What is an NROC course?

NROC identifies and aggregates the best online courses and content available. Working with academic contributors, instructional designers, media producers, and programmers, NROC's editorial staff has created the NROC course development guidelines used to evaluate each course in the library. NROC partners with course developers and contributes additional development resources to insure that the content is editorially rigorous, curricularly complete, and the technology is compatible with popular content management systems (e.g., BlackBoard).

The NROC courses utilize various combinations of video, animation, still graphics, simulations, text and audio to provide a resource beyond the development capacity of most educational institutions and organizations. The courses also focus on student activities, interaction and collaboration that take advantage of online communication tools.

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The focus of NROC is general education subjects, such as algebra, biology, and U.S. History. Courses include presentational materials, problem sets, assessments, and all necessary teaching materials. Click here to view the NROC course list (pdf).