iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (2/22/2021)

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 22nd is How Can I Optimize Announcements to Help Online Students Navigate My Class? 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/optimize-annoucements-help-online-students-navigate-my-class/. 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. 

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

• How to Create Active and Engaging Learning Experiences with Zoom Breakout Rooms (Contact North webinar) on Friday, February 26, 2021 from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (ET). "Zoom’s breakout rooms provide a unique opportunity to learn to create active and engaging learning experiences for students. Join Contact North | Contact Nord’s Research Associate, Dr. Ron Owston, who describes how educators can: move beyond holding ineffective, unstructured breakout room discussions; create distinctive breakout room roles for students to promote active participation; employ a variety of tools and techniques to enhance breakout room experiences; pre-assign students to breakout rooms or allow them to choose their own; design creative ways for students to report breakout room outcomes to the whole class; and make use of breakout rooms in large enrolment courses. Participants have ample opportunity to ask questions during the webinar. NOTE: Registrants are expected to have a basic knowledge of how to use Zoom." (webinar marketing materials on the Contact North website) Register at https://contactnorth.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_gwI7k-5-S5SAlxtW5zTx6w.

NSCC Library's Anti-Racism Resource Page

"The purpose of this guide is to provide a centralized location for resources and information to start exploring issues of oppression, privilege, and allyship.  This guide is meant to support and extend conversations happening on our campuses and in our communities and to facilitate organization and action. By covering a wide range of issues, we  hope to provide a resource for people with all levels of prior knowledge and involvement in anti-oppression and allyship work."  

The resource page is available at https://library.northshore.edu/antiracism_resources.

Interesting Articles and Resources

• Using Video Announcements, Instructional Videos, and Video Feedback to Improve Social Presence, Student Engagement, and a Growing Relationship to One's University, https://secure.onlinelearningconsortium.org/effective_practices/using-video-announcements-instructional-videos-and-video-feedback-improve-social 
• Using Announcements to Give Narrative Shape to your Online Course, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/online-course-design-and-preparation/using-announcements-to-give-narrative-shape-to-your-online-course/
• Don’t Spam Your Students and Other Practical Communication Tips, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/online-course-design-and-preparation/dont-spam-your-students-and-other-practical-communication-tips/

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