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NISOD Innovation Abstracts - VOL. XXVIII, Nos. 23, 24, 25


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Vol. XXVIII, No. 23

In "Innovation and Evocation: Supporting Teaching and Learning Through Short Writing Assignments," Devon Galway, Professor of Technology and Trades, at Algonquin College (Ontario, CN), describes a unique way of students communicating directly with the professor through Summary and Response Pieces. All students have profited by this approach to staying in good touch and monitoring progress.

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Vol. XXVIII, No. 24

In “The Liberal Mothers Stage: A Paradigm for the Single Mother College Student,” Rochelle Holland, Assistant Professor of Counseling, at Borough of Manhattan Community College (NY), describes a program to help single mothers identify, embrace, and survive the multiple tasks that childrearing and college responsibilities create.

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https://www.nisod.org/password/online_abstracts/2006-2007/volxxviiino24.pdf

Vol. XXVIII, No. 25

In “The Significance of an Overseas College Service Project,” Susan McClung, Humanities instructor at Hillsborough Community College, Ybor City Campus (FL), describes benefits to students and faculty who participated in a humanitarian service project in Ghana, Africa. Academic and personal benefits strengthened the students’ academic skills and fine-tuned their appreciation of belonging, involvement, and responsibility that grew from the African experience and spread into their local communities.

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https://www.nisod.org/password/online_abstracts/2006-2007/volxxviiino25.pdf

Richard Degus
Executive Assistant to the President
11/13/2006