CSUF NBC Learn Higher Ed

  

In order to allow students in the 21^st century to better see, feel, and be a part of the educational experience, professors must utilize resources that enable a more interactive and dynamic educational experience.

NBC Learn Higher Ed is a subscription-based service that contains an archive of over 80 years of day-to-news coverage as reported by NBC news. The resources in this archive are comprised of primary source videos, newsreels, documents, and images that bring history and issues to life as they were covered. The university recently entered into a contract with the service and now faculty, staff and students at Cal State Fullerton can access this vast repository of visual and historical documents at no cost.

NBC Cue Card

After logging in to NBC Learn Higher Ed, patrons can browse and research the archives using the Cue Card system. Cue Card is an interactive media player that enables users of NBC Learn to view, read, and annotate on any of the resources contained within the archive. Cue Card organizes the information into individual cards that contain bibliography, transcripts and closed captions. The cards can be arranged into custom playlists that subscribers can save, share, and revisit whenever they want. Each record covers a topic that is accurate and professionally produced making NBC Learn a valuable asset for professors.

NBC Learn contains a premium collection in the areas of natural sciences, humanities, health, social and behavioral sciences, visual and performing arts, business and government. Each resource in the archives includes learning objectives that can be easily integrated into a lesson. The short duration of the videos makes them perfect “bite size” records to incorporate into curriculum that uses the flipped classroom methodology. Faculty members that want to practice active and cooperative learning can use any of the non-fictional files to encourage participation, promote research, teach problem solving, and help improve critical thinking and global perspective.

Faculty, staff and students can access CSUF NBC Learn from the portal or by going directly to the webpage.