PRESS RELEASE: NISOD Announces 2020 Student Graphic Design Winner For Immediate Release NISOD Announces 2020 Student Graphic Design Winner Austin, Texas, April 14, 2020 – The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) announced that Juana Carrillo, a student at Coastline College (CA), is the winner of the 2020 Student Graphic Design Contest. As [...]
PRESS RELEASE: 2020 Scott Wright Student Essay Contest Winners For Immediate Release NISOD Announces 2020 Scott Wright Student Essay Contest Winners Austin, Texas – April 14, 2020 – The National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD) is proud to announce the winners of its 2020 Scott Wright Student Essay [...]
Member Spotlight - Central Carolina Technical College "Central Carolina Technical College is dedicated to fostering a positive environment for teaching and learning. Our NISOD membership ensures that our faculty and staff have access to professional development materials on national trends in higher education that are relevant for community and technical [...]
Volume XLII, No. 13 | April 16, 2020 Digital Literacy and Micro-Credentialing to Improve College Graduate Marketability Digital literacy is the ability to use technology to locate, evaluate, retrieve, organize, integrate, synthesize, analyze, produce, and communicate information through digital platforms. Digital literacy can play a powerful role in helping students connect, learn, [...]
The NISOD Papers Issue No. 16 • April 2020 In “Promoting a Positive Personal Digital Presence Among College Students,” Lane Freeman, Department Chair, Nash Community College-North Carolina, shares a method for helping students develop a digital presence. Download the article below:
Member Spotlight - Garden City Community College "We are in a people business--the core of everything that we do is people. With that in mind, we continually find ways to improve ourselves and how we conduct business. Professional development is critical to the success of our employees and institution. At [...]
Volume XLII, No. 12 | April 9, 2020 What to Expect When Testing Occurs Online As undergraduate classrooms across the country transition online, many faculty members are concerned about assessing their students in online environments. These concerns include issues with academic integrity and the lack of reliable proctoring of assessments. What options [...]
PRESS RELEASE: NISOD Announces Online Convenings and Teaching Online Toolkit For Immediate Release NISOD Announces Online Convenings and Teaching Online Toolkit Austin, Texas—April 2, 2020— NISOD is happy to announce that it has restructured its 2020 annual conference as a series of online convenings. These events will feature purposefully selected presentations originally planned for the annual onsite [...]
Member Spotlight - Metropolitan Community College “Being a member of NISOD helps Metropolitan Community College strategize, share ideas, and network with a community of college professionals. We also enjoy participating in informative webinars which benefit our students, faculty, and staff.” -Dr. Kimberly Beatty, Chancellor, Metropolitan Community College Dr. [...]
Volume XLII, No. 11 | April 2, 2020 An Emergency Field Guide to Helping Students Succeed in Online Classes The decision for many colleges to move coursework temporarily online, to send the majority of staff and faculty home to work remotely, and to limit campus resources was not made lightly. The knowledge [...]