20 Minute Mentor - Online Faculty Professional Development - Fall 2017 Schedule

The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation (CTLI) offers 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 and the iDevelop e-newsletter.

New video presentations (with supplementary materials) go live at 10:00am each Monday morning and are only accessible through Sunday. 

The following sessions are on the schedule for fall 2017. For session descriptions, objectives, and mentor bios, click on the titles below. 

• August 28th - How Do I Release My Students' Natural Zest and Curiosity for Better Learning?
• September 4th - What are the Secrets to Providing Highly Effective Feedback to Students?
• September 11th - How Can I Lay the Groundwork for Positive Technology Change?
• September 18th - How Do I Design Innovative Assignments to Foster Learning in the Online Classroom?
• September 25th - How Can I Implement UDL in the Next 20 Minutes?
• October 2nd - How Do I Create a Lively, Yet Functional, Online Classroom?
• October 9th - How Should I Manage Conflict Within My Department?
• October 16th - How Can I Build Momentum for Change with Short-term Wins?
• October 23th - What Are the Secrets to Making Highly Effective Educational Videos?
• October 30th - How Do I Align Learning Objectives with Technology Using Backward Design?
• November 6th - How Do I Overcome Faculty Barriers to Online Teaching?
• November 13th - How Can I Make My Exams More Accessible?
• November 20th - How Do I Stay Calm When Students Push My Buttons?
• November 27th - How Do I Establish an Engaging Atmosphere in My Online Classroom?
• December 4th - How Can I Make My Exams More About Learning, Less About Grades?
• December 11th - What Do Adjunct Faculty Need to Be Successful in the Online Classroom?

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