What is a MOOC? MOOC stands for “Massive Online Open Course.” You may have heard about MOOCs on the news or read about them on the Internet. Stanford University offered a MOOC last fall that had over 180,000 students. Can you imagine that? 180,000 students logging into one course! But it does take a special […]
Traditionally, most college classes go something like this: 1) the student reads the textbook and comes to class, 2) the instructor lectures, and 3) the student goes home to try his or her hand at applying the knowledge from the textbook and lecture (in other words, homework). What if you were able to really dig […]
Heidi Strang’s delight in art took root in sixth grade in Hawaii, where her military family lived. She entered a drawing of a menehune in an art contest. A menehune is a Hawaiian spirit, a little person, the Hawaiian equivalent to an Irish leprechaun. Her delight grew as an undergraduate at the University of Northern […]
This summer I had the unique opportunity of going to Florence, Italy, and joining a group of other scholars to study the theme of art and science in the work of Leonardo da Vinci. National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute. This was a National Endowment for the Humanities Summer Institute, directed by Francesca Fiorani […]
Have you ever been so tired of homework and reading and tests that you wished that you could make your teacher suffer just a little? That thought occurred to me as I was stretched out on a table with a former student sticking a number of needles into various parts of my body. Student Turned […]
Heidi Cordova Strang, art history faculty at Front Range Community College’s campus in Westminster, has been named the Colorado Higher Education Art Educator of the Year. The honor recognizes that Strang has served “the art education community for the last two decades with an incredible amount of energy and passion. Noted for the vibrancy with […]
Dr. Kim Dale and Dr. Shashi Unnithan have been named deans of instruction at the Larimer Campus of Front Range Community College. Dale, who lives in Fort Collins, joins the Larimer Campus from her position as dean of instruction at FRCC’s Westminster Campus. She will oversee the departments of Mathematics, Integrated Technology, and College Now, […]
Students aren’t the only ones with butterflies at this time of the year. My fellow instructors and I also are eagerly anticipating the fall semester at Front Range Community College. It is around this time in the summer when we start calling and emailing each other, meeting for coffee, and talking about our summers. My […]
