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In all courses, there may be times when faculty and students are unable to meet face to face. Creating flexible and inclusive learning environments helps in the event that a public, campus-wide or personal emergency disrupts the residential learning environment. 

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This guide provides faculty with options and resources designed to foster rich learning experiences for students. Having the right tools to work with matters, which is why Merrimack provides all faculty and undergraduate students a common device to keep teaching and learning moving anywhere, anytime.

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Things to Keep in Mind
Implementation
Three Tools for Flexible Instruction
Steps to Follow: Whether Teaching Face-to-Face or Fully Online
Frequently Asked Questions
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Things to Keep in Mind

Faculty Know Their Courses and Students Best 

The CETL brings educational design theory and praxis to every consultation, meeting or workshop. The resources here are based on HyFlex and resilient pedagogy design theories using a variety of modes and technologies that can be tailored to course learning objectives, student needs and the instructor’s pedagogical preferences. While most faculty would likely use Blackboard Ultra as a Learning Management System, Zoom and other synchronous and asynchronous applications for teaching remotely are available.

The Hybrid-Flexible (HyFlex) course design delivers a multi-modal learning experience where students can participate in class sessions in a face to face classroom setting or remote environment. Participation is available in synchronous (face to face and remote) or asynchronous mode. When designing HyFlex assignments or classes, it is helpful to understand the four values that have guided the HyFlex design effort: learner choice, equivalency, reusability and accessibility (more on this in the FAQs).

Resilient Pedagogy, an emerging design theory, is a combination of teaching strategies and principles, including Universal Design for Learning (UDL) that are resistant to disruption and changes in the learning environment

Designing a flexible and resilient learning culture includes technological equity. By issuing faculty and undergraduate students a common device, Merrimack can provide countless opportunities to transform student engagement, learning outcomes, collaboration, creativity, accessibility and career readiness. As you consider your pedagogical planning, remember that all undergraduate students have an iPad, Smart Keyboard, and Apple Pencil.

You Are Not Alone

Building your capacity to teach in a variety of modalities can seem daunting at first. The CETL staff and a team of Faculty Ambassadors are available to assist you. What do you need to do to level-up your teaching and learning in a synchronous, asynchronous or HyFlex mode? CETL instructional designers are educators trained in instructional design; they are also web-accessibility certified, so if you have questions on colors, formats or other tech approaches, we are here to help. We are committed to supporting you at every stage of the course design process by providing resources, consultations, feedback and support. Email us 

Practice, Practice, Practice

When using new tech tools, build in practice time to increase comfort and confidence. Also, encourage students to do the same.  It’s easy to “practice” with students in the new learning environment by adding some low-or-no-stakes assignments for them to turn in. 

Implementation

The CETL recommends building your entire course in advance in Blackboard Ultra. First, design for an asynchronous approach that includes all learners (resilient pedagogy), then consider the face-to-face activities (HyFlex) focusing on engagement. The FAQs offer countless ideas for connecting and engaging students across modalities - many of which come directly from our faculty.  If you have a proven-method, tip, or idea, please share it with us. We’ll add it to the site!

Plan for Presence and Knowing your Students
What does your First Day of Class look like in person? When teaching in person, faculty may open the course with a micro-lecture to inspire curiosity and engagement along with a course overview; we may ask students to set intentions, engage in an ice breaker, review syllabi, and do a start-up activity. This physical energy is often lost in the virtual medium, but it doesn’t have to be. A strong faculty presence increases the likelihood of student engagement and persistence and may provide critical emotional support. In the absence of physical proximity, instructors can establish a human presence through check-ins, constructive feedback with positive affirmation and targeted support. While the quantity of student/faculty interactions is important, it is not as critical as consistency in a remote environment. Therefore, instructors should identify specific points in a term to engage with students individually.
Develop Community
Community is one of Merrimack’s superpowers, and we know what this looks and feels like in person. Fostering community that engages all students in all modalities should be central to your course design. According to students, facilitating icebreakers, sharing bios, using question and discussion boards (including a Water Cooler and/or FAQ board), Facetime, Zoom sessions and other collaboratively-designed activities and tools are vital for fostering peer-to-peer and faculty-to-student engagement. Providing multiple opportunities for interaction promotes learning and social connectedness. Contact with classmates is especially important for vulnerable student groups that are more likely to feel isolated. When living and teaching through a disruptive time, it’s imperative to be flexible and kind with your students and yourself.
Think of the LMS as a Campus

The campus is full of people, offices, guides, maps, and signs to help students navigate their holistic educational experience. Envision this student experience in the course design as you strive to build an intuitive course structure that helps as opposed to hinders student progress. Using the LMS is essential during times of disruption, emergency, and/or faculty illness, as it affords students a familiar structure across classes and allows another faculty member to seamlessly step in and keep learning moving, if needed. Tip: Use the “Student Preview” feature in Ultra to look at your course from the student perspective.

Reuse and Reimagine Resources

Consider all the resources you already have including pictures, videos, infographics, mobile apps, open educational resources (OER), and digital tools. You may need to digitize a favorite handout and convert it to an accessible format (pdf). Did you know that you can digitize materials from your iPad? What other resources have you yet to incorporate in your teaching? Most agree that students need assistance with digital literacy skills as they move beyond social networks. How can you steer them to resources and tools that inspire curiosity, creativity, collaboration, and critical thinking?

Curate Content

Organizing your remote environment in an intuitive and visually appealing way engages students while increasing satisfaction. It connects all the aforementioned principles. Just as students connect to the campus through a well-run orientation or faculty meeting, how do they experience the course shell when they login for the first time? Gather your resources, then “edit” them for your new remote classroom and deploy them in an appealing, organized way (we recommend creating modules by week or theme that mirror your course schedule).

Use Video

Make Super Simple Videos for Teaching Online: 5 Tips & 5 Reasons to Get On Camera. You can also source videos to show a topic from varying angles (TED), or have students engage with an invited speaker using Zoom. Similarly, students can create videos to introduce themselves, explain information to one another, or to demonstrate their learning in creative formats.
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Design Quality Assessments

Most faculty have developed a method of assessment (formative, summative, authentic, and/or alternative) and determining grades that balance motivating students to complete work that is critical to learning the material; assessing how well students have mastered the relevant material and competencies; and preventing and identifying academic dishonesty. Teaching remotely, however, does pose distinct challenges for testing students and requires instructors to be thoughtful about designing assessments that promote both student learning and academic integrity.

Student Wellness and Support 

Faculty can signal their commitment to wellness, diversity, equity and inclusion in a variety of ways. Create a communication plan and share it with your students, check in with them, celebrate their successes, acknowledge difficult times, use their names, model sharing pronouns, review your syllabi statements, course materials, the opening orientation to the course (your virtual First Day of Class), office hours, and how you connect students to campus resources in the remote environment. Most of all, be kind. 

Three Tools for Flexible Instruction

Blackboard Ultra

  • Students are automatically added to your course
  • Create, collect, and grade assignments and assessments
  • Develop quizzes,  tests, and question banks
  • Publisher integrations (Contact CETL)
  • Create Google Classroom assignments directly in Blackboard (Contact CETL)
  • Document download via link (e.g. PowerPoint, PDF, Word, JPG, etc.)
  • Engage in online discussions(audio, video, images, and text) 
  • URL (website linking) enabled

Zoom or Collaborate

  • Zoom
  • Collaborate
  • Class lectures, mini-lectures and meetings
  • Create and edit captions with Panopto
  • Live video/audio class discussions with chat capabilities
  • Demonstrations, whiteboard, and polling features
  • Screen sharing
  • Presentations
  • Break out rooms  
  • Office hours and advising

Mobile Technology, including iPad and Smartphone

  • Airplay (all classrooms have Apple TV)
  • Airdrop documents (while in class)
  • Use your mobile browsers (Chrome, Firefox, sometimes Safari) instead of the Blackboard app - we do not recommend that instructors or students use the app.
  • Work offline using DropBox, Google Drive or other applications
  • Integrated note-taking (Notes, Notability, Powerpoint, Keynote, Microsoft Office)(Download free software on MyMack (Hub requires creating an additional username/password)
  • Anytime, anywhere device accessibility
  • Connect (FaceTime,  Zoom or Collaborate)
  • Precise annotations
  • Robust whiteboarding (Explain Everything, Jamboard)

Steps to Follow: Whether Teaching Face-to-Face or Fully Online

  1. Build your complete course in the LMS.
    • Post your syllabus and important documents AND mirror your syllabus/course schedule in modules, weeks, or themes that include due dates, assignment descriptions, grading practices (MC login required to view),  etc.
    • Students should not have to toggle between syllabus and content organization.
  2. Practice with your preferred conferencing tool: Blackboard Collaborate or Zoom. 
    • Important: Only connect one device to audio.
  3. (Re)familiarize yourself with your iPad and Apple Pencil. Practice whiteboarding with Zoom, Collaborate, Jamboard or Explain Everything.
  4. Consider your modalities (hybrid, remote synchronous, asynchronous) and explain to students how to navigate your course (MC login required to view) environment.
    • Be explicit in your syllabus and corresponding modules.
  5. Consider how you will connect all students, remote and face-to-face.
    • You could, for example, do an interactive activity either with the whole class or in small groups collaborating on a Google Doc, worksheet, etc. to engage all students and create accountability.
  6. Practice, practice practice. 

In addition to the above, if you are teaching face-to-face:

  • Bring your iPad, Apple Pencil (MC login required to view link) and charging device.
  • You may include remote students using Zoom or Collaborate.
  • Every classroom is equipped with a PC or laptop, Apple TV and iPad stand.

Frequently Asked Questions

We’ve compiled some of the most common questions we are asked about multiple modalities and remote teaching. You may email us with additional questions.  

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CETL Recorded Workshops

  • Collecting Assignments and Delivering Tests with Blackboard Ultra
  • Creating Awesome Videos for Your Students
  • Facilitating Online Discussions in Blackboard Ultra
  • Feedback and Grading in Ultra
  • Holding Class Online Using Blackboard Collaborate
  • Teaching Online with Zoom 
  • Using Panopto
  • Using the Whiteboard with Blackboard Collaborate
  • Using Zoom on Your iPad

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  • <section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,640,480/ignore_cropper/1/23518_IMG_2018.rev.1649777896.JPG'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/5257-merrimacks-graduate-education-program-celebrates"><h3>Merrimack’s Graduate Education Program Celebrates 10-Year Anniversary</h3></a> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Merrimack’s master of education in higher education</span> program <span style="font-weight: 400;">celebrated the 10 year anniversary of its first graduating class. The higher education program, one of the first master’s degree programs offered by the College, helped pave the way for the development and expansion of Merrimack’s robust</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">—</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">and still growing</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">—</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">graduate education division</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">.</span> </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,640,480/ignore_cropper/1/23518_IMG_2018.rev.1649777896.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,640,480/ignore_cropper/1/23518_IMG_2018.rev.1649777896.JPG 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,640,480/ignore_cropper/1/23518_IMG_2018.rev.1649777896.JPG" alt="Tenth anniversary celebration of the Merrimack College master’s in education in higher education program." loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
  • <section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23642_nursingcenter.rev.1655305431.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/5283-merrimack-college-receives-record-number-of"><h3>Merrimack College Receives Record Number of Undergraduate Applications</h3></a> <p>More than 13,000 students applied to Merrimack for fall 2022, a testament to the College’s key investments in academic programs, its campus footprint and support services. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23642_nursingcenter.rev.1655305431.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23642_nursingcenter.rev.1655305431.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23642_nursingcenter.rev.1655305431.jpg" alt=" Merrimack’s nursing program was the most popular major among this year’s applicants with 1,300, followed by psychology and undeclared liberal arts. " loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
  • <section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,630/ignore_cropper/1/22356_studentswalking.rev.1615482935.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/5015-obrien-foundation-invests-12m-to-provide-full"><h3>O’Brien Foundation Invests $1.2M to Provide Full Scholarships to Lynn Students</h3></a> <p>A gift from the James W. O’Brien Foundation will fund full tuition, room and board at Merrimack for Lynn scholars. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,630/ignore_cropper/1/22356_studentswalking.rev.1615482935.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,630/ignore_cropper/1/22356_studentswalking.rev.1615482935.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,630/ignore_cropper/1/22356_studentswalking.rev.1615482935.jpg" alt=" The scholarship program will begin this fall and support a select number of students over a 5-year period. " loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
  • <section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1920,1080/ignore_cropper/1/22979_CoachRelease.jpg.rev.1632399558.png'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/5141-warriors-return-from-players-to-head-coaches"><h3>Warriors Return, From Players to Head Coaches</h3></a> <p>Merrimack College has named Brian Murphy ’03 and Jen Fox Sargent ’09 as head coaches of the baseball and women’s lacrosse programs respectively, as announced by Director of Athletics <a href="https://merrimackathletics.com/staff-directory/jeremy-gibson/1" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jeremy Gibson</a>. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/png" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1920,1080/ignore_cropper/1/22979_CoachRelease.jpg.rev.1632399558.png 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1920,1080/ignore_cropper/1/22979_CoachRelease.jpg.rev.1632399558.png" alt="Former Merrimack athletes return as head coaches of the baseball team and the women’s lacrosse team. " loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
  • <section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/22254_band1.rev.1612985404.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/5009-bring-on-the-merrimack-college-marching-band"><h3>Bring on the Merrimack College Marching Band</h3></a> <p>Merrimack has launched its inaugural marching band to accompany the College’s Division I athletic program. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/22254_band1.rev.1612985404.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/22254_band1.rev.1612985404.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/22254_band1.rev.1612985404.jpg" alt="The Merrimack College Marching Band launched with 40 members and plans to grow to around 100 members who will provide entertainment at Merrimack’s Division I sports events." loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
  • <section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23643_3year.rev.1655307537.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/5284-merrimack-college-exploring-three-year-degree"><h3>Merrimack College Exploring Three-Year Degree Programs</h3></a> <p>Merrimack is among more than a dozen other colleges that joined the College in 3 Project. This national project asks institutions to reimagine the traditional four-year bachelor’s curriculum in a way that will allow students to earn a degree in three-quarters of the time. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23643_3year.rev.1655307537.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23643_3year.rev.1655307537.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23643_3year.rev.1655307537.jpg" alt=" Merrimack’s faculty and senior administrators’ working group has been looking at what a three-year degree at the College means for the student experience.  " loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
  • <section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/22693_Leena_Twitter_Web.rev.1621968068.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/5082-merrimack-health-sciences-professor-receives-nih"><h3>Merrimack Health Sciences Professor Receives NIH Grant</h3></a> <p>Assistant Professor <a href="/live/profiles/1885-leena-bharath">Leena Bharath</a>, who teaches in the School of Health Sciences, has received $434,000 in grant funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The awarded R15 grant will stretch over three years and is intended to support the training of undergraduate students. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/22693_Leena_Twitter_Web.rev.1621968068.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/22693_Leena_Twitter_Web.rev.1621968068.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/22693_Leena_Twitter_Web.rev.1621968068.jpg" alt="Assistant Professor Leena Bharath receives $434,000 in a grant from the National Institutes of Health." loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
  • <section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/45/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,227,303/ignore_cropper/1/23249_lyons2.rev.1644511173.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Alumni, Parents & Friends</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/5198-merrimack-alumna-is-making-plays-on-and-off-the"><h3>Merrimack Alumna is Making Plays On and Off the Hardwood</h3></a> <p>Former Merrimack women’s basketball player <a href="https://merrimackathletics.com/sports/womens-basketball/roster/jaclyn-lyons/3170" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Jaclyn (Jackie) Lyons ’13</a> talks with <a href="/office-of-development-and-alumni-relations/">Merrimack’s Office of Development and Alumni Relations (ODAR)</a> about her journey in becoming an entrepreneur </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/45/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,227,303/ignore_cropper/1/23249_lyons2.rev.1644511173.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/45/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,227,303/ignore_cropper/1/23249_lyons2.rev.1644511173.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/45/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,227,303/ignore_cropper/1/23249_lyons2.rev.1644511173.jpg" alt="Jackie Lyons ’13 started her own company, Hardwood Hustle, a year-round basketball training organization." loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>
  • <section class="content-fluid-slider-container content-fluid dark section" style="background:url('/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23385_papazian.rev.1647610161.jpg'); background-size:cover;"><div class="container"><div class="row no-gutters"><div class="col-lg-9"><span class="label">Office of Communications and Marketing</span><a class="hover-yellow" href="/live/news/5229-creating-a-workforce-for-the-new-economy"><h3>Creating a Workforce for the New Economy</h3></a> <p>Merrimack College is educating its students with the skills they need in a specialized economy and partnering with employers to fill high-demand positions. </p></div><div class="col-lg-3"><div class="d-table h-100 "><div class="d-table-cell align-middle"><picture> <source type="image/webp" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23385_papazian.rev.1647610161.webp 1x"/> <source type="image/jpeg" srcset="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23385_papazian.rev.1647610161.jpg 1x"/> <img src="/live/image/gid/67/width/1000/height/500/crop/1/src_region/0,0,1200,670/ignore_cropper/1/23385_papazian.rev.1647610161.jpg" alt="Merrimack offers both on-campus and online courses and degree programs that help working professionals build their skills in specialized fields." loading="lazy"/> </picture> </div></div></div></div></div></section>

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