iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (2/8/2021)

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 8th is How Do I Create Questions that Stimulate Engaging Conversations in Online Discussion Boards? 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/create-questions-stimulate-engaging-conversations-online-discussion-boards/. 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. 

Other Professional Development Opportunities

• 2021 Teaching, Learning, and Student Development Conference. The 2021 Teaching, Learning, and Student Development Conference Committee invites proposals for virtual presentations for the 2021 TLSD Conference which will be hosted by Quinsigamond Community College on April 9, 2021. Tools for the New Normal: Innovations in Access, Equity, and Student Success is the theme of the 2021 event. All Massachusetts Community College faculty and staff are encouraged to share their knowledge and expertise in those areas. All workshops will be 30 minutes in length, followed by a Question-and-Answer period of 15 minutes. We celebrate the opportunity to encourage participants to readily adapt technology-based tools and innovative practices needed to ensure quality access, equity, and student success in the new normal. Please submit your proposal using the form at the following link: https://www.qcc.edu/TLSD-2021. The submission deadline is February 12th, 2021. Please direct any questions to the Quinsigamond Community College TLSD Planning Committee at (TLSDPlanningCommittee@qcc.mass.edu).

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

• Faculty Showcase: Inclusive Open Course Design and Materials [CCCOER Webinar] on Wednesday, February 10th at 3:00pm. “The OER movement is deeply rooted in ensuring equitable access to information; but there is more we can do to help increase equity, diversity, and inclusion in our course resources. Join us for a showcase of how faculty are making their course design and teaching materials more inclusive. Faculty from the humanities, social sciences, and STEM disciplines will present.” More information as well as the registration link is available at https://www.cccoer.org/2021/01/25/2021-spring-webinar-series/.

Interesting Articles and Resources

• Key Questions for Designing Online Discussions, https://www.brown.edu/sheridan/teaching-learning-resources/teaching-resources/course-design/enhancing-student-learning-technology/questions-online-discussions 
• Creating Engaging Discussion Board Conversations, https://duqedtech.wordpress.com/2017/04/06/creating-engaging-discussion-board-conversations/
• New approaches to discussion boards aim for dynamic online learning, https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2019/03/27/new-approaches-discussion-boards-aim-dynamic-online-learning 
• Generating and Facilitating Engaging and Effective Online Discussions, https://www.lincoln.edu/sites/default/files/cetl/generating_and_facilitating_engaging_and_effective_online_discussions.pdf
• 10 Tips for Effective Online Discussions, https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2018/11/10-tips-for-effective-online-discussions
• Five Ways to Promote Student Autonomy in Online Discussions, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/online-course-delivery-and-instruction/five-ways-to-promote-student-autonomy-in-online-discussions/
• Organic Online Discussions: Saving Time and Increasing Engagement, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/online-student-engagement/organic-online-discussions-saving-time-and-increasing-engagement/
• TIME FOR CLASS: COVID-19 EDITION, PART 3 (National Study on the Impact of COVID-19 on Teaching and Learning), https://www.everylearnereverywhere.org/resources/time-for-class-covid-19-edition-part-3/
• The Power of Asynchronous Video, https://er.educause.edu/blogs/2021/2/the-power-of-asynchronous-video
• 7 Tips for Remote Teaching, https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2020/04/15/infographic-7-tips-for-remote-teaching/
• The Camera-On/Camera-Off Dilemma, https://www.edutopia.org/article/camera-oncamera-dilemma

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