Zoom Breakout Rooms for Office Hours or Study Sessions

Zoom Breakout Rooms for Office Hours or Study Sessions

Zoom’s core feature, Breakout Rooms, is a great tool for online office hours or study sessions. It allows the meeting host to split their Zoom meeting in up to 50 different sessions, deciding to either automatically or manually place participants in the rooms....
Experiential Learning and Reflection

Experiential Learning and Reflection

On August 19th  Maureen Drysdale came to NMC and talked about using reflection to enhance student learning. Two days later, the Experiential Learning Institute (ELI) held the first EL Fundamentals course for a deeper dive into the components of EL.  The theme...
Want To Go to a Conference? Here’s How!

Want To Go to a Conference? Here’s How!

One of the great benefits we receive as instructors here at NMC is the ability to attend conferences and workshops through the financial support of CIE. There is a procedure to follow, however, and in order to have your travel approved in a timely manner, you should...
New Student Resource: Digital & Information Literacy Video Series

New Student Resource: Digital & Information Literacy Video Series

Over the summer members of the Educational Technology and Library teams joined forces to create a new Digital & Information Literacy video series for NMC students. The goal of the video series is twofold: To provide students with brief “snackable”...
You’re Invited: 2019-2020 Learning Communities

You’re Invited: 2019-2020 Learning Communities

A Learning Community (LC) is a group of faculty, staff, and other interested individuals who get together to investigate a question or pursue a topic of interest. They provide an opportunity for professional learning as well as a sense of community. NMC is among many...