iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Profession​al Developmen​t eNewslette​r (11/17/201​4)

Welcome to iDevelop, a weekly eNewsletter providing faculty with information about professional development opportunities at NSCC. The intent of this eNewsletter is to spotlight the various professional development events for faculty in one convenient location as well as share best practices, resources and tips related to the teaching practice.

20 Minute Online Professional Development: What Is Storyboarding and How Can It Help You Flip Your Class?

The Monday Morning Mentor series will be available over the fall semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of November 17th is What Is Storyboarding and How Can It Help You Flip Your Class?

More information about this session (including description, topics, and learning goals) is available at http://www.magnapubs.com/catalog/what-is-storyboarding-and-how-can-it-help-me-flip-my-class/.

The presentation is available Monday at 10:00am and is accessible through Sunday of that week.  For information on accessing the presentation and supplemental materials, please view the email version of iDevelop or the Bulletin notice.

Other Professional Development Opportunities

Are you on Danvers campus? Need a place to gather your thoughts, catch up on your work, talk about your work-in-progress, or rethink business as usual? Visit the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment (CTLA) in DB388...think of it as a day spa for your professional life! We are happy to serve you, and if our resources are insufficient for your needs, we can direct you to the experts on campus that will help you. We open most days at 7:30 AM and are open late Wednesday's during the fall semester.

Share your Teaching Strategies

Do you create your own videos to explain concepts to your students, provide feedback on assignments, or demonstrate steps in a process? What software programs or technology equipment are you using to create these? What tips, strategies, or best practices would you share with other faculty looking to create similar materials? Please send your teaching strategies or resources to itd@northshore.edu and we will share them in upcoming issues of iDevelop.

Resources

• Creating original video resources for your course: Planning your video
  http://www.mediacore.com/blog/creating-original-video-1
• How to flip your classroom
  http://flippedinstitute.org/how-to-flip

iDevelop is being brought to you by Academic Technology and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment. If you have any professional development events, best practices, resources or tips to share with other faculty, please send them our way. Also, we would love your input on this eNewsletter.

Thank you,
Academic Technology and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment