20 Minute Mentor - Online Faculty Professional Development - Spring 2018 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 spring 2018. For session descriptions, objectives, and mentor bios, click on the titles below. 

• January 29th - How Do I Create the Ideal Learning Environment for Modern Learners?
• February 5th - How Can I Teach Routine Courses with Energy and Enthusiasm?
• February 12th - How Can I Use Controversial Issues to Build Cognitive Skills in My Students?
• February 19th - How Can I Leverage Force Multipliers in the Classroom?
• February 26th - How Do I Create Social Presence in my Online Classes?
• March 5th - How Do I Effectively Review Online Courses and Programs for Quality?
• March 12th - How Can I Make My Multiple Choice Tests More Effective?
• March 19th - How Can I Be an Effective Mentor?
• March 26th - How Can I Engage Generation C?
• April 2nd - How Can I Revitalize My Classroom with Workforce Development Concepts?
• April 9th - How Do I Earn Swift Trust in my Online Classes?
• April 16th - How Do Mini-lectures Improve Student Engagement?
• April 23rd - How Can I Move my Teaching Forward at Midcareer?
• April 30th - How Can I Attract and Retain Adjunct Online Faculty?
• May 7th - How Can I Write Better Letters of Recommendation?
• May 14th - Copyright Crash Course: How Can I Stay on the Right Side of the Law?

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