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 March 15th is How Can Effective Note-taking Improve Online Student 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-can-effective-note-taking-improve-online-student-learning/. 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 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. The Keynote Speaker is Dr. Danette Howard, Senior Vice President & Chief Policy Office for the Lumina Foundation. Registration is now open. Please see https://www.qcc.edu/TLSD-2021 for the schedule of sessions as well as to register.
- 2021 Northeast OER Summit. Registration as well as a call for proposals is now open for the 4th Annual Northeast OER Summit. The Summit is free and will take place Monday, May 24 – Wednesday, May 26, 2021 virtually through University of Massachusetts Amherst Conference Services. The deadline for presentation proposals is March 21, 2021 and more information can be found at https://neoer.umasscreate.net/conferences/2021-2/2021-call-for-proposals/. If you are interested in attending, you can register at https://umass.irisregistration.com/Site/OER.
Upcoming Webinars of Interest
- How to Effectively Use Zoom to Provide an Interactive and Engaged Learning Experience to Students (Contact North webinar) on Tuesday, March 16, 2021 from 2:00 PM to 3:00PM (EST). “Join Contact North | Contact Nord Research Associate, Dr. Ron Owston for this interactive session focusing on topics such as: engaging students through breakout rooms, promoting collaboration with whiteboards and document annotation, enhancing class presentations, including how to use free OBS Studio video software, obtaining feedback through polling and other tools, involving students through screen sharing, and organizing large enrolment classes.” (webinar description) Register at https://contactnorth.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_4svl3vtnQjW0rV-t854DlQ
- How to Motivate and Retain Online Learners (Contact North webinar) on Thursday, March 18, 2021 from 10:15 AM – 11:15 AM (EST) “Join Dr. Curtis Bonk, Professor of Instructional Systems Technology, Indiana University, for a one-hour free webinar to learn: 10 fully documented and theoretically driven motivational principles that foster interactivity and engagement online; a realistic path toward meaningful and engaging online learning; simple and flexible framework for motivating online learners that works; and research backed and proven interactive online ideas and activities. Learn how to inspire your online learners with an assembly of meaningful and purposeful learning activities. Simply put, bored and unengaged online learners will be a thing of the past.” (webinar description) Register at https://contactnorth.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_z0wAbZ2_QXyHbjzeBw-l7Q
Interesting Articles and Resources
- Episode 5: Online Discussion Boards: Creative Ideas to Spark Better Conversations and Engage Students (Faculty Focus Podcast), https://www.facultyfocus.com/faculty-focus-live-podcast/
- Engaging Students Online: Strategies to Enhance Your Classroom Community with Google Drawings, Google Slides, and Google Docs, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/online-student-engagement/engaging-students-online-strategies-to-enhance-your-classroom-community-with-google-drawings-google-slides-and-google-docs/
- Three Active Learning Techniques to Try in Zoom (and How), https://learninginnovation.duke.edu/blog/2021/03/three-active-learning-techniques-to-try-in-zoom-and-how/
- Online Learning Journal: Special Issue on COVID-19, https://olj.onlinelearningconsortium.org/index.php/olj/issue/view/118
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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