iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (11/19/2018)

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).
  

20 Minute Online Professional Development
The Monday Morning Mentor series will be available over the fall semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of November 19th is How Can I Gain Valuable Insight From Course Evaluations? 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-gain-valuable-insight-from-course-evaluations-14541-1.html. The complete fall schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2018/08/20-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.   
       
Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development Opportunities

If you have any teaching 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

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (11/12/2018)

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 fall semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of November 12th is How Can I Engage the Emotions of My Students to Maximize Learning? 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-engage-the-emotions-of-my-students-to-maximize-learning-15166-1.html.The complete fall schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2018/08/20-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

• Attack on Truth: Democracy at Risk. The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University present “Attack on Truth: Deomocracy at Risk”, a public conversation with NY Times journalist, Andrew Rosenthal. The talk, which is free and open to the public, is on Tuesday, November 13th at 7:00pm at the Salem Visitor Center. See http://news.northshore.edu/bulletin/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2018/10/Andrew-Rosenthal_10_18_Flyer.pdf.jpg for more information.
          

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

• Teaching Innovations for Music Courses, via Distance-learning: Resources & Strategies [Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series] on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 from 1:00pm-2:00pm. “Classical music pedagogy and theory courses are traditionally taught face-to-face in a classroom. The challenge of expanding enrollment for music courses can be met through a combination of best practices in instructional design, and interactive publisher content, enabling a greater range of students (majors and non-majors) to study music.” For more details and registration information, visit https://community.blackboard.com/events/2103-bits-teaching-innovations-for-music-courses-via-distance-learning-resources-strategies. 
• Transforming Learning with Open Educational Practices and Pedagogy [CCCOER Webinar] on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 from 2:00pm-3:00pm. "Open educational practices enable new ways for students to learn and create knowledge. We will hear from pioneering OER projects where faculty utilize open educational practices and pedagogy to enhance student engagement and knowledge as they blur the boundary between instructor and student in collaboratively building the commons.” For more details and registration information, visit https://www.cccoer.org/webinar/nov-14-transforming-learning-with-open-educational-practices-and-pedagogy/.
     

Resources

• Harness the Power of Emotions to Help Your Students Learn
  https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/harness-power-emotions-help-students-learn/

 
Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development Opportunities

If you have any teaching 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

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (10/29/2018)

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 fall semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of October 29th is How Can I Resolve Difficult Situations in the Classroom? 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-resolve-difficult-situations-in-the-classroom-15163-1.html. The complete fall schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2018/08/20-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

• (LS)^2 Fall 2018 Lecture. This semester’s Liberal Studies Lecture Series is “Sideshow : Metaphor : Art : Life” and will take place on Wednesday, October 31st at 10:30am in the Danvers Math & Science building, room DS119. Join Tony Gangi as he examines the relationship that exists between the sideshow and the creation of art and our search for human truth. There will be a costume contest at the end of the presentation. More information is available at http://news.northshore.edu/blog/sideshow-metaphor-art-life-ls2-fall-2018-lecture/. 
          

Resources

• Seven Bricks to Lay the Foundation for Productive Difficult Dialogues
  https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-classroom-management/seven-bricks-to-lay-the-foundation-for-productive-difficult-dialogues/ 
• Difficult Dialogues
  https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/difficult-dialogues/
• Managing Difficult Classroom Discussions
  https://citl.indiana.edu/teaching-resources/diversity-inclusion/managing-difficult-classroom-discussions/

  
Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development Opportunities

If you have any teaching 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

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (10/22/2018)

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 fall semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of October 22nd is How Can I Get Students to Engage with Course Content Before Class? 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-get-students-to-engage-with-course-content-before-class-15171-1.html. The complete fall schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2018/08/20-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

• AMCOA Regional Assignment Design Charrette. Join your colleagues from around the region for an Assignment Design Charette right here at NSCC on Friday, November 2nd from 9:00am to 12:00pm (lunch will be provided following the event from 12:00pm to 1:00pm) in Danvers DS106B. This is in part designed to facilitate attendees’ participation in the VALUE Institute (formerly known as the Multi-State Collaborative). NSCC has ten spots available for faculty to attend the workshop. If you are interested, please RSVP to Cate Kaluzny by Monday, October 22nd.
• New Library Catalog Information Sessions. Come learn about the new Library Catalog! The NSCC Library joined a new network and launched a new catalog over the summer.  Want to learn how to use it?  We can show you how to find and request books and other items that the NSCC Library doesn’t have.  Stop by one of our quick info sessions to find out more. In Danvers, the sessions will take place in the library instruction lab, DB241, on Tuesday, October 23rd at 10:00am. In Lynn, the sessions will take place in the library classroom, LW181, on Wednesday, October 24th at 2:00pm.
        

Resources

• How do we get students to complete pre-class work?
  http://rtalbert.org/how-to-get-students-to-do-preclass-work/ 
• Motivating students to come to class prepared
  http://otl.du.edu/teaching-resources/motivating-students-to-do-the-readings/ 
• Bridging the Gap between Pre-Work and In-Class Sessions in the Flipped Classroom
  https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/blended-flipped-learning/bridging-gap-pre-work-class-sessions-flipped-classroom/

    
Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development Opportunities

If you have any teaching 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

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (10/15/2018)

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 fall semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of October 15th is How Can I Use Simple Gamification Strategies to Engage my Students? 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-use-simple-gamification-strategies-to-engage-my-students-14908-1.html. The complete fall schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2018/08/20-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

• AMCOA Regional Assignment Design Charrette. Join your colleagues from around the region for an Assignment Design Charette right here at NSCC on Friday, November 2nd from 9:00am to 12:00pm (lunch will be provided following the event from 12:00pm to 1:00pm) in Danvers DS106B. This is in part designed to facilitate attendees’ participation in the VALUE Institute (formerly known as the Multi-State Collaborative). NSCC has ten spots available for faculty to attend the workshop. If you are interested, please RSVP to Cate Kaluzny by Monday, October 22nd.
• New Library Catalog Information Sessions. Come learn about the new Library Catalog! The NSCC Library joined a new network and launched a new catalog over the summer.  Want to learn how to use it?  We can show you how to find and request books and other items that the NSCC Library doesn’t have.  Stop by one of our quick info sessions to find out more. In Danvers, the sessions will take place in the library instruction lab, DB241. On Wednesday, October 17th at 2:00pm and Tuesday, October 23rd at 10:00am. In Lynn, the sessions will take place in the library classroom, LW181, on Tuesday, October 16th at 10:00am and Wednesday, October 24th at 2:00pm. 
• 41st Forum on Tolerance – Power, Privilege, and Progress: Awareness to Action. This year, the Forum on Tolerance will be Friday, October 19th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm and Saturday, October 20th from 9:00am to 5:00pm and will take place on the Lynn campus. The Friday night event is free while the Saturday event has a registration fee. More information is available at http://www.northshore.edu/tolerance. Registration for the event is required.
     

Resources

• What is Gamification?
  https://teaching.berkeley.edu/what-gamification  
• How Do You (Successfully) Gamify a Course?
  https://www.socialsciencespace.com/2014/08/how-do-you-successfully-gamify-a-course/  
• Adding Game Elements to your Online Course
  https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/adding-game-elements-to-your-online-course/   
• Playing Games Can Yield Serious Learning
  https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-teaching-strategies/playing-games-can-yield-serious-learning/

  
Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development Opportunities
Are you adding any gamification elements to your course? If so, we would love to hear from you. Please send us an email at ctli@northshore.edu and we will follow-up to capture your story.

If you have any teaching 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

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (10/8/2018)

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 fall semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of October 8th is How Can the Three C's of Course Design Enhance Students' Online Performance? 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-the-three-cs-of-course-design-enhance-students-online-performance-15040-1.html. The complete fall schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2018/08/20-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

• SAR Team Training Sessions. The College's Student at Risk (SAR) team will be providing training sessions on the role of the SAR team and supports that are available for students at risk. The training will include: Introduction of SAR Team members, role of SAR Team, strategies to de-escalate student situations,   NSCC support system, when and how to make referrals, and review of Student Suicide and Suicidal Ideation Protocol. This training presentation was offered to faculty as part of Faculty Professional Day on September 5th but, if you were unable to attend one of the sessions, you are welcome to attend on Friday, October 12th from 10:30am-12:00pm in the Lynn Gym. Please RSVP at
  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpZ1Q_RGp6ImJUxhAVMwFSytVLIi5Bcgg5rnkWRaUjZi_bBA/viewform.
       

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

• Improving Student Engagement and Retention Through the Community of Inquiry [Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series] on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 1:00pm-2:00pm EST. “Student engagement and retention continues to be central as a success measure in higher education. The Community of Inquiry (COI) Framework provides an opportunity to focus on learning as a result of interaction of social, cognitive, and teaching presence. Through purposeful instructional design, the students' educational experience can lead to higher satisfaction and better learning through active engagement and the application of COI. In this session, the presenters will: define COI; identify the application of COI in student engagement, share tips for leveraging COI to improve student retention; demonstrate the integration of COI principles in Blackboard Learn; and highlight examples of COI in Grand Valley State University courses.” For more details and registration information, visit https://community.blackboard.com/events/2101-bits-improving-student-engagement-and-retention-through-the-community-of-inquiry

   Resources

• 9 Ways to Make Your Course Easier to Navigate
  https://teachonline.asu.edu/2016/04/online-course-navigation/
• Instructor Communication with Students Online
  https://bestinshow.wisconsin.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/InstructorCommunications.pdf 
• Professors Share Ideas for Building Community in Online Courses
  https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2017/07/26/ideas-building-online-community 
• Five Ways to Build Community in Online Classrooms
  https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/five-ways-to-build-community-in-online-classrooms/ 
• Coaching Strategies to Enhance Online Discussions
https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/coaching-strategies-to-enhance-online-discussions/ 
• Giving Students a Choice in Assignments Can Boost Creativity and Motivation
  https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/course-design-ideas/giving-students-a-choice-in-assignments-can-boost-creativity-and-motivation/ 
• "Choose your Own Adventure”: New Approaches to Assignments
  http://languages.oberlin.edu/blogs/ctie/2017/04/16/choose-your-own-adventure-new-approaches-to-assignments/

Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development Opportunities
If you have any teaching 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

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (10/1/2018)

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 fall semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of October 1st is What is Gamification and How Can it Promote a Growth Mindset? 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/what-is-gamification-and-how-can-it-promote-a-growth-mindset-14909-1.html. The complete fall schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2018/08/20-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

• SAR Team Training Sessions. The College's Student at Risk (SAR) team will be providing 2 training sessions on the role of the SAR team and supports that are available for students at risk. The training will include: Introduction of SAR Team members, role of SAR Team, strategies to de-escalate student situations,   NSCC support system, when and how to make referrals, and review of Student Suicide and Suicidal Ideation Protocol. This training presentation was offered to faculty as part of Faculty Professional Day on September 5th but, if you were unable to attend one of the sessions, you are welcome to attend on Tuesday, October 2nd from 2:00-3:30pm in Danvers DH105 or Friday, October 12th from 10:30am-12:00pm in the Lynn Gym. Please RSVP at
  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpZ1Q_RGp6ImJUxhAVMwFSytVLIi5Bcgg5rnkWRaUjZi_bBA/viewform.
      

2018 "Midterm Election Teach-In" Resources

The "Midterm Election Teach-In" is Monday, October 1st thru Friday, October 5th. The Library has compiled a Libguide, available at https://library.northshore.edu/Election2018, to serve as a resource for those of you who would like to include the 2018 Midterm Elections into your classroom. If you have any questions about the "Midterm Election Teach-In", please contact Cate Kaluzny.

Resources

• 7 Things You Should Know About Gamification
  https://library.educause.edu/resources/2011/8/7-things-you-should-know-about-gamification
• 7 Things You Should Read About Gamification/Game Principles in Instruction
  https://library.educause.edu/resources/2014/7/7-things-you-should-read-about-gamificationgame-principles-in-instruction
• Gamification
  http://citt.ufl.edu/tools/gamification/
• What is Gamification and Why Use It in Teaching?
  https://ii.library.jhu.edu/2014/05/13/what-is-gamification-and-why-use-it-in-teaching/
• 12 Tips for Gamifying a Course
  https://campustechnology.com/articles/2016/06/01/12-tips-for-gamifying-a-course.aspx

Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development Opportunities
If you have any teaching 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

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (9/24/2018)

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 fall semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of September 24th is How Can Livestreaming Bring New Life to My Teaching? 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-livestreaming-bring-new-life-to-my-teaching-14852-1.html. The complete fall schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2018/08/20-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

• SAR Team Training Sessions. The College's Student at Risk (SAR) team will be providing 2 training sessions on the role of the SAR team and supports that are available for students at risk. The training will include: Introduction of SAR Team members, role of SAR Team, strategies to de-escalate student situations,   NSCC support system, when and how to make referrals, and review of Student Suicide and Suicidal Ideation Protocol. This training presentation was offered to faculty as part of Faculty Professional Day on September 5th but, if you were unable to attend one of the sessions, you are welcome to attend on Tuesday, October 2nd from 2:00-3:30pm in Danvers DH105 or Friday, October 12th from 10:30am-12:00pm in the Lynn Gym. Please RSVP at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpZ1Q_RGp6ImJUxhAVMwFSytVLIi5Bcgg5rnkWRaUjZi_bBA/viewform. 

   
Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development Opportunities
If you have any teaching 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

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (9/17/2018)

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 fall semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of September 17th is How Will OER Benefit the 21st Century Student? 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-will-OER-benefit-the-21st-century-student-15037-1.html. The complete fall schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2018/08/20-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

• 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.

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

• Collaborative Platforms for Open Content Development on Wednesday, September 19th at 2:00pm EST. "As more colleges are promoting the adoption of OER to expand access and improve completion rates, collaborative platforms for publishing open content are becoming more critical.  Faculty, librarians, and instructional designers are often working in teams to curate, adapt, and format openly licensed content for entire courses. Join us for this free and open webinar to hear from several stakeholders (including colleagues from a MA community college) who have adopted collaborative platforms to streamline the process from course outline to delivery of fully OER courses and open textbooks." For more details and registration information, visit CCCOER’s website at: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/0ffb82fed654be79dc2040ba88984b7b?

Resources

• NSCC Open Educational Resources LibGuide
  https://library.northshore.edu/open
• OER: Bigger Than Affordability
  https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/views/2017/11/01/oer-catalyst-national-conversation-about-public-higher-education 
• Open Pedagogy Notebook: Sharing Practices, Building Community
  http://openpedagogy.org/ 
• OER Training Guide
  http://pressbooks.oer.hawaii.edu/oertraining2018/ 
• OASIS (new search tool for OER sources)
  https://oasis.geneseo.edu/
     

Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development Opportunities
If you have any teaching 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

September Blackboard Learn Open Labs

CTLI's Instructional Technology and Design (ITD) team will be hosting a series of Blackboard Learn Open Labs during the first two weeks of the semester.

Faculty are welcome to drop by the open labs if they have any questions/issues or would like to come in to work on your courses and get assistance from CTLI ITD staff. CTLI ITD team members will be available to assist on both the Danvers and Lynn campuses.

Week of September 3rd

• Tuesday, September 4th from 9:00am-3:00pm in DB387 and LS319
• Thursday, September 6th from 9:00am-3:00pm in DB387 and LS319
• Friday, September 7th from 9:00am-3:00pm in DB387 and LS319    

Week of September 10th

• Monday, September 10th from 9:00am-3:00pm in DB387 and LS319
• Tuesday, September 11th from 9:00am-2:00pm in DB387 and LS319
• Wednesday, September 12th from 9:00am-3:00pm in DB387 and LS319
• Thursday, September 13th from 9:00am-3:00pm in DB387 and LS319 

   
Also, please do not hesitate to contact the Blackboard Learn Helpdesk at bbhelp@northshore.edu if there are any issues with Blackboard Learn.

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

• August 27 - How Can I Bring Pop to My Classroom with Pop Culture?
• September 3 - How Can I Promote Enrollment and Retention in Challenging Courses that Motivate Instead of Frustrate?
• September 10 - What are Five Tips for Creating Videos that Promote Knowledge and Expand My Reach?
• September 17 - How Will OER Benefit the 21st Century Student?
• September 24 - How Can Livestreaming Bring New Life to My Teaching?
• October 1 - What is Gamification and How Can it Promote a Growth Mindset?
• October 8 - How Can the Three C's of Course Design Enhance Students' Online Performance?
• October 15 - How Can I Use Simple Gamification Strategies to Engage my Students?
• October 22 - How Can I Get Students to Engage with Course Content Before Class?
• October 29 - How Can I Resolve Difficult Situations in the Classroom?
• November 5 - How Should I Manage My Online Course?
• November 12 - How Can I Engage the Emotions of My Students to Maximize Learning?
• November 19 - How Can I Gain Valuable Insight from Course Evaluations?
• November 26 - How Can I Encourage Students to Stay Connected with Course Content After Class?
• December 3 - How Can Talking through Course Evaluations Improve my Teaching?
• December 10 - How Can Promoting Academic Integrity Improve Learning Outcomes for Students?

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

Preparing for Fall 2018 Courses in Blackboard Learn

As you start to think about your fall courses, we wanted to share with you the following important information that will help you prepare your course site in Blackboard Learn.

Copying a Course
To copy a previous course site into a new one in Blackboard Learn:

1. Go into the course site that has the content to copy. In the Control Panel, expand the "Packages and Utilities" section and click Course Copy.
2. On the next screen, in the “Select Copy Type” section, make sure Copy Course Materials into Existing Course is selected in the drop down menu.
3. Now, in the “Select Copy Options” section, next to the Destination Course ID field, click Browse. Then, find and select the Course ID for the new course (the one you want to put the content into). Click Submit.
4. Select the Course Materials that you want to copy over to the new course. Usually, Select All is the best choice, although you might not want to copy announcements.
1. If Select All is not used, make sure to include Grade Center Columns and Settings if Assignments and/or Tests are being copied.
2. Also, under Discussion Board, select Include only the forums, with no starter posts if threads are not created by the instructor for students to respond to. If not, all student threads will copy over as anonymous and they will need to be deleted.
5. In the “File Attachments” section, keep the default settings.
6. Click Submit.

Please note: When a previous course site is copied over into a new course site, any new or changed content areas will be added to the bottom of the course menu.

Make Your Course Available
All Blackboard Learn course sites are unavailable to students by default. Here are the directions for making the course site available to your students. To open your course:

1. Go into the course site.
2. On the Control Panel, expand the "Customization" section and click Properties.
3. On the next screen, in the "Set Availability" section, select Yes to make the course available.
4. Click Submit.

Preparing a Blackboard Learn Course Site for a New Semester
Please check out this handy reference at http://goo.gl/pZbUZ8 to help you prepare a  Blackboard Learn course site for a new semester.

Please do not hesitate to contact the Blackboard Learn Helpdesk at bbhelp@northshore.edu if there are any issues with Blackboard Learn.

August and September Blackboard Learn and Instructional Technology Workshops

The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation's Instructional Technology and Design team will be holding various Blackboard Learn and Instructional Technology workshops in August and September.

In August and September, the CTLI's Instructional Technology and Design team will be sponsoring a series of workshops on a variety of topics around integrating technology into the teaching and learning environment as well as on using Blackboard Learn.

Workshops include:

• Introduction to Blackboard Learn
• Blackboard Learn Interaction Tool: Discussion Board
• Blackboard Learn: Using Interactive Grading Rubrics
• Blackboard Learn: Assignments and Safe Assign
• Blackboard Learn: Tests and Surveys
• Blackboard Learn: Grade Center and Grading
• Virtual Classrooms with Blackboard Learn Collaborate {NEW}
• Accessibility Awareness with Blackboard Ally and Creating Accessible Documents {NEW}
• “10” Things You Might Not Know about Blackboard Learn: What’s New and Hidden Gems  {NEW}
• New to Smart Classrooms

To view the complete schedule of workshop sessions (with descriptions) and to RSVP, please visit this web site: https://goo.gl/forms/TRcmkQAhtMrhYqaY2.

If interested in attending a workshop, please make sure to RSVP. A workshop will be cancelled if less than three people sign up for it.

Preparing for Summer 2018 Courses in Blackboard Learn

As you start to think about your summer courses, we wanted to share with you the following important information that will help you prepare your course site in Blackboard Learn.

Copying a Course
To copy a previous course site into a new one in Blackboard Learn:

1. Go into the course site that has the content to copy. In the Control Panel, expand the "Packages and Utilities" section and click Course Copy.
2. On the next screen, in the “Select Copy Type” section, make sure Copy Course Materials into Existing Course is selected in the drop down menu.
3. Now, in the “Select Copy Options” section, next to the Destination Course ID field, click Browse. Then, find and select the Course ID for the new course (the one you want to put the content into). Click Submit.
4. Select the Course Materials that you want to copy over to the new course. Usually, Select All is the best choice, although you might not want to copy announcements.
1. If Select All is not used, make sure to include Grade Center Columns and Settings if Assignments and/or Tests are being copied.
2. Also, under Discussion Board, select Include only the forums, with no starter posts if threads are not created by the instructor for students to respond to. If not, all student threads will copy over as anonymous and they will need to be deleted.
5. In the “File Attachments” section, keep the default settings.
6. Click Submit.

Please note: When a previous course site is copied over into a new course site, any new or changed content areas will be added to the bottom of the course menu.
    
Making your Course Shell Available to Students
When your course shell is ready for students to view, you will need to give them access. All course sites are unavailable to students by default. You can easily make your course sites available from the My Home page using the Qwickly multi-course tool.

If you are in your course site, here are the directions for making it available to your students. To open your course:

1. In your Blackboard Learn course shell, in the Control Panel, expand the Customization section and click Properties. 
2. On the next screen, scroll down to the “Set Availability” section and select Yes to make the course available.Note: We recommend that you select Yes instead of Use Term Availability. Term Availability is set to the last day of classes and will close your course site that day (even though your students might still need access to finish up the course). 
3. Click Submit to enable your students to see and access your course shell.
    

Preparing your Blackboard Learn Course Site for a New Semester
If you have already been using Blackboard Learn for your courses, please check out this handy reference to help you prepare your Blackboard Learn course site for a new semester at http://goo.gl/pZbUZ8.
  
Blackboard Learn Pre-semester Course Checklist
Once you course has been copied over, please review this checklist at https://goo.gl/18q3r5 to help you make sure your course site in Blackboard Learn is ready to go for the upcoming semester. 
   
Please do not hesitate to contact the Blackboard Learn Helpdesk at bbhelp@northshore.edu if there are any issues with Blackboard Learn.

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (5/7/2018)

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 May 7th is How Can I Write Better Letters of Recommendation? 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-write-better-letters-of-recomendation-14570-1.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

• New @ NSCC - Virtual Classrooms with Blackboard Collaborate Ultra. Faculty are invited to learn about a new instructional technology available at NSCC, Blackboard Collaborate Ultra. Blackboard Collaborate Ultra is a virtual classroom tool that allows faculty to have synchronous, real-time conversations with their students that can include audio and video interaction with students, an interactive whiteboard, application and desktop sharing, informal polling, and breakout rooms for student groups. If you would like to learn more about how Blackboard Collaborate Ultra can be used in your face-to-face, hybrid, or online courses, we hope you can join us at our New @ NSCC session on Thursday, May 10th from 2:30pm to 3:30pm in Lynn South, LS314 (CTLI Training Room). If you are interested in attending, please RSVP at https://goo.gl/forms/PothEwANQRm3h9bx1. If you are unable to attend but would like more information on Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, please contact Andrea Milligan to set up a time to talk more at your convenience.
    

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

• Designing courses as a student Hero’s Journey [BITS]  on May 9, 2018 at 1:00pm Eastern. The speaker, Dr. Szymon Machajewski, "will synthesize the Exemplary Course Program Rubric and Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey to help instructional designers and instructors tell an epic story in their courses." Register at https://community.blackboard.com/events/1901-bits-designing-courses-as-a-student-heros-journey. 
• The Importance of Student Collaboration in OER Projects [CCCOER Webinar] on May 9, 2018 at  2:00pm Eastern. "Students have a valuable role to play in advocating for open education as well as the creation and revision of OER.  Join us to hear from faculty, a student, and several administrators on how student collaboration has helped advanced their OER initiatives and contributed to student digital literacy."
  More information with registration information at https://www.cccoer.org/webinar/may-9-the-importance-of-student-collaboration-in-oer-projects/.  
      

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

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (4/23/2018)

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 April 23rd is How Can I Move My Teaching Forward at Midcareer? 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-move-my-teaching-forward-at-midcareer-14542-1.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

• North Shore Community College’s 2018 Visiting Writer. Novelist Louise Miller is a native New Englander, professional pastry chef, amateur flower gardener, old-time banjo player, obsessive moviegoer, and champion of old dogs. She will read from her debut novel, The City Baker’s Guide to Country Living, and her soon-to- be-published second book, The Late Bloomer’s Club. The readings will take place on Tuesday, April 24th, at 9:30am and 11:00am in the Danvers Campus library, 1 Ferncroft Road, and on Friday, April 27th  at 9:30am and 11:00am in the President’s Board Room on the Lynn Campus, 300 Broad Street. More information is available at http://news.northshore.edu/blog/novelist-louise-miller-is-nsccs-2018-visiting-writer/.
• Annual Law Day Lecture. This year’s Law Day topic is Separation of Powers: Framework for Freedom. The keynote speaker is Lawrence Friedman, a professor of law at New England School of Law in Boston, MA. The lecture will be held on Thursday, April 26th from 7:30am to 9:00am in the Danvers Campus Math & Science Building, DS119 and will be teleconferenced to the Lynn Campus Gym. More information is available at http://news.northshore.edu/blog/nsccs-annual-law-day-lecture-separation-of-powers-framework-for-freedom/.
   

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

• Cars, culinary, and coding: Applied learning supported by Blackboard. This webinar, part of the BITS series, will take place on April 26, 2018 at 3:00pm EST. During this session, a panel of three instructors from Alfred State SUNY College of Technology will provide examples of different Blackboard Learn features - such as rubrics, wikis, grading, and online testing - to enhance and support their active learning classrooms. More information is available at https://community.blackboard.com/events/1900-bits-cars-culinary-and-coding-applied-learning-supported-by-blackboard.
      

Resources

• Mid-Career Faculty: How to Stay Engaged, Fulfilled, and Productive (Faculty Focus Special Report)
  http://www.sjsu.edu/cfd/career-planning/mid-career/FF-Special-Report-2017-Mid-Career.pdf 
• Three Active Learning Strategies You Can Do in 10 Minutes or Less
  https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/blended-flipped-learning/three-active-learning-strategies-you-can-do-in-10-minutes-or-less/
     

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