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 February 15th is How Can I Maximize the First 10 Minutes of Remote Teaching To Spark Student Engagement? 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/maximize-the-first-10-minutes-remote-teaching-spark-student-engagement/. The complete spring 2021 schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2020/12/20-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.
Interesting Articles and Resources
- Facilitating Synchronous Conversations, https://ofe.ecu.edu/idea-sparks/home/synchronous-conversations/
- Online Community-building Activities, https://onehe.org/equity-unbound/
- How to Overcome Classroom Zoom Fatigue, https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2020/08/19/advice-how-make-zoom-classes-energizing-and-community-building-opinion
- How to Make Your Virtual Discussions Engaging, Effective, and Equitable in Eight Steps, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/how-to-make-your-virtual-discussions-engaging-effective-and-equitable-in-eight-steps/
- 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
- A Reflection on the Sudden Transition: Ideas to Make Your Synchronous Online Classes More Fun, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/ideas-to-make-your-synchronous-online-classes-more-fun/
- A Game a Day: Fun and Dynamic Synchronous Online Learning, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/a-game-a-day-fun-and-dynamic-synchronous-online-learning/
- Leveraging Bloom’s Taxonomy to Elevate Discussion Boards in Online Courses, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/online-student-engagement/leveraging-blooms-taxonomy-to-elevate-discussion-boards-in-online-courses/
- Designing for Accessibility, https://ukhomeoffice.github.io/accessibility-posters/posters/accessibility-posters.pdf
- Classroom resource: Three ways to teach the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol (shared during the Open Forum/Processing January 6, 2021 discussion), https://www.pbs.org/newshour/extra/daily-videos/classroom-resource-insurrection-at-the-u-s-capitol/
- Responding to the Insurrection at the Us Capitol (shared during the Open Forum/Processing January 6, 2021 discussion), https://www.facinghistory.org/educator-resources/current-events/responding-insurrection-us-capitol
Update on Upcoming Maintenance for Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
Blackboard has moved the maintenance window for the Collaborate Ultra v21.02 update to Thursday, February 25. On Thursday, February 25th between from 2:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST, Collaborate Ultra users will experience intermittent availability.
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
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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