Monday, March 26, 2018

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (3/19/2018)

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).
  
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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 19th is How Can I Be an Effective Mentor? 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-can-i-be-an-effective-mentor-14569-1.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.   
 
Upcoming Webinars of Interest
Backwards design to support flexibility within courses (part of the Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series) on Thursday, March 22, 2018 at 3:00 pm EST
Speaker: Karen Bellnier, Director of Instructional Technology and Online Learning, Community College of Rhode Island
"Backwards design is a course planning approach that keeps the planning focused on the end goal – your course objectives. While the process often involves tearing a course down to its “studs” and rebuilding, the benefits to you and your students can be worth that effort through a clear vision for the course, objective-driven assessment and grading criteria, and efficiency of time spent on class."
Register at https://event.on24.com/eventRegistration/EventLobbyServlet?target=reg20.jsp&referrer=&eventid=1559843&sessionid=1&key=598D614B7F66A11F7FC393E21A8EE203

  
Resources
Speaking of faculty mentors…The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation (CTLI) is excited to have Kara Kaufman as part of the CTLI team in her role as the Teaching, Learning, and Technology Faculty Mentor. Kara is a Professor of History in the Department of History, Government, & Economics and has been teaching history at NSCC since 2011. She teaches World History I, World History II, and the History of Sexuality on-site in Lynn and Danvers as well as World History II online. During the spring semester, Kara will be in Danvers DB387 on Wednesday mornings and in Lynn LS319 on Thursday afternoons and will be available to meet with faculty to brainstorm ideas around enhancing their teaching practice through the integration of innovative strategies or instructional technologies. We hope that you will stop by at some point.

Share Your Teaching Strategies, Teaching Resources, or Professional Development Opportunities
In what ways do you build a student learning community in your face-to-face, hybrid, and online courses? What activities are you using to encourage student-to-student interaction? Please share your ideas, teaching strategies, and tips by emailing ctli@northshore.edu and we will share them in the next few issues of iDevelop. Also, please feel free to share any teaching resources or professional development opportunities that other NSCC faculty might be interested in.


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