Monday, November 4, 2019

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (11/4/2019)

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 (CTLI).
  
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20 Minute Online Professional Development
The topic for the week of November 4th is How Can I Ensure Academic Honesty in My Online Assessments? 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-ensure-academic-honesty-in-my-online-assessments-15195-1.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 2019 Lecture. This semester’s Liberal Studies Lecture Series is “An Artist and a Philosopher Go to the Doctor” and will take place on Wednesday, November 6th from 12:30-1:45 in Danvers, MS119. Join Bonnie Ashmore, full time faculty in the Fine Arts/Visual Studies program, and her colleague, Dr. Dien Ho, as they discuss the intersection of medicine and the humanities and specifically how it impacted their collaboration in creating the cover for Dr. Ho’s book. For more information, see the flyer at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B78eXBKxK6wWS0xjTkZuUVdtOE43c2k3WFpSdHBBNm9QZEhv/view.
  • Affordable Textbooks Awareness Panel. The SGA and MASSPIRG Students are working together this semester to make college more accessible to students. Join us on Wednesday, November 6th from 1:30 pm to 2:30 pm in Danvers, MS 106B to learn more about the movement. You will hear testimonials from NSCC students and from faculty who have made the switch from traditional textbooks to free or cheaper options. Following the testimonials will be a discussion, we want to hear from you and hope to answer your questions and hear your ideas. Join us to learn more! Refreshments will be provided. 
  • Faculty Conversations: Small Teaching Online. This fall, the CTLI will host informal faculty conversations around making small changes in your teaching practice that can increase student engagement and learning. The third meeting will be Thursday, November 14th from 2:30pm to 3:30pm. Please save the date in your calendar. An email with additional information about the November session will be sent out in early November.
       
Affordable Textbooks Awareness Panel
MASSPIRG students are excited to be working on our Affordable Textbooks Campaign this semester with the SGA and we have an event on November 6th from 1:30-2:30PM in the Math and Sciences building on the Danvers campus room 106B. So far we have collected dozens of surveys from students who want to tell their story about their college experience with high cost textbooks and are hoping for a solution. 65% of students are opting out of buying textbooks because they are too expensive and therefore are not able to succeed as well simply because they cannot afford the book. I am sure you are aware, there is a solution. Open Educational Resources (OER) are widely used across the state and the whole country.

 NSCC has already begun taking action on this issue by providing faculty with grants to switch from traditional textbooks to open resources, but there is more to be done! We can tell from the student surveys that students are still paying ridiculous amounts of money of textbooks. This is because 3 companies control 80% of the textbook industry and have increased the cost of textbooks by 88% in the past decade — that’s three times the rate of inflation!

 MASSPIRG students and the SGA at NSCC believe that faculty need more information about OER and need to have the discussion with statewide staff and their peers to know exactly what it takes to make the switch. So, we are hosting a panel next week. Robert Awkward, the HED Director of Learning Outcomes, will be talking about what they are doing at the state level, other faculty members who use OER or some other form of open access books will talk about their experiences, and students will tell their stories about how the high cost of course materials has affected their college experience.
  
Co-Curricular Planning Dates
Student Engagement is hosting a series of co-curricular planning dates for faculty and staff to share ideas and programming options. Hopefully you can attend one of these meetings.
  • Tuesday, November 5 - Lynn Campus 11:30 am - 12:30 pm CTLI Conference Room
  • Wednesday, November 6 - Danvers Campus 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm CTLI Conference Room
  • Tuesday, November 12 - Lynn Campus 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm Room LE 203
  • Thursday, November 14 - Danvers Campus 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm Room DB 313
  • Monday, November 18 - Lynn Campus 9:30 am - 10:30 am Room LE 303
  • Tuesday, November 19 - Danvers Campus 9:30 am - 10:30 am  Room DB 313
      
Celebrate National Distance Learning Week (November 4-November 8)
Throughout the week, various organizations will be offering free webinars around online learning and instructional technologies that support online teaching.
Resources
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,
CTLI
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