iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (4/1/2019)

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 April 1st is How Do I Promote Civil and Thoughtful Engagement 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-do-i-promote-civil-and-thoughtful-engagement-in-the-classroom-14532-1.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 

• Shakespeare’s: The Taming of the Shrew. North Shore Community College and the Liberal Arts Division present Shakespeare’s: The Taming of the Shrew directed by Matthew Woods. This student-driven production will take place April 5 at 7:00 pm, April 6 at 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm, and April 7 at 3:00 pm at Lynn Museum / Lynn Arts, Inc. More information is available at http://www.northshore.edu/news/2019/taming-shrew.html.
      

Upcoming Webinars of Interest 

• The OER Connection with Dual Enrollment [CCCOER Webinar] on Wednesday, April 4, 2019 from 3:00pm-4:00pm. “Join us to hear faculty and administrators describe why and how they selected OER for their dual enrollment classes, how OER is a good fit for that setting, and lessons learned from the process of adopting and using OER in dual credit classes. After we hear from our speakers we will have a panel discussion, so bring your questions.” Register at  https://zoom.us/meeting/register/2865e6b2c9e0674e8c34be5db4a05ad8.
       

Interesting Articles

• Time Management Strategies for the Flipped Classroom, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/blended-flipped-learning/time-management-strategies-for-the-flipped-classroom/
• Discussion Boards: Valuable? Overused? Discuss., https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2019/03/27/new-approaches-discussion-boards-aim-dynamic-online-learning
• Scaffolding Online Student Success, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/scaffolding-online-student-success/
• 16 Open Learning Resources that Go Beyond the Textbook, https://campustechnology.com/articles/2019/03/22/16-open-learning-resources-that-go-beyond-the-textbook.aspx
• Best Sources for Free Digital Textbooks and More, https://campustechnology.com/articles/2019/03/25/best-sources-for-free-digital-textbooks-and-more.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