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‘OK…But Can I Use This?’: Navigating Copyright in the College Classroom
[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...
Getting On Board with Online Whiteboards
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...
Make Student Learning Visible!
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. ...
Book Reviews
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...