GlobalSkillsCC

Created by Cheryl Carter (n.d.). as part of the Southern LINCS database. From the database's home page, LINCS is "a national electronic information and communication system for adult literacy." The lesson's stated objective is to help learners understand "registers of language,...distinguish between different registers...and utilize these registers for more effective communication." This lesson is based on Ruby Payne's work.

TO'C taught a full lesson on language registers, week 13, semester 4.

This page provides access to a self-assessment based on Skip Downing's On Course (4E), posted on the Online Study Center, Cengage Learning.

RO used this self-assessment with her students, week 4, semester 4.

Excerpted from On Course, Study Skills: Strategies for Creating Success in College and in Life, by Skip Downing, posted on Google Books.

RO used this case study in class for discussion and to generate a writing assignment, week 3, semester 4.

TEDxTeen, filmed April 2011; posted Nov 2011. Warne defines "anonymous extraordiaries," the unknown people who make a big difference, e.g. the man who wrote Dr. King's speeches, or the young organizers (like Warne) who helped to organize a world-wide event that made a difference in a 25-year war in East Africa.

RO used this video in her penultimate class, which also included discussion of service learning, week 14, semester 4.

Posted to YouTube by unitedfranchisegroup on October 9 2008. The lecture is by Jim Tatem.

RO used this video in a lesson called Urgent vs. Important, week 12, semester 4.

Posted to YouTube by Harmonic ThinkingNow on Jan 19 2010.

RO used this video for her lesson Change Patterns, week 11, semester 4.

Posted on YouTube by InformalMantis on July 17 2011.

RO used this video for her lesson, Change Patterns, week 11, semester 4.

How to Get the Most Out of Studying: Part 2 of 5, posted to YouTube by SamfordCommunications (Samford University), August 16, 2011.

RO showed this video as part of a "How to Study" lecture, week 10, semester 4.

A video about Nick Vujicic, who has no arms or legs, posted by Daily Motivation to YouTube (on the Daily Motivation channel), Jan 2009.

RO showed this to her class in a lesson titled Reevaluation of motivation and setting goals, week 9, semester 4.

Part of TED2001, filmed Feb 2001 and posted March 2009. Coach John Wooden of UCLA was one of the winningest coaches in basketball. According to the description, in this talk, "Wooden redefines success and urges us all to pursue the best in ourselves."

RO showed this video in class that looked at student success and paragraph structure, week 6, semester 4.

A series of exercises on commas, as posted to Grammar Bytes! by Robin L. Simmons (n.d.).

RO gave the comma exercises as an assignment, week 5, semester 4.

From TEDxToronto 2012. Filmed Sept 2010 and posted on Ted.com Jan 2011. Pasricha, who blogs 1000 Awesome Things and has written a best-seller, The Book of Awesome, asserts that with attitude, awareness, and authenticity, one can lead an "awesome" life.

RO used this video as a resource for her victim-creator essay, week 4, semester 4.

Excerpted from Saturday Night Live and posted on Hulu.com, skit runs 5:39, n.d.

R.O. used this humorous Debbie Downer skit as an example of a victim for her students victim/creator lesson, week 4, semester 4.

By Greg Howard, Slate.com, November 9 2011. A proposed 15 cent tax on fresh-cut Christmas trees was repealed at the last minute.

JEC used this article to help students learn about essay topics.

By Megan Gibson, Education, Time.com. The article talks about the early hours that some Florida schools serve lunch, in order to accommodate early start times -- and early breakfasts. According to the article, while the timing may seem controversial, it has no real impact on students health and welfare.

JEC used this article to help her students learn about developing thesis statements (week 8, semester 4).

By Evan Weissman, Dan Cullinan, Oscar Cerna, Stephanie Safran and Phoebe Richman, with Amanda Grossman. National Center for Postsecondary Research (NCPR) Teachers College Columbia University. February 2012. Link to full report at the bottom of the summary on this page. The colleges in this study are two of six in the NCPR Learning Communities Demonstration, in which random assignment evaluations are being used to determine the impacts of learning communities on student success. NCPR has presented finding from all six colleges. They show that when one-semester learning communities have impacts, they tend to be concentrated in the semester in which students are enrolled in the program. Another report, a final one will be released in 2012. That report synthesizes the findings across all colleges studied and includes an additional semester of student follow-up at each college.

A tumblr created by Luke Neff. From his "About" page, he describes himself as a teacher. This page has over 400 writing prompts, most of which include a photo or illustration, a quote, and then a suggestion for a writing exercise.

These might be useful in writing classes.

Published by the Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE), 2012. This is the first of three annual reports to look at "strategies that appear to be associated with a variety of indicators of student progress and success." For more on this project, follow the tag CCCSE.

This center, based at the University of Texas at Austin, is looking at the relative success of various intervention/engagement/support methods at community colleges. Follow CCCSE tag for more about this project.

"Abstract The use of design patterns is now well established as an approach within the field of software systems as well as within the field of architecture. An initial effort was made to harness patterns as a tool for elaborating the design of the elements of personal learning environments as part of the University of Bolton's Personal Learning Environment project; however, this earlier effort had a number of limitations that prompted a revisit to the pattern language documented here. In particular, the initial patterns, while functionally useful, lacked some of the moral and generative qualities that are the essential qualities of an effective pattern language. This paper presents a revised pattern language focused around two primary categories, learning networks, and personal learning tools."