iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (1/29/2018)

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 January 29th is How Do I Create the Ideal Learning Environment for Modern Learners? 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 https://www.magnapubs.com/online/mentor/how-do-i-create-the-ideal-environment-for-modern-learners-14534-1.html. The complete spring schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2018/01/20-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.   

Other Professional Development Opportunities

• Save the Date: NSCC’s Office of Student Engagement will be offering two co-curricular programming events this spring semester. The first one, "Changes in the Brain: Evidence from Neuroscience on the effects of Buddhism and the Secular Practice of Mindfulness", will take place on Tuesday, March 6th from 11:30am to 1:00pm in the Lynn Gym. For more information, please contact Dennis Hicks. 
      

Webinar of Interest – Recording Now Available
"Ugh, group work”: Restructuring Group Work & Projects in the Online Course: Recently NERCOMP ran a virtual webinar facilitated by Lance Eaton on ideas for integrating group work into online courses. The presentation materials are available at https://goo.gl/mvRiYu. And the recording can be accessed at https://register.gotowebinar.com/recording/4160311594720154370?assets=true if you are interested in viewing the session. You will need to enter in your name and email address to access the recording.

To stay current on professional development opportunities offered by the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation over the spring semester:

• Read the Learning, Education, Technology and Support (LETS) Blog at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/. CTLI’s goal with this blog is to provide an informative and useful resource for faculty and staff by highlighting events, spotlighting projects, and presenting current information around instructional technology while also providing a growing pool of resources, recommendations, tools, and materials for teaching and learning purposes.
• "Like" the North Shore Community College Instructional Technology and Design Page on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/myNSCC.acadtech. On the Instructional Technology and Design Facebook page, CTLI’s ITD team provides information about upcoming professional development opportunities, links to interesting articles on integrating technology into the teaching and learning environment, and presents tips on using the various instructional technology resources.    

 

Resources

• Helping Students Develop Critical Information Processing Skills https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/course-design-ideas/helping-students-develop-information-processing-skills/ 
• How to Deepen Online Dialogue https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/deepen-online-dialogue/
• Six Ways to Promote a Positive Learning Environmenthttps://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-classroom-management/six-ways-promote-positive-learning-environment/
    

Share Teaching Resources or Professional Development OpportunitiesIf you have any teaching strategies or 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 upcoming 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