iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (10/26/2020)

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 26th is How Do I Go Beyond the Basics of Universal Design for 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/product/program/how-do-i-go-beyond-the-basics-of-universal-design-for-learning/. 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

• Ninth Annual Massachusetts Department of Higher Education Assessment Conference. The Conference will be held virtually on Friday, October 30th from 9:00am to 3:00pm. You can view the conference program and register for this free conference at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/9th-annual-amcoa-conference-registration-123746809037. The conference keynote speaker will be Dr. Natasha Jankowski, executive director of NILOA, who will give a talk entitled, “Equity & Assessment: Moving Towards Culturally Responsive Assessment.” Dr. Jankowski is one of the country’s leading voices on the topic of equity in assessment work. Session leaders from public and private institutions will share their knowledge and experience during eight 75-minute workshops. The conference’s morning session will focus on applying the equity agenda to assessment in practice, and the afternoon session will explore assessment tools & approaches. Of particular note for those interested in the topic of Transparency in Learning and Teaching, Dr. Mary-Ann Winkelmes will be leading one of the conference’s afternoon sessions.   

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

• Engaging College Students Using Active Learning Techniques [Magna Online Seminar] on Tuesday, October 27th at 2:00pm EST. “Educators everywhere are facing the challenge of teaching students who do not engage deeply at a cognitive level. Even more challenging is being able to get students to actively engage in online courses. In this free Magna Online Seminar, you will learn how to think differently about active learning and how to encourage students to engage in it. You will also learn about different challenges to active learning and about active learning techniques that help students overcome those challenges.” (description from event email) More information as well as registration link available at https://www.magnapubs.com/product/online-seminars/live/engaging-college-students-using-active-learning-techniques/        

Interesting Resources

• The UDL Guidelines, http://udlguidelines.cast.org/
• Equal Access: Universal Design of Instruction, https://www.washington.edu/accesscomputing/equal-access-universal-design-instruction
• UDL’s essential place in the post-pandemic learning environment, https://www.ecampusnews.com/2020/10/21/udls-essential-place-in-the-post-pandemic-learning-environment/
• Peralta Online Equity Rubric?, https://web.peralta.edu/de/equity-initiative/equity/
• Eleven Alternative Assessments for a Blended Synchronous Learning Environment, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/blended-flipped-learning/eleven-alternative-assessments-for-a-blended-synchronous-learning-environment/

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