Tuesday, May 11, 2021

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (5/10/2021)

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).  

  
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20 Minute Online Professional Development
This is the last of the sessions for the spring Monday Morning Mentor series (professional development in twenty minute snippets.) The topic for the week of May 10th is What Is the Best Leadership Advice I Ever Received? 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/what-is-the-best-leadership-advice-i-ever-received/.
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 Northeast OER Summit. Registration 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. If you are interested in attending, you can register at https://umass.irisregistration.com/Site/OER.    
  • MCO Conference on eLearning. The 16th Annual Conference on eLearning by Mass Colleges Online (MCO) will take place on June 2nd as a virtual event between 8:00am – 1:00pm. The MCO Conference is a great opportunity to explore and discuss how colleges and universities in Massachusetts are designing and delivering online and hybrid education. The event is free for North Shore Community College faculty and staff. Please contact the CTLI for registration link. More information on the conference is available at http://masscollegesonline.org/conference/.
  • REMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit. “After a year unlike any other, education continues evolving to solve for new challenges and priorities. REMOTE: The Connected Faculty Summit, hosted by ASU, provides a free forum on June 9 and June 10 to identify and promote the best possible pedagogy, techniques, and tools for online and blended learning, helping educators design the most engaging experience for learners. Join Pearson and thousands of educators, administrators, and thought leaders worldwide to explore the best of what we learned this past year about hybrid courses, blended environments, best practices for student engagement, driving innovation and outcomes with technology, and so much more.” (Summit description) More information and registration link available at https://www.theremotesummit.org/. 
  • 10th Annual NSCC Faculty Technology Summer Institute. In June, the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation (CTLI) will be holding a virtual Faculty Technology Summer Institute. he Summer Institute's theme is "Humanizing the Online Learning Experience" and the sessions will focus on faculty professional development around fostering presence in virtual classrooms as well as engaging students in a collaborative community through student to student interaction, student to instructor interaction, and student to content interaction. The Summer Institute will take place on Tuesday, June 15th through Thursday, June 17th from 9:30am-12:00pm. Space is limited to 45 faculty and is first come first served so please RSVP by Friday, May 28th. Faculty who attend the Summer Institute will receive a small stipend. Please contact the CTLI for registration link.
  • Dis/Misinformation: Perspectives and Pedagogies for Educators in the Post-Truth Era. Harvard University's Global Studies Outreach Center is offering their 9th annual free summer educator workshop virtually over a two-week period: July 26 - August 6. Participants can join for all or some of the sessions offered over those two weeks. More information is available at https://globalstudiesoutreach.harvard.edu/. 
Upcoming Webinars of Interest
  • Open Educational Resources in the COVID Era (Massachusetts Department of Higher Education’s OER Advisory Council webinar) on Wednesday, May 19, 2021 from 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM OR Thursday, May 20, 2021 from 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM. “Now more than ever, college students have a serious need for low-cost, readily available, digitally flexible course materials. It's the perfect time to learn more about how Open Educational Resources (OER) provides solutions for you and your students! You are invited to learn more by attending an upcoming webinar facilitated by members of the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education’s OER Advisory Council as part of a statewide effort to promote the use of OER. This webinar will introduce you to the basics of OER, provide context for the vital way OER helps our students (particularly low-income students), offer key definitions and considerations related to OER adoption, and offer steps for getting started with incorporating OER in your own classes.” Register for the May 19th webinar at https://open.umn.edu/network/workshops/open-educational-resources-in-the-covid-era and the May 20th webinar at https://open.umn.edu/network/workshops/open-educational-resources-in-the-covid-era-05-20-21.
  • How to Create Active and Engaging Learning Experiences with Zoom Breakout Rooms (Contact North webinar) on Thursday, May 20th from 11:00am - 12:00pm EST. “Zoom’s breakout rooms provide a unique opportunity to learn to create active and engaging learning experiences for students. In this webinar, participants will learn how to: 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” (webinar description). More information and registration link are available at https://teachonline.ca/webinar/how-create-active-and-engaging-learning-experiences-zoom-breakout-rooms-1.
Interesting Articles and Resources
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.

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