iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (3/18/2019)

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.
  

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 18th is How Can Improving Student Feedback Improve the Quality of Each Educational Encounter? 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-are-five-methods-that-help-students-become-more-effective-learners-15123-1.html. The complete spring schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2019/01/20-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 

• Statewide OER Regional Training Event. Do you want to learn more about OER (open educational resources) and how they can improve teaching and learning? There is one more statewide OER regional training event in March – March 20th at Roxbury Community College. Faculty who attend will have the opportunity to review an open textbook and receive a $200 stipend. If you are interested, please register for the workshop at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScqspR-6sYBLcVAHnUnhneqP6KvzgIaUrhEBsq9YzbWZOcVRQ/viewform. To learn more about Massachusetts Open Education - Achieving Access for All, visit http://www.mass.edu/strategic/oer.asp.

Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development OpportunitiesIf 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