Interested in developing a new online or hybrid course for the Spring of 2022? If so, please download and complete the Online/Hybrid Course Request Form and submit it to your academic area chair for approval. Forms must be submitted by May 1st.  Once your chair...

Rick Mahorn, "the baddest bad boy of them all" and power forward for the 1989 NBA Champion Detroit Pistons, wants you to attend teachingSOLUTIONS, a program that will help you earn your online bad boy teaching certificate. Watch Rick's invitation:    Anyone...

KEY DETAILS FROM ARTICLE: Moving forward, Schmoes will be removed from classes on week 14 of each semester (April 12 for current semester) Nero, Iris, Flo, New, and No Schmoe, along with Dr. Instructor, will be permanently removed from Moodle Cornelius, Joe, and Jane...

As a nation, we just wrapped up the 51st Black History Month celebrations this February, and we move into the 34th Women’s History Month. I bring up the specific number to demonstrate that these initiatives are very young, especially compared to the hundreds of years...

Sign up now to receive Revelers at Roost, A Spring Break Diversion from NMC Library and Friends! We may not be taking a true Spring Break this year, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t pause now and again in the heart of the semester to recharge. While we seem to be...

[xkcd 14: "Copyright"] We typically think of copyright (to the extent we think of it at all) as a convoluted thicket of commandments that tell us what we can’t do with other people’s stuff. This makes sense. Most of us don’t have much cause to think about copyright...

Distance learning doesn't mean ditching your favorite "old-school" teaching methods! Though the whiteboard has been widely used in classrooms for over three decades, it is now making its appearance online as a virtual application, and the demands of distance learning...

We have a free subscription to Adobe Spark, a tool for creating posts like flyers, Instagram posts, etc., and for creating very simple to set-up and edit videos.  If you are interested in access or training, please contact Alison Thornton at athornton@nmc.edu. ...

Beginners; The joy and transformative power of lifelong learning, by Tom Vanderbilt (2021) “It’s about small acts of reinvention, at any age, that can make life seem magical.”  A few weeks ago my best friend called to tell me she was going back to school. It’s...