NISOD is Excited to Share Member Updates! We extend a warm welcome to our new and returning members and look forward to serving your professional development needs in the years to come. Returning Members Kalamazoo Valley Community College Where: Kalamazoo, Michigan About: Kalamazoo Valley Community College is a comprehensive, public, two-year [...]
NISOD is Excited to Share Member Updates! We extend a warm welcome to our new and returning members and look forward to serving your professional development needs in the years to come. New Members San Jose City College Where: San Jose, California About: San Jose City College's mission is to serve [...]
Coping With COVID: A Snapshot of Faculty Skills, Challenges, and Lessons Learned In spring 2020, the world shifted in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. In this webinar, the facilitators share the results of an investigation into what their two-year colleagues have done to cope with the stress of teaching, research, and service at their colleges since the online transition. Hear about the skills found to be successful, the challenges faced, [...]
NISOD is Excited to Share Member Updates! We extend a warm welcome to our new and returning members and look forward to serving your professional development needs in the years to come. Returning Members Umpqua Community College Where: Roseburg, Oregon About: Nestled in the beautiful North Umpqua River Valley, Umpqua Community [...]
Supervising and Supporting Staff and Faculty in a Virtual World The current pandemic has some institutions mandating that staff and faculty work 100 percent remotely. This is a significant adjustment to the way we operate as a team and support one another and our students. This interactive webinar addresses the challenges and opportunities of the virtual work environment. The presenters focus on three specific areas: Communication, compassion, and community. Participants learn [...]
NISOD is Excited to Share Member Updates! We extend a warm welcome to our new and returning members and look forward to serving your professional development needs in the years to come. New Members Augusta Technical College Where: Augusta, Georgia About: Since its opening in 1961, Augusta Technical College remains dedicated [...]
The Scope of Colleges This webinar explores why and how faculty must align and connect course objectives, course learning outcomes, and program learning outcomes with syllabi, class lessons, and assessment plans. The facilitator explains curriculum mapping and how it affects student success. Participants learn to identify the disconnect between instructor, student, and employers, and how [...]
Guided Pathways: A First Look at Student Experiences and the Role of Faculty Across the country, colleges are redesigning guided pathways. How are students experiencing this change? This webinar discusses a national report from the Center for Community College Student Engagement that takes a first look at how students are experiencing this transformational reform. Participants also [...]
A Syrian Immigrant's Perspective on Teaching English to Non-Native Speakers This webinar presents an activity that teaches English to international and immigrant students. The presented activity includes three procedures that shore up students' confidence and build their prowess in a college writing course. First, participants use a candy-based exercise, including the well-known Hershey’s Kisses, to stimulate the five senses and generate descriptive words. Next, participants focus [...]
Questions That Create Connections: Fostering Deep Learning in Person and Online With Polling and Quizzing Whether online, in-person, or any imaginable combination of the two, student engagement matters now more than ever. In this webinar, participants learn how to get started quickly using polling and asynchronous quizzes to facilitate active learning, gather timely student feedback, [...]