ND CDE Moodle Migration Has Started
July 1, 2008
ND CDE has upgraded to a new Course Management System (CMS). This will affect ALL current students and users of ND CDE's online course services. We encourage you to take a moment and activate your Moodle account so you can continue accessing all of your courses from this new system. Read the full announcement and find instructions here.

Psychology New online elective course, available now!

Code: H SS 4191 M

June 9, 2008
In this one semester elective course, you will be introduced to basic psychological concepts and terminology, which will allow you to apply psychology to your own life. This fascinating course explores psychological methods, biology and behavior, sensation and perception, consciousness, memory, learning, thinking and language development, intelligence, development over the life span, motivation and emotion, theories of personality, psychological tests, gender roles, stress and health, social cognition, and social interaction. If you're interested in how the human brain works, how we learn, and why we, as humans, do the things we do, then this course is definitely for you!

ND CDE Graduation is Saturday, June 7, 2008
May 30, 2008
The North Dakota Center for Distance Education will be celebrating its 2008 graduation ceremony on Saturday, June 7th at 11:00 a.m. Four graduates will be in attendance. Matthew Musacchia, Fargo, ND will be speaking on behalf of the class of 2008. Barb Meidinger, ND CDE Principal, will be delivering the commencement speech. The ceremony will be held in Beckwith Recital Hall, with graduates arriving at 10:00 a.m. A luncheon reception will be served immediately following the ceremony.

ND CDE Migrates to Moodle
May 14, 2008
ND CDE has been piloting the Moodle Course Management System with great success! ND CDE plans to migrate ALL student accounts and courses to the Moodle platform during the summer of 2008. This will affect all current students and users of our online course services. Specific details will be posted shortly.

Making His Move
April 22, 2008
Thirteen-year-old ND CDE student Drew Coughlin attended the Oregon Scholastic Chess Federation Championships on April 12, 2008. Ranked 4th coming into the competition, Drew defeated the top player, earned 3.5 out of a possible 4 points, and took home the Oregon State Middle School Grand Champion Cup.
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Online Course Features Demo
April 7, 2008
ND CDE is adapting a new online course delivery platform to better serve our students. The platform is called MOODLE, and it provides more flexibility and easier maneuverability for each student to view online course discussions, access supplementary resources, and complete lesson work. It allows students to complete portions of the assessments at a time, to save their work if necessary, and to easily retrieve and submit their work when they are finished. MOODLE allows students to save all of their work without having to worry about file type or compatibility issues. Most of the assessments will be divided into two parts. The first part will be computer-graded, and the student will be able to view the results immediately after submission. The second part contains the portion of the assessment that will go to the instructor to grade and comment on. MOODLE allows the instructor to grade the work directly in the database as well as to add any additional comments. Everything is stored in MOODLE so both the student and instructor can view and review all the assessments whenever they wish. To view the demo click the image above or click here.

U.S. and International Issues New online course now available!

Code: H SS 1281 M

March 6, 2008
U.S. and International Issues is designed to make complex international issues understandable and meaningful to students. The lessons will help students develop critical thinking skills and use civic judgment. In addition, each lesson is built around a framework of alternative policy options that challenges students to consider multiple perspectives and to think critically about the issues at hand. The topics which will be investigated include the U.S. and the changing world, U.S. and immigration, U.S. and foreign aid, the United Nations, genocide, terrorism, nuclear capabilities, global environment issues, U.S. and the Middle East, U.S. and Mexico, and finally U.S. and China.

Introduction to Veterinary Science New online course now available!

Code: H AG 1131 P

March 5, 2008
Introduction to Veterinary Science covers the basic concepts of veterinary science. The course focuses on the different body systems of the major species of pets and domesticated agricultural animals. The online course contains many interactive features, such as animations, drag and drop quizzes, video tutorials, and multiple choice games. The final lesson is a career research project, which gives students the opportunity to investigate a specific career in veterinary science.


Alaska Studies! Coming Soon!
March 1, 2008
This fall, ND CDE will offer an all-new Alaska Studies course. This course has been designed to meet AK standards and will cover many aspects of the great northern state. The lessons cover Alaska's geography, history (from the ice age to the present), local and state government, economy, environment, and native cultures. Other topics discussed include the geographical regions of Alaska, the Alaskan gold rush, the Alaskan pipeline, and the governmental structure of Alaska. The course brochure and a sample lesson can be found here.

ND CDE announces a new web site for North Dakota Studies
January 10, 2008
NDStudies.org
This North Dakota Studies web site is intended to provide a host of resources for students, teachers, and the general public to use. The North Dakota Studies web site is a collaborative effort of the North Dakota Center for Distance Education, the North Dakota Humanities Council, and Prairie Public Television. We urge you to forward this website information to the social studies teachers in your school. Administrators and teachers will also be able to use the website to order 4th and 8th Grade North Dakota Studies curriculum that is now available.