The good news is that there IS still time for VCCS faculty to migrate course content to the new Canvas LMS. The deadline is May 17. Here’s a video to help. The rollout of Canvas began in the fall semester of 2018. Under guidance from the VCCS’s eLearning and Educational Technology committee (eLET), instructional designers […]
Placement tests and developmental instruction were intended to help underprepared students succeed in college. There’s growing evidence that those good intentions are not helping, but instead are holding back many students who could succeed in college level courses, with the proper support. “We need to redesign our system for placing students in gateway math and […]
Two leading national experts in student hunger and poverty told VCCS faculty and administrators in clear terms that they must do more to help students cope with serious issues they face outside the classroom. Dr. Sara Goldrick-Rab and Dr. Russell Lowery-Hart bookended New Horizons, the annual VCCS faculty conference that brought more than 900 instructors […]
Nominating Jill Mitchell to be recognized for the VCCS top faculty honor, Northern Virginia Community College President Scott Ralls wrote “Jill has a uniquely stimulating style of teaching, being able to relate discipline concepts to real world business situations, using her depth of professional experience and her personal abilities to relate to her students. She […]
Mapquest says the distance from Hollywood, CA to Cedar Bluff, VA is 2,362 miles, but this month, the gap will seem a bit smaller with a collection of items from the golden era of movies on public view at Southwest Virginia Community College. As part of SWCC’s Festival of the Arts, and exhibit of film […]
Five Mountain Empire Community College students put their Spring Break to good use this year, participating in MECC’s first annual Alternative Spring Break service trip. The team traveled to Greensboro, NC in the college-sponsored project and partnered with Habitat for Humanity to rehab an existing Habitat house. Over the course of five days, the team […]
VCCS Registered Nurse training programs have earned high marks in a new ranking of nursing programs across Virginia. Compiled by California-based RegisteredNursing.org, the rankings were based on pass-rates for the NCLEX-RN exam, the National Council Licensure Examination used by states to determine whether a candidate is prepared for entry-level nursing practice. Of the 63 RN […]
“We bounced from motels to homeless shelters and were even forced to sleep in our car during my sophomore year in high school.” Niketas Koussis doesn’t hold back when asked about his upbringing. “I experienced days where my only meal was the free one at school and I struggled because I didn’t have access to […]
An organization that promotes the use of drone aircraft by public safety agencies has commended Piedmont Virginia Community College’s unmanned aircraft training program for its leadership in the nascent field. The National Council for Public Safety Unmanned Aircraft Systems recognized PVCC during the college’s recent three day conference on drone operations near Charlottesville. Charles L. […]
“Meeting face-to-face for a whole day made a tremendous difference,” said Patricia Parker, project director for Transfer Virginia. Parker says she was thrilled at the enthusiasm and commitment she witnessed when 250 educators from more than 60 Virginia institutions gathered in Staunton March 15 for a “Call to Action” to improve the transfer process for […]