NBC Learn Overview for
San Jose State University
What is NBC Learn?
NBC Learn, the education arm of NBC News, is a rich and unique resource that
provides thousands of historic news reports, current events stories, original content,
primary source documents, and other digital media specifically designed to teach and
engage students. NBC Learn content can be easily downloaded for offline access or
embedded into lectures, assignments and presentations.
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More than 17,000 short, searchable & downloadable videos from the past 80 years
Content is generated from the NBCU Family of Properties including: Nightly News, Dateline,
Today Show, and networks MSNBC, CNBC and Telemundo
Current events updated daily, Monday-Friday
Original series including Chemistry Now, Changing Planet, Finishing the Dream and the Science
of Sports
Access NBC Learn from school, library, or home; 24/7 technical support
Collaborative: CueCards, Playlists, Searches and Collections are easily shared between users
NBC Learn is Accessibility Certified (Section 508 requirements and WCAG 2.0)
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Accessibility Features
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NBC Learn is fully committed to making our site accessible and all of its content fully
accessible for users with disabilities. We teamed up with the accessibility experts
at Interactive Accessibility to guide us in meeting the Section 508 requirements as
well as WCAG 2.0. NBC Learn is now certified and has completed its VPAT®
(Voluntary Product Accessibility Template). NBC Learn is committed to accessibility
as an ongoing activity so we look forward to your feedback!
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Keyboard Access: Navigate with the Touch of Key
Visual Improvements: See Content Clearer than Before
Assistive Technologies: Screen Reader Support (fully compatible with JAWS©
Screen Reader for Windows
Support for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: Get the Story Behind the Video
(Closed Captioning, Cue Card Video Transcripts)
Visit www.nbclearn.com/accessibility for additional information
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Challenges for Faculty to Increase Student Engagement
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Making content relevant to what students experience today
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Find materials to show broader themes and help to make more direct links between past
and present
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Need for a variety of materials to address diverse learning styles, abilities and interests
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Traditional course materials, such as textbooks, fall short
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Do not want to abandon use of texts and reading but to enhance it
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Opportunity to supply them what they need online
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Ways to Increase Student Engagement
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Videos can be utilized in a variety of ways:
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Supplementary material to augment understanding
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Opportunity to introduce challenging or controversial issues
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Show relevance to course materials using Current Events
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Present new topics
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Summarize points made during lecture
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Demonstrate “real life” examples
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Accessing NBC Learn
How NBC Learn can be accessed at San Jose State University:
• Standalone access via EZProxy
• Library:
http://library.calstate.edu/sanjose/databases/alphabetical?alpha=N
K12: http://archives.nbclearn.com
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• Canvas
• https://sjsu.instructure.com
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Demonstration – highered.nbclearn.com
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Subscriber Spotlight: Nutrition & Community
Health
The videos “provide a connection between what’s happening in the
classroom and what is happening in the world.”
Marcia Costello,
Villanova University
“When the chemical spill happened in West Virginia, I
downloaded it to teach water pollution and the impact
it had on the community. Each night the story
evolved which made it so interesting because at first
public officials said they had it under control. Then
they said pregnant women shouldn’t drink the
water. It gave them a good sense of how a story and
community health issues develop and change over
time… I know it interested the students because I
heard them talking about it later in the day after the
lecture was over.”
Some of her favorite videos:
Tainted Water Detected in Cincinnati
CDC Advises Pregnant Women to Avoid Charleston, West Virginia
Water
Craving Sugar? Fructose May Trigger Overeating
Beijing Air Pollution Still A Problem
Polar Vortex Reignites Climate Change Debate
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Subscriber Spotlight: Internship Resource
Management
“Students have a natural connection to stories and NBC Learn is great
at storytelling!”
“It’s hard for my students to imagine something like the Kent
State shooting happening today. But with NBC Learn, I can
transport them to that time and contextualize what was
going on in the world at that time.
“I really like NBC Learn’s brevity and quality. Combining
those two things is incredibly important when you are
teaching. It helps the students find a balance between the
text and the real world. Whenever I can add a component
that helps them enjoy the class like NBC Learn does, I am
certainly going to use it.”
Peggy Holzweiss,
Sam Houston
State University
Some of her favorite videos:
Student Loan Debt Hits $1 Trillion
Supreme Court Reverses Affirmative Action Program in Allan Bakke
Case
Map of College Graduates in the U.S.
Jennifer Gratz and Her Attorney Discuss Supreme Court Ruling on
Affirmative Action
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Subscriber Spotlight: Business
“The students view the source as valid, and that makes it real-world
for them.”
“Sometimes textbook videos have actors. If you
contrast the actors with NBC Learn videos, students
see the real people as a safe source, because they
recognize NBC [News] talent. It also helps them get
familiar with the names of research centers. It is the
best way to get information to students because they
see that what they’re learning has implications in the
real world.”
Some of her favorite videos:
Meredith Burnett,
George Washington
University
Salary Talk Isn’t Taboo in "Transparent Workplace"
Traveling Across the Country for a Paycheck
Diversity Training at the National Civil Rights Museum
Businesses Abroad Recruit American College Grads
Harnessing the Skills of People with Autism
Bangalore, Outsourcing Capital of India
Families Struggling for Work/Life Balance
Survey Finds More Working Women Choosing Flexibility Over Money
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Subscriber Spotlight: Business
“Being able to discuss a concept briefly, show a video, and have a
thoughtful discussion afterward is why I use NBC Learn”.
NBC Learn Current Events videos help Lucero keep her
course “fresh and current” – she can use news stories
from the previous night’s NBC Nightly News broadcast on
still-unfolding business stories like implementation of the
Affordable Health Care Act.
Dr. Margaret Lucero
Texas A&M University
- Corpus Christi
Lucero’s “Behavior in Organization” course deals with
decision-making and decision evaluation, leadership and
power structures, regulations, profit motivation, and
corporate social responsibility. Among the NBC Learn
Higher Ed video resources she’s used to effect in her
course.
Some of her favorite videos:
US Airways-American Airlines Merger May Raise Ticket Prices
Coke Launches Anti-Obesity Ad
Americans React to Supreme Court Decision on Health Care Law
Crash Investigation Points to Pilot Inexperience
Subscriber Spotlight: Journalism
“It is one thing to read and another to see history occurring.”
Professor McDonald uses NBC learn to:
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Plays civil rights-era news stories from
the NBC Learn archives for her
students, or assigns them.
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Uses the resources to introduce a
subject – and help students put it in
historical context.
Some of her favorites:
Trevy McDonald,
University of North Carolina
Mississippi: A Self-Portrait
Integration of Little Rock High School: 50 Years later
Little Rock Nine Discuss Integrating Central High School 45 Years Later
State v. Federal Government: Little Rock, Arkansas
Eisenhower Explains Why National Guard is in Little Rock, Arkansas
What it Took to Integrate Central High School
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Subscriber Spotlight: Computer Information
Systems
“It’s always current, fresh, and relevant.”
“Ever since I started using these videos, starting a
discussion has been easier, and I have a lot more class
participation and student engagement. I think of the
Current Events video as a springboard for the class.”
Brandon Jones,
Northern Arizona University
“…The stories come from a recognized, well-known
brand. When I see a cool story on Nightly News, I can
go in the next day and find the story. The stories seem
to be ready very quickly, and it amazes me! NBC Learn
has great stories on surveillance, privacy concerns,
and data breaches like Target’s. I love the Science of
Innovation series and for demonstrating innovative
solutions, such as using artificial intelligence to
create driverless vehicles.”
Some of his favorite videos:
Is E-Mail Ever Private?
Science of Innovation: 3-D Printing
Nonprofit Teaches Kids to Write Computer Code
Science of Innovation: Bionic Limbs
Science Behind the News: Quantum Computing
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Subscriber Spotlight: Speech & Communications
“You can see their interest pique when I cue the videos.”
He uses archival videos in his Human
Communication course and inspires debates with
videos from Current Events.
“I like to illustrate concepts such as credibility and
point out those characteristics in the videos to
make distinctions. I will use several clips in a class
period, demonstrate our discussion topic, and
move on to a new concept.”
“It’s rapid- here’s an idea, here’s a clip. It is easy to
Mark Woolsey,
Yavapai College
find specific areas because it is broken down in a
very organized way.” as appearance or body
language
Some of his favorite videos:
Non-Verbal Communication Collection
Is E-Mail Ever Private?
Science of Innovation: 3-D Printing
Nonprofit Teaches Kids to Write Computer Code
2013 Study: Teens Leaving Facebook as Parents Flood Site
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Subscriber Spotlight: History
“I use archival videos that support my narrative in the course.“
“In face-to-face lectures, I like to use videos to
personify historical figures such asJoseph McCarthy.
Rather than me trying to dramatize his voice, I just
show him in a clip.”
“I also like the videos that deconstruct political
cartoons like King Andrew the First and The Times.
And for my distance learning students, video fills the
important segments where I would normally lecture.”
Some of his favorite videos:
Joseph Stromburg,
San Jacinto College
The Nullification Crisis
Holocaust Was Worse Than Thought
Vietnam: Tet Offensive
Tet Offensive: 20 Years Later
FDR and American Neutrality
David McCullough Discusses John Adams
Discussion on Thomas Jefferson's Presidency
Brooks Beats Sumner With a Cane on the Senate Floor
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Subscriber Spotlight: History
“Making History ”Stick in Students’ Minds”
Brannan has “mapped” more than 200 NBC
Learn videos to the syllabuses of his PreReconstruction and Post-Reconstruction U.S.
History courses. “The actual newsreel footage –
particularly of the second half of U.S. history, like
the development of industry, and World War II –
just brings things alive for the students, sticks in
the students’ minds more clearly than just me
talking about it.”
Lawrence Brannon,
College of Southern
Maryland
Some of his favorite videos:
Pre-Reconstruction:
Post-Reconstruction:
Treaty of Tordesillas
Pilgrims at Plymouth
Bacon's Rebellion
From Servitude to Slavery
The Great Compromise
Leisure at the Turn of the Century
John Hay's "Open Door" Policy for China
10th Anniversary of Hitler's March on Poland
Loretta Young Announces "Women at War Week“
Bataan Death March Survivors Return to the
Philippines
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Subscriber Spotlight: History
“It was refreshing to watch the videos and hear the students say,
‘Wow!’”
They thought it was interesting to watch some of the
newscasts, watch the opposing viewpoints, and hear
how people argue about history. Because none of them
personally knew these history subjects, they can see
how the perception of what occurred in history has
changed; and I can teach them historiography.
Students think that if something is printed it must be
true. The same is true for news stories. I wanted them
see how the representation of events change over the
course of time and NBC Learn allows me to do that.
Dr. Ann Gabbart
University of Texas –
El Paso
Some of her favorite videos:
Republican Motherhood
Christopher Columbus Controversy at Rose Parade
Debate Over Christopher Columbus' Legacy
William F. Buckley on Christopher Columbus
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