Mid-Semester Alerts: A Chance for Students To Reflect

During our December Friday Forum discussion on grading, Communications instructor Dani Garcia talked about how she has students do regular metacognitive grade checks. She makes the grade check an assignment worth points. To do the assignment, students have to go into...
Introducing Google Team Drives

Introducing Google Team Drives

Google recently rolled out a new feature called Team Drives. It’s a shared collaborative space much like Google Drive, but the main difference is that there isn’t a specific owner of the Team Drive or documents saved within it. The Team Drive and all...
Create a PLM for Your Class

Create a PLM for Your Class

It has been a long time coming, but the PLM site is ready for use.  And we are looking for faculty to create modules for their students. How it Works The goal of a PLM is to introduce and reinforce a concept or idea or meaning without detailed explanation -or “any”...
Creative Commons Images

Creative Commons Images

  Earlier this month, the New York Times reported that the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s (MET) public domain collection are now free for anyone to use under Creative Commons Zero licensing. The MET has 375,000 images in the collection, which can be...
NMC Spring Transfer Fair on Tuesday, March 14

NMC Spring Transfer Fair on Tuesday, March 14

Over 25 university representatives will be on NMC’s campus on Tuesday, March 14 from 9:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. to talk with students, staff and faculty about their programs and the transfer process.  The university representatives will be located in:       Health/Science...