MCC Faculty Recognized for Outstanding Online Courses

Massachusetts Colleges Online (MCO) recently recognized two Middlesex Community College faculty members for outstanding course designs that best exemplify online education’s potential to enhance teaching and learning.

Science Professor Sarah Quast (center, above) and Communications Professor Jennifer Bauer were presented 2017 COD (Courses of Distinction) Awards at MCO’s 12th annual Conference on eLearning. Quast was honored for her hybrid course, titled “General Chemistry for Engineering and Science.” And Bauer was recognized for her online course, “Film Video and Society.”

“Middlesex has been a leader in online education for 20 years now, and we are extremely proud of our faculty who design and teach courses online,” said Matthew Olson, Dean of Social Sciences, Interdisciplinary, Evening & Online Education. “Sally Quast and Jen Bauer are two outstanding professors who have incorporated innovative teaching and creative uses of instructional technology into their online courses.”

MCC offers 15 degree and certificate programs that can be completed entirely online. Another 10 degree programs can be completed 80 percent online through hybrid course offerings, which combine online and face-to-face instruction.

Spring semester at Middlesex begins Monday, Jan. 22, 2018, and it’s not too late to register. For more information about Middlesex online, visit: https://www.middlesex.mass.edu/fit/

or call 1-800-818-3434.

Massachusetts Colleges Online (MCO) is a collaborative of public higher-education institutions involved in the design, delivery, management, and assessment of online, blended, and other technology-mediated learning formats. For more information, visit: http://masscollegesonline.org

Middlesex Community College is your pathway to success. As one of the largest, most comprehensive community colleges in the state, we educate, engage and empower a diverse community of learners. MCC offers more than 70 degree and certificate programs, plus hundreds of noncredit courses, on our campuses in Bedford and Lowell, as well as online. Middlesex Community College: Student success starts here!