20 Minute Mentor - Online Faculty Professional Development

The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment and Academic Technology have partnered up again to bring faculty a professional development series from Magna Publications, called the 20 Minute Mentor. The goal of the  20 Minute Mentor series is to offer faculty practical professional development opportunities in twenty minute snippets that can be accessed from anywhere and at any time during the given week. Session topics cover the areas of student engagement, teaching and learning, teaching online, assessment and learning goals, and classroom management.

Information on how to access the  20 Minute Mentor sessions is available each week in the Bulletin.

New video presentations go live at 10:00am each Monday morning and are only accessible through Sunday. Presentation handouts and supplementary materials are always available.
The following sessions are on the schedule for spring 2014.  For session descriptions, objectives, and mentor bios, click on the titles below.

• January 27th - How Can I Create Meaningful Assignments for My Students?
• February 3rd - How Can Backward Design Make My Courses More Accessible?
• February 10th - How Can I Effectively Teach Unprepared Students?
• February 17th - How Should I Manage Conflict Within My Department?
• February 24th - How Can I Set Time Management Priorities in Online Teaching?
• March 3rd - How Can I Use Discussion to Facilitate Learning?
• March 10th - What Are the Three Worst Mistakes to Make in the Classroom?
• March 17th - How Can I Be an Effective Mentor?
• March 24th - How Can I Make the Activities in My Course More Inclusive?
• March 31st - How Do I Set Students Up for Success in Online Courses?
• April 7th - How Can I Make My Multiple Choice Tests More Effective?
• April 14th - How Can I Get Students to Take Responsibility for Their Own Learning?
• April 21st - How Can I Connect Students' Interests to Course Content?
• April 28th - How Do I Prepare a SoTL Article for Publication?
• May 5th - How Can I Use Technology to Create Custom Automated Feedback?
• May 12th - How Can Rubrics Make Grading Easier and Faster?

We would love to hear your feedback on the usefulness of these sessions. Please send your input to itd@northshore.edu.