Volume XLII, No. 34 | September 10, 2020 Battlefield of the Mind: A Closer Look at Test Anxiety Tests and evaluations are an inescapable part of our world. While an assessment's primary goal is to evaluate a student’s aptitude and identify the need for improvement, it is also a standard tool [...]
For Immediate Release New Partnership Seeks to Accelerate Expansion of IEBC 'Caring Campus' Initiative Austin, Texas – September 1, 2020 – The Institute for Evidence-Based Change (IEBC) seeks to accelerate expansion of its 'Caring Campus' initiative through a new partnership with the National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD). For more than four [...]
Member Spotlight - County College of Morris “At County College of Morris, we are committed to delivering exceptional programs and services to change lives and strengthen communities. As a member of NISOD, we are able to provide faculty and staff with high-quality resources and recognition to support our mission [...]
Volume XLII, No. 33 | September 3, 2020 Brackets Are for More Than March Madness: Using a Snowball Pitch Activity to Foster Student Engagement and Learning Game-based, competition-based, and project-based activities have been found to positively impact student learning. The Snowball Pitch, an activity that combines game-based, competition-based, and project-based learning [...]
#NISODProfiles - George J. Jaber "Share your knowledge as a gift freely given. Students want to absorb information, and when you deliver it to them with positive encouragement, they want to please you with their acceptance." #NISODProfiles | August 27, 2020 [...]
The NISOD Papers Issue No. 19 • December 2020 In “Increasing Student Engagement at St. Petersburg College: How a Pilot NSLS Chapter Improved Student Success and Retention,” Stephanie Henningsen, Student Life and Leadership Coordinator, St. Petersburg College, explains how a national leadership society can support the success and retention of Black male students. [...]
Volume XLII, No. 32 | August 27, 2020 Problem Solving for the Future: Teaching Using Scenarios and Backcasting Depictions of the future in popular media tend to focus on humanoid robots, space travel, and other new technologies, but “the future” encompasses much more than these developments. Thinking about the future includes [...]
Member Spotlight - Florida SouthWestern State College “Here at Florida SouthWestern State College, we take great pride in the quality and the commitment of our dedicated and talented faculty. These educators constantly challenge and expand the academic possibilities for our students while continually striving to advance their own knowledge [...]
Volume XLII, No. 31 | August 20, 2020 Humility and Humor: A Holistic Approach to the New Online Reality When the world went into lock down this spring, everything changed for educators and learners alike. The initial panic took instructors into overdrive to ensure course content could be wrapped into a digestible [...]
#NISODProfiles - Thankam Samuel "When I come into work every day, I think of ways that I can serve my students that not only help them succeed academically, but help them feel comfortable in the classroom in order to facilitate their learning. I believe the teacher [...]