iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (10/5/2020)

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 October 5th 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/product/program/how-can-i-use-simple-gamification-strategies-to-engage-my-students/. The complete fall 2020 schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2020/09/20-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

• Debate Viewing Party. The Office of Student Engagement will be hosting a second Debate Viewing Party on October 8th from 2:30pm to 4:30pm via Zoom. More information is available on the flyer that was included in the iDevelop email. Please feel free to join the discussion as well as share the event flyer with your students.
• 2020 Assessment Institute. The 2020 Assessment Institute will be held virtually from October 25th-28th. The Institute is highly regarded in the field of assessment and offers the opportunity for higher education faculty, staff, and administrators to share knowledge and learn new skills regarding student outcomes assessment. If you are interested in further developing your assessment skills, this is an excellent opportunity. To learn more, please visit the institute’s presentation topics and the program book pages. A sampling of presentation tracks includes: Assessment in Online Courses and Programs; Assessment Methods; Community Colleges; Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion; and STEM Education. Institute registration is complimentary this year, which represents a $370 cost savings. If you would like to attend, please register by October 12th at https://assessmentinstitute.iupui.edu/index.html. To learn more about the Institute, please contact Kim Stevens (kstevens@northshore.edu). Kim is also available to meet to help you find institute sessions that would be a good match for your individual interests.  
     

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

• Instructor Webinar Series: Remote Instruction from Basics to Advanced [Blackboard]. In October, Blackboard is hosting a series of free webinars to help with the transition to remote teaching. "This webinar series is designed for Instructors who are just getting started with teaching using Blackboard Learn and Blackboard Collaborate, as well as those who have started to transition to deliver instruction remotely and are looking to make some improvements." [from the webinar series web page] For more information and to register for any of the webinars, please visit https://go.blackboard.com/Instructor-webinar-series.
• Culture Shift to Academic Freedom [CCCOER Webinar] on Wednesday, October 14, 2020 at 3:00pm EST. “Open Education gives faculty the academic freedom to find, adapt, and create materials that are focused on how and what their students need to learn and be successful in their courses.  It takes time and a different approach to your teaching practice. No longer limited by a commercial textbook’s outline of topic materials and lack of access by a significant percentage of their students, a faculty member can engage their students in more meaningful and effective learning experiences. Hear from faculty and an administrator who are engaged in this sometimes challenging culture shift to reduce inequity and grow our pedagogical practices.” [description from registration email] Register at https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZUld-CgqTwiGtcXwn5riSfE2aQ4qyj0QmWc.  
• Overcoming Microaggressions as a Faculty Member [Free Webcast from Academic Impressions] on October 23, 2020 at 1:00pm EST. "Learn how to manage microaggressions as a faculty member to achieve greater psychological safety and personal effectiveness in the workplace." [description from registration email] Register at  https://www.academicimpressions.com/overcoming-microaggressions-as-a-faculty-member/.      
• Empower Students for Academic Success: Teaching Students Study Skills Informed by the Science of Learning on Friday, November 6, 2020, from 8:30 am until 3:30 pm EST. “This free webinar from the Center for Excellence and Innovation in Teaching and Learning at the University of New Hampshire should be of interest to faculty who want to assist their -students in acquiring and using study strategies that may improve their learning, retention, and transfer of academic material. It also should be of interest to staff of teaching and learning centers, faculty/educational development programs, student learning assistance programs, student academic success programs, etc.” [from the program description] If interested, please register at https://www.unh.edu/cetl/empower-students-academic-success-teaching-students-study-skills-informed-science-learning-0.
         

Interesting Resources

• Creating Emotional Engagement in Online Learning, https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2020/8/creating-emotional-engagement-in-online-learning
• How Do You Make Zoom Breakout Rooms Less Boring?, https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-09-24-how-do-you-make-zoom-breakout-rooms-less-boring
         

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,
CTLI