Academic & Student Affairs at Minnesota State
Attending to Cognitive Capacity in Videos The availability of screen recording tools like, Kaltura Capture, a tool available to the entire Minnesota State community, has made it extremely easy for anyone to record their screen as they narrate. As such, videos have become a popular way to deliver instruction to students. Media outlets [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] that cover education... Continue Reading →
Dr. Kim Sommers, PsyD, LP and Dr. Lindsay Murn, PhD, LP - Minnesota State University, Mankato On Twitter and Instagram, memes and jokes about therapy and counseling have gone viral. Of course, this is not the same as mental health and psychological support, but it does mark that the conversation around mental health is changing.... Continue Reading →
By Travis Dolence and Nathan Rundquist, Minnesota State University Moorhead Unless you’ve been living under a rock for the past several years, you’ve noticed that the number of podcasts on the market has exploded. From politics and true crime to more niche topics like fly tying and pen collecting, podcasts have become a vehicle for... Continue Reading →
In 2019, professors Robert Jersak (Century College) and Dave Engen (Minnesota State University, Mankato) teamed up with a diverse group of six students to produce The Finding Your Place College Podcast - a podcast series featuring authentic student voices as they explore the joys and challenges of college. Robert and Dave invite faculty and staff... Continue Reading →
Subscribe to the ASA Newsletter Join the Faculty Development Listserv Pivoting from Emergency Remote Teaching to Intentional Online Teaching by Catherine Ford If you could choose one word to describe the last six weeks, what would it be? Chaotic, whirlwind, abrupt, disruptive, or challenging? If so, you are not alone; these have been a few... Continue Reading →
Written by Alissa Martinka Are Your Students Really Reading Their Textbooks? Our story begins about ten years ago when we decided to return to graduate school. Mary Gruis and I wereboth composition and literature instructors, but our college is a small institution, so when we needed reading instructors, several of us decided to add this... Continue Reading →
Digital badges can be helpful for communicating skills and competencies that a person successfully acquires or demonstrates. St. Cloud State University received innovation funding through Minnesota State and partnered with North Hennepin Community College to explore ways that digital badges can complement existing credentials, and help bridge the communication gap between the skills students have and the... Continue Reading →
The Innovating through COVID-19 funding program encourages the sharing and use of innovative practices in online teaching and student services. Funding is dedicated to the creation of good quality multimedia demonstrations of practices developed or perfected during the COVID-19 pandemic. Multimedia demonstrations will be shared system-wide in preparation for fall 2020. Faculty and staff innovators are invited to submit an application describing the innovative practice they have... Continue Reading →
For the third year in a row, Educational Innovations is pleased to provide a unique opportunity for Minnesota State employees attending the Shark Tank Open (STO) – Pay It Forward Funding! Pay It Forward Funding is available for up to $10,000, and rewards innovators who wish to replicate a previously funded innovation project on their college or university campus. ... Continue Reading →
It is said that "necessity is the mother of all creation." If that cliché' holds true, then the world of vocational/technical education should be undergoing a renaissance. Across the nation, technical colleges have been suffering from declines in enrollment, transitioning of the traditional manufacturing employment space, and an identity crisis questioning what a technical college... Continue Reading →
The 5th Annual Shark Tank Open presenters have been announced! Just as in past years, there will be three themed rooms with four presentations each. Faculty and staff will present their project ideas to a panel of judges (the sharks) in an effort to receive up to $25,000 in innovation funding! Learn more about the... Continue Reading →
How we created an innovative, high quality, open educational resourceBy Katie Nelson, Ph.D. Inver Hills Community College On the first day of class, I frequently ask my students to write on a note card how they would define anthropology. The responses are always interesting. Many accurately state that anthropology is the study of what makes... Continue Reading →