Innovation Abstracts, NISOD’s flagship teaching strategies publication, provides an excellent opportunity for community and technical college educators to learn about and share best ideas about programs, projects, and strategies that improve students’ higher education experiences.

10 Oct, 2014

Accelerating Academic Achievement: Paired Courses in Developmental Education

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Volume XXXVI, No. 22 | October 10, 2014 Accelerating Academic Achievement: Paired Courses in Developmental Education Two-year colleges across the country face significant challenges retaining their diverse student populations and helping them progress to graduation. A very important barrier is developmental coursework in reading, writing, and mathematics, to which a majority of entering [...]

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3 Oct, 2014

The Impact of Gender-Specific Organizations on Community College Campuses

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Volume XXXVI, No. 21 | October 3, 2014 The Impact of Gender-Specific Organizations on Community College Campuses Introduction In recent years, women's gender roles in society are being reconsidered, both domestically and internationally. From the success of Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg, to First [...]

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26 Sep, 2014

Supporting At-Risk Students With BYOD Applications

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Volume XXXVI, No. 20 | September 26, 2014 Supporting At-Risk Students With BYOD Applications Developmental education and first-year sequence programs are common offerings at community and technical colleges. According to Bailey (2009), approximately 60 percent of incoming community college students are required to take at least one developmental course. These students often [...]

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19 Sep, 2014

Connecting Old Knowledge and New Knowledge

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Volume XXXVI, No. 19 | September 19, 2014 Connecting Old Knowledge and New Knowledge Imagine two college students are having the following conversation. A: Did you fix it? B: No. A: No? Why not? B: The place was closed by the time I got there. A: Then how are you going to get [...]

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12 Sep, 2014

Lesson Delivery: What Every Instructor Can Do Everyday

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Volume XXXVI, No. 18 | September 12, 2014 Lesson Delivery: What Every Instructor Can Do Everyday At the heart of every good lesson lies a good plan. Regardless of how the plan is documented, educational preparatory programs, insist on a teacher's ability to create and implement well thought out lesson plans prior to [...]

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5 Sep, 2014

Using a Foreign Language to Teach Document Design

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Volume XXXVI, No. 17 | September 5, 2014 Using a Foreign Language to Teach Document Design Since I began teaching technical writing with computers 20 years ago, I have discovered that no matter how intelligent my students are, they still struggle to create a specified format. Part of the problem is created by [...]

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29 Aug, 2014

Building More Comprehensive Community College Success Metrics: Why Completing a Degree Is Not the Only Way to Succeed

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Volume XXXVI, No. 16 | August 29, 2014 Building More Comprehensive Community College Success Metrics: Why Completing a Degree Is Not the Only Way to Succeed Recent research on the California community college system has revealed that workforce-training programs yield some of the highest earnings for community college students, regardless of whether those students [...]

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2 May, 2014

If You Feed Them, They Will Come: Ten Commandments of Successful Professional Enrichment

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Volume XXXVI, No. 15 | May 2, 2014 If You Feed Them, They Will Come: Ten Commandments of Successful Professional Enrichment Phase I: Professional Development Two years ago Nash Community College embarked on a campuswide, strategic professional development plan via AVID (Advancement via Individual Determination). This comprehensive professional development included instructional activities [...]

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25 Apr, 2014

Institutional Wobble: An Avoidable Condition

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Volume XXXVI, No. 14 | April 25, 2014 Institutional Wobble: An Avoidable Condition Many colleges use mascots to create a sense of community and identity. Typically they encapsulate real or desired attributes, such as intensity or tenacity, for their athletic teams. If you were to select a symbol that captures the essence of [...]

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18 Apr, 2014

The Importance of Student Stories

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Volume XXXVI, No. 13 | April 18, 2014 The Importance of Student Stories I will never forget the first time I shared my community college success story. The president of the college where I had graduated from and was currently working asked me to share my success story at the college’s annual fundraising [...]

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