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The QM course review process
The Quality Matters, QM, course review process has a series of simple steps. Please review the PDF which explain those steps. Feel free to use the PDF for your colleagues. [QM Review Presentation]
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Problem solving 101
The issue Here is a excerpt from a student email… Mr. Rogers, I’m taking the basic Web Graphics class this semester and I’m seeing subjects in the class expectations that remind me of what [will be expected of me in the final Capstone class]. I’m writing this because I had some areas in HTML that kind…
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Obama gives some love to Community Colleges
I was glad to see President Obama showing some recognition, and support, to community colleges this week. Community Colleges are an affordable way for workers and students to retool in a down economy and are a real treasure in the community. Peter Nicholas (LA Times), reports that “with unemployment continuing to climb, President Obama on…
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Inside IDEO
Inside IDEO is an outstanding overview of the design process using PBCL principles.
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The makinglearningreal.org is live
I wanted to take this opportunity to let everyone know about a project that I and a group of NSCC faculty, administrators, and students have been working on. One application of critical thinking teaching modalities in the classroom is through the PBCL model (Problem-based Case Learning). This method creates a partnership between faculty, students, and…
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Free education anyone?
The following article appeared in the NY Times, http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/26/education/26university.html?_r=1. The web is certainly changing things. Learning objects are everywhere on the web. The educators of the future will be curriculum designers, advisers, learning object creators, learning object aggregaters, assessment specialists, and provide some sort of gateway or certification process to assure industry that employees are…
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