Meet the Next CIE Director
Starting in May, CIE will have a new director--Communications instructor Janet Lively! Janet has been at NMC for sixteen years as both an adjunct and full time faculty member. Before that, she worked as a newspaper reporter for fourteen years, a freelance journalist...
Moodle and Panopto Winter Dates Reminders
As we race through the busiest period of spring (“but it’s winter!”) semester, there is a lot to process to keep our heads on straight. Here are some Moodle and Panopto dates reminders for the coming weeks to help keep your head intact and life on track. WEDNESDAY,...
Upcoming Moodle Dates and Notes from Ed Tech
As we race towards the end of the fall term and spring towards, well, spring, please make note of the following NMC-related Ed Tech news and Moodle-related calendar dates: ED TECH NEWS: MOODLE 3.11: Our team has begun testing Moodle version 3.11, which will be...
January Professional Development: A Social Justice Primer
As part of the Embracing the Dream initiative and in keeping with the college's new DEI strategic direction, CIE is bringing in the Justice Leaders Collaborative, a Michigan-based DEI educational group, for the January Conference. The Justice Leaders Collaborative...
Teachers Plan to Embrace the Dream!
For October PD Day, a group of teachers and staff came together to look at how *teachers could support teachers* for planning around our first MLK Day of Service and for other DEI related projects through the year. The larger committee looking into MLK Day...
Coming in January: Embrace the Dream
NMC Celebrates Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and Black History Month "I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin, but by the content of their character." ~ Dr. Martin Luther King,...
How about some Google Basics!
Join these classes for a look at the basics of Google Docs and Slides. These classes are a brief overview that can jumpstart your use of Google products. Google Docs - Looking for a new go-to application for word processing? Learn about this great tool for...
Interactive Lectures – Friday Connect
Interactive Lectures: Are assignments/quizzes/tests the only way of gauging student understanding? The answer is no! Join us this Friday to discuss interactive lectures and the use of classroom polling. Maritime faculty and CIE Board member Scott Powell won the...
Faculty stipends available for Open Educational Resource (OER) adoption
With the generous support of an Innovation Grant from the NMC Foundation, the OER Team is opening a call for applications for faculty interested in adapting a course they teach to use free and/or openly available course materials in lieu of texts from traditional...
Another Successful October Conference
A team building committee, a deep dive into the Comp sequence, new OER textbooks, a design your life course, a chart of suggestions for an autism-friendly Testing Center, schedules for new co-requisite math classes, new online chemistry lab procedures . . . and so...