NBC Learn is a good resource for faculty and students

Published: 11/10/2011

     NBC Learn is an online collection of videos, primary source documents, articles, and images for faculty, staff and students.   
     The collection includes:

  • Over 10,000 resources
  • 28 Higher Ed Collections
  • NBC News Archives Spans 90 Years starting in the 1920’s
  • Universal Newsreels / NBC Radio predates News Archives
  • All Collections Regularly Updated with Current Events
  • Original content collections such as “Science of the Olympics”
  • Citations for all resources
  • Closed captioning and transcripts available (when applicable)

     NBC Learn could be used as a:

  • Means to further explain content
  • Discussion prompt
  • Vehicle to integrate current events
  • Student resource for assignments

     For information and access, visit:  http://www.schoolcraft.edu/nbclearn/.  The tabs at the top of the NBC Learn webpage provide information regarding accessing NBC Learn directly or through Blackboard, as well as tutorials and support.  If you are having trouble initially registering for NBC Learn, contact the College’s Technical Support team at bbsupport@schoolcraft.edu or call 734-462-4614 (M-F 8am to 5pm).Faculty and staff are encouraged to share this information with students so they can benefit from this resource, too.

     “NBC Learn is an excellent resource to help expand upon subjects covered in classroom lecture. It is easy for both faculty and students to register. The subject matter search capabilities are very straight forward. I had posted the NBC Learn web site on my class Blackboard site. In the second CGT157 Prepress class, I was able to show the class a news clip of a old fashioned printing press in action. The search for printing presses revealed half a dozen good video clip options, all ranging from 2-5 minutes. This was the perfect visual supplement to help the student’s learning process in my class.” --Ellen Hochberg, associate adjunct professor, computer graphics technology.

     "The access information you provided for registering at NBC Learn worked perfectly. Thanks much. I completed the video tour of NBC Learn and did a little research. This is a very impressive undertaking. NBC has done a lot of things right.
 The site is
• Very well organized
• Easy to research - very little wading is required. I love that I did not have to wade through mind-numbing content and play lists - very straightforward
• Loaded with features
• Allows downloads of videos for offline viewing
• Allows us to link to videos within presentations or embed them directly into our multimedia files
• Provides transcripts
• Provides full AP, MLA and Chicago style citations for copy and paste ease (Yay!)
Kudos to Schoolcraft and the IT team. This is just another reason why I pay more to go to Schoolcraft than I would at OCC (Oakland County resident rates)."
--Gwen Hill, current Schoolcraft College student

 

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