Tuesday, April 10, 2018

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (4/2/2018)

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 April 2nd is How Can I Revitalize My Classroom with Workforce Development Concepts? 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-revitalize-my-classroom-with-workforce-development-concepts-14582-1.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
  • Faculty Conversations. The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation (CTLI) is initiating a new professional development series called Faculty Conversations. The goal of Faculty Conversations is to create an opportunity for faculty to come together to discuss various teaching and learning topics as well as to share strategies, best practices, and resources. The topic for our inaugural Faculty Conversations will be best practices in online and hybrid teaching. There will be two sessions to accommodate different teaching schedules and campus locations: Friday, April 6th from 9:30am to 10:30am in Danvers Berry, DB301 (CTLI Conference Room) and Thursday, April 12th from 2:30pm to 3:30pm in Lynn South, LS314 (CTLI Training Room). Whether you are new to teaching online or hybrid courses, have been teaching online or hybrid courses for many years, or are curious about teaching online or hybrid courses, please join us for the conversation. If you are interested in participating, please RSVP at https://goo.gl/forms/ofxEBk3BEoYW4Xus2.
  • Liberal Studies Lecture Series (Rescheduled). Join Lance Eaton as he presents this semester’s (LS)^2 presentation “Vampires Get You Famous, But The Hulk Will Get You Sued: The Intersections of Creativity, Censorship, Copyright and the Commons” on Monday, April 9th from 9:30am to 10:45pm in the Math & Science Building, Room 119 at the Danvers Campus. This presentation is also open to the public. More information is available at http://news.northshore.edu/blog/vampires-get-you-famous-but-the-hulk-will-get-you-sued-the-intersections-of-creativity-censorship-copyright-and-the-commons/.
       
Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development Opportunities
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


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