Considere Media Group
How do you juggle your career, classes, family, and friends? Deb Levy, a certified life and business coach, and a Harvard Extension School workshop leader, offers five tips to help you find success in and out of the classroom.
Rick W. Burkett runs the John A. Logan College Teaching and Learning Center, teaches history, heads runs an educational nonprofit. He publishes blogs on a wide variety of topics, including history, teaching and learning, student success, and teaching online.
Cengage Learning has a post over at the Engaging Minds blog by Tami Strang addressing tips for students about how to become a more engaged learner. The tips have to do with note taking, studying, participating, etc. There are 10 tips provided by students to help other students become more engaged and successful in the learning.
The post is available here.
Rick W. Burkett runs the John A. Logan College Teaching and Learning Center, teaches history, heads runs an educational nonprofit. He publishes blogs on a wide variety of topics, including history, teaching and learning, student success, and teaching online.
This week’s resource is one of the JALC Library online databases: Academic Search Complete. The database is available both on campus and off campus to faculty and students (see links below). The library has also created a video tutorial for using Academic Search Complete.
Continue reading “TLC Resource of the Week – Academic Search Complete”
Rick W. Burkett runs the John A. Logan College Teaching and Learning Center, teaches history, heads runs an educational nonprofit. He publishes blogs on a wide variety of topics, including history, teaching and learning, student success, and teaching online.
This is a neat little video exploring copyright, plagiarism, and the ethical use of content. The video was created by La Trobe University Library.
Rick W. Burkett runs the John A. Logan College Teaching and Learning Center, teaches history, heads runs an educational nonprofit. He publishes blogs on a wide variety of topics, including history, teaching and learning, student success, and teaching online.
In a recent blog post the results of Cengage Learning’s Student Engagement Insights survey showed the top strategies students employed to guarantee their success in college.
The top three practices were: Continue reading “Top Three Steps Students Take to Ensure College Success”
Rick W. Burkett runs the John A. Logan College Teaching and Learning Center, teaches history, heads runs an educational nonprofit. He publishes blogs on a wide variety of topics, including history, teaching and learning, student success, and teaching online.
If you do not check your JALC Volmail account regularly, you can miss important information from your instructors or the college. If you prefer to receive your mail at a different email address, you can forward your Volmail to that account. This video shows the process.
Rick W. Burkett runs the John A. Logan College Teaching and Learning Center, teaches history, heads runs an educational nonprofit. He publishes blogs on a wide variety of topics, including history, teaching and learning, student success, and teaching online.
Here is a link to the PDF version of the infographic: http://www.cengagesites.com/sites/1094/13P-IN0218_PluggedIn_Infographic_w.pdf
Rick W. Burkett runs the John A. Logan College Teaching and Learning Center, teaches history, heads runs an educational nonprofit. He publishes blogs on a wide variety of topics, including history, teaching and learning, student success, and teaching online.
If your are graduating or not retuning to JALC next semester, you will want to stop forwarding your email if you have set Volmail up to do so. The video below shows how to do that.
Rick W. Burkett runs the John A. Logan College Teaching and Learning Center, teaches history, heads runs an educational nonprofit. He publishes blogs on a wide variety of topics, including history, teaching and learning, student success, and teaching online.
This is a useful graphic showing what types of phrases, action words, and fonts to use on your resume. It also includes some words to avoid. The graphic was released by Business News Daily.
Rick W. Burkett runs the John A. Logan College Teaching and Learning Center, teaches history, heads runs an educational nonprofit. He publishes blogs on a wide variety of topics, including history, teaching and learning, student success, and teaching online.
Students from Phi Theta Kappa’s 2014 NerdNation convention discuss the keys to being successful in college and the importance of time management.
Rick W. Burkett runs the John A. Logan College Teaching and Learning Center, teaches history, heads runs an educational nonprofit. He publishes blogs on a wide variety of topics, including history, teaching and learning, student success, and teaching online.
