020 Building a Classroom Culture of Gratitude The problem with great ideas is finding the time to learn about them and implement them in the classroom. But building a culture of gratitude in the classroom can be done little by little each day, in [...]
Volume XLII, No. 46 | December 3, 2020 Student-Centered Guidance for Encouraging Inclusive, Online Learning Environments “Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you can do.” – John Wooden Wherever and whatever a student studies, the chances are now higher than ever they will take an online course for [...]
#NISODProfiles - Shamim Arastu "Community college gives me the opportunity to work closely with students in a smaller setting. I love sharing information with students that will help them make choices about their areas of interest in the field of education. I serve as a bridge to [...]
Member Spotlight - Macomb Community College “Macomb Community College’s mission is to transform lives and communities through the power of education, enrichment, and economic development. NISOD is an important resource in our pervasive focus on supporting student success.” –Dr. James O. Sawyer IV, President, Macomb Community College [...]
Volume XLII, No. 45 | November 26, 2020 Let’s Show Compassion and Empathy to Our Students While Diversifying Our Online Courses The pandemic thrust many instructors into an online environment for which they were unprepared. Prior to COVID-19, teaching online required several hours of training and time spent designing course content [...]
#NISODProfiles - Mwauna Maxwell "Faculty, I invite you to visualize your students leaving the classroom at the end of the semester with a distinct feeling of belongingness and value. Now, think about all the experiences, beginning with the first day, that will engender those feelings. Your relationship with [...]