iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (3/6/2017)

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. iDevelop is being brought to you by the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation (CTLI).
  

20 Minute Online Professional Development
The Monday Morning Mentor series will be available over the spring semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of March 6th is How Can I Assess Critical Thinking with Student-Created Work? 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 Bulletin or the email version of iDevelop. 

More information about this session (including description, topics, and learning goals) is available at http://www.magnapubs.com/online/mentor/how-can-i-assess-my-students-critical-thinking-skills-with-student-work-13688-1.html. The complete spring schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2016/12/20-minute-mentor-online-faculty.html.

Looking for transcripts of past Monday Morning Mentor sessions? Please email ctli@northshore.edu with the session title and we can provide you with the transcript and supplementary materials.   

Upcoming Webinars of Interest
 
WEBINAR: How to create a mobile friendly course (Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series Lunch N’ Learn)

Thursday, March 9, 2017 at 1:00pm EST
Register at http://bbbb.blackboard.com/bits-create-mobile-friendly-course  

Resources

• Critical thinking: What it is and why it counts.
  http://www.insightassessment.com/pdf_files/what&why2006.pdf
• Critical Thinking VALUE Rubric (AACU)
  https://www.aacu.org/value/rubrics/critical-thinking
• The Critical Thinking Community
  http://www.criticalthinking.org/
• Unlocking the Mystery of Critical Thinking
  http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/instructional-design/unlocking-mystery-critical-thinking/
• Teaching Critical Thinking: Some Practical Points
  http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-teaching-strategies/teaching-critical-thinking-practical-points/
     

Composition 2 Changes
Changes are coming to the college's Composition 2 classes, and the English Department (under the chair's guidance) has created a very succinct "heads up" to and explanation of the BHE-mandated changes that are occurring. Please see the document attached to the iDevelop email for more information.

Share Teaching Resources or Professional Development Opportunities
If you have any teaching resources that you would like to share with other NSCC faculty or know of any other professional development opportunities that NSCC faculty might be interested in, please feel free to send them to ctli@northshore.edu and we will share them in the upcomimg issues of iDevelop.

We hope you have enjoyed this weekly eNewsletter and would love your input. Please let us know if you have any feedback on the format, content, and resources or if there is anything else you would like to see in the eNewsletter.

Thank you,
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation