Monday Morning Mentor - Online Faculty Professional Development - Fall 2026 Schedule

 The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation (CTLI) offers faculty a professional development series from Magna Publications, called the Monday Morning 20-Minute Mentor. The goal of the Monday Morning 20 Minute Mentor series is to offer faculty practical professional development opportunities in twenty minute snippets that can be accessed from anywhere and at any time during the given week. Session topics cover the areas of student engagement, teaching and learning, teaching online, assessment and learning goals, and classroom management.

Information on how to access the Monday Morning 20 Minute Mentor sessions is available each week in the iDevelop e-newsletter.

New video presentations (with supplementary materials) go live at 10:00am each Monday morning and are only accessible through Sunday. 

The following sessions are on the schedule for fall 2026. For session descriptions, objectives, and mentor bios, click on the titles below. 

• Aug. 17, 2026 How Can I Use the First Day to Set the Tone for a Semester of Learning? 
• Aug. 24, 2026 How Can I Create an Engaging, Student-Focused Syllabus? 
• Aug. 31, 2026 From Boring to Broadcast-Ready: Using OBS to Create Online Class that Keep Students Coming Back 
• Sep. 7, 2026 AI Toolboxes for Educators: Work Smarter, Teach Better 
• Sep. 14, 2026 When and Why Do Students Engage with Course Readings? 
• Sep. 21, 2026 How Do I Create Questions that Stimulate Engaging Conversations in Online Discussion Boards? 
• Sep. 28, 2026 Mind-Body Practices to Help Faculty Manage Stress and Build Resilience 
• Oct. 5, 2026 How to Create an AI Tutor for Your Class 
• Oct. 12, 2026 What Are Practical Solutions for Managing My Online Teaching Workload? 
• Oct. 19, 2026 How Can I Structure Class Discussions to Maximize Student Engagement? 
• Oct. 26, 2026 How Can I Gauge Online Learning Through Engaging Activities and Assignments?
• Nov. 2, 2026 Teaching Time Management Through Peer Dialogue* 
• Nov. 9, 2026 Why Should Students Struggle in an Age of Easy Answers?* 
• Nov. 16, 2026 How Can I Write Better Exam Questions to Measure Student Performance and Learning? 
• Nov. 23, 2026 How Can I Ensure Academic Integrity in the Online Classroom? 
• Nov. 30, 2026 Make It Click: AI-Generated Explainers that Engage and Teach* 
  
  

Programs denoted with * are still in production and will be finalized shortly. 

We would love to hear your feedback on the usefulness of these sessions. Please send your input to ctli@northshore.edu. 

20 Minute Mentor - Online Faculty Professional Development - Fall 2025 Schedule

The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation (CTLI) offers faculty a professional development series from Magna Publications, called the 20 Minute Mentor. The goal of the 20 Minute Mentor series is to offer faculty practical professional development opportunities in twenty minute snippets that can be accessed from anywhere and at any time during the given week. Session topics cover the areas of student engagement, teaching and learning, teaching online, assessment and learning goals, and classroom management.

Information on how to access the 20 Minute Mentor sessions is available each week in the Bulletin and the iDevelop e-newsletter.

New video presentations (with supplementary materials) go live at 10:00am each Monday morning and are only accessible through Sunday. 

The following sessions are on the schedule for fall 2025. For session descriptions, objectives, and mentor bios, click on the titles below. 

• August 18 - Onboarding Meetings: Building Connection and Success from Day One
• August 25 - Strategies for Teaching Essential Employability Skills
• September 1 - How Can You Scaffold Assignments to Promote Student Engagement All Semester Long?
• September 8 - Threat or Opportunity? Reframing the DEI Debate
• September 15 - How Can I Use the Discussion Board to Stimulate Engagement and Build Confidence for First-Year Students?
• September 22 - How to Craft Assignments that Outsmart AI Tools?
• September 29 - How Can I Reach and Teach Struggling Students?
• October 6 - What are Best Practices for Online Pedagogy?
• October 13 - Supporting First-Generation and Non-Traditional Students
• October 20 - How Can I Support Neurodivergent Colleagues?
• October 27 - How Can You Use Retrieval Practice to Make Learning More Effective?
• November 3 - How Can Handouts Become Your Secret Weapon for Student Engagement?
• November 10 - Reimagining Feedback and Assessment Through Learner-Centered and Growth-Oriented Practices
• November 17 - Can We Disagree and Still Belong? Navigating Classroom Conflict?
• November 24 - How Can I Adapt 5 Popular Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs) to the Online Classroom?
• December 1 - What is Student Success? Re-Engaging the Value Proposition of Higher Education

We would love to hear your feedback on the usefulness of these sessions. Please send your input to ctli@northshore.edu. 

20 Minute Mentor - Online Faculty Professional Development - Spring 2025 Schedule

 The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation (CTLI) offers faculty a professional development series from Magna Publications, called the 20 Minute Mentor. The goal of the 20 Minute Mentor series is to offer faculty practical professional development opportunities in twenty minute snippets that can be accessed from anywhere and at any time during the given week. Session topics cover the areas of student engagement, teaching and learning, teaching online, assessment and learning goals, and classroom management.

Information on how to access the 20 Minute Mentor sessions is available each week in the Bulletin and the iDevelop e-newsletter.

New video presentations (with supplementary materials) go live at 10:00am each Monday morning and are only accessible through Sunday. 

The following sessions are on the schedule for spring 2025. For session descriptions, objectives, and mentor bios, click on the titles below. 

• January 20th - How Can I Re-envision Office Hours to Increase Engagement?
• January 27th - How Can I Spark and Sustain Engagement in Reluctant Learners?
• February 3rd - How Can I Incorporate Best Practices into My Online Teaching?
• February 10th - What Challenges Do Neurodivergent Students Face in the College Classroom?
• February 17th - How Can I Create Assignments that Teach Ethical AI Literacy?
• February 24th - Applying "See One, Do One, Teach One" in Online Education
• March 3rd - How Can I Alleviate Student Stress and Anxiety in My Class?
• March 10th - How Can Online Instructors Better Manage Their Workload?
• March 17th - How Can AI Feedback Tools and Blended Grading Develop Growth-Minded Students?*
• March 24th - What Assessment Strategies Are Effective for Asynchronous Online Teaching?
• March 31th - Conspicuously Human: How to be You in an AI-Driven Classroom*
• April 7th - How Can I Reframe Online Discussions into Dynamic and Engaging Conversations?*
• April 14th - How Can I Use Surveys and Polls to Support Active Learning?
• April 21st - How Can I Teach AI Prompt Engineering to My Students?
• April 28th - How Can I Assess Active Learning Strategies in the Classroom?
• May 5th - Recharging Your Personal and Professional Batteries

Programs denoted with * are still in production and will be finalized shortly. 

We would love to hear your feedback on the usefulness of these sessions. Please send your input to ctli@northshore.edu. 

20 Minute Mentor - Online Faculty Professional Development - Spring 2024 Schedule

The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation (CTLI) offers faculty a professional development series from Magna Publications, called the 20 Minute Mentor. The goal of the 20 Minute Mentor series is to offer faculty practical professional development opportunities in twenty minute snippets that can be accessed from anywhere and at any time during the given week. Session topics cover the areas of student engagement, teaching and learning, teaching online, assessment and learning goals, and classroom management.

Information on how to access the 20 Minute Mentor sessions is available each week in the Bulletin and the iDevelop e-newsletter.

New video presentations (with supplementary materials) go live at 10:00am each Monday morning and are only accessible through Sunday. 

The following sessions are on the schedule for spring 2024. For session descriptions, objectives, and mentor bios, click on the titles below. 

• January 22, 2024  - How Can I Prevent Plagiarism in the Artificial Intelligence Era?
• January 29, 2024 - How Can I Create a Meaningful Online Learning Experience for Students?
• February 5, 2024 - How Can I Use Assessment Data to Provide Meaningful Feedback and Deeper Learning?
• February 12, 2024 - How Can I Use Everyday Interactions to Instill a Growth Mindset in Students?
• February 19, 2024 - How Can I Use AI to Create Multimedia Teaching Materials?
• February 26, 2024 - How Can I Use LMS Intelligent Agents to Increase Interaction in My Online Classes?
• March 4, 2024 - How Can I Use Generative AI to Assess Student Understanding?
• March 11, 2024 - What Interventions Help Students Master Deep Reading and Engage with Assignments?
• March 18, 2024 - How Can I Use Technology Platforms to Engage Students in Active Learning?
• Mar.ch25, 2024 - How Can I Create Authentic Engagement Through Feedback Dialogue?
• April 1, 2024 - How Can I Spark and Sustain Engagement in Reluctant Learners?
• April 8, 2024 - How Can I Help Students Who Are Struggling with Online Learning?
• April 15, 2024 - How Can I Use Virtual Reality to Impact Classroom Learning?
• April 22, 2024 - How Can AI Literacy Help Students Use AI Tools More Efficiently?
• April 29, 2024 - How Can I Use Multimedia Course Content to Create a Tutoring Library for Students?
• May 6, 2024 - How Can You Become More Intentional About Culturally Responsive Teaching?

Programs denoted with * are still in production and will be finalized shortly. 

We would love to hear your feedback on the usefulness of these sessions. Please send your input to ctli@northshore.edu. 

20 Minute Mentor - Online Faculty Professional Development - Fall 2022 Schedule

The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation (CTLI) offers faculty a professional development series from Magna Publications, called the 20-Minute Mentor. The goal of the 20-Minute Mentor series is to offer faculty practical professional development opportunities in twenty minute snippets that can be accessed from anywhere and at any time during the given week. Session topics cover the areas of student engagement, teaching and learning, teaching online, assessment and learning goals, and classroom management.

Information on how to access the 20-Minute Mentor sessions is available each week in the Bulletin and the iDevelop e-newsletter.

New video presentations (with supplementary materials) go live at 10:00am each Monday morning and are only accessible through Sunday. 

The following sessions are on the schedule for fall 2022. For session descriptions, objectives, and mentor bios, click on the titles below. 

• August 22 - How Can I Use the First Day to Set the Tone for a Semester of Learning?
• August 29 - How Can I Reach and Teach Struggling Students?
• September 5 - What Are the Benefits—and Challenges—of Hyflex Instruction?
• September 12 - How Can I Use Everyday Interactions to Instill a Growth Mindset in Students
• September 19 - What Are 5 Easy-to-use Technologies That Have a Big Impact on Learning in the Online Classroom?
• September 26 - How Can I Teach with Confidence in the Hyflex Classroom?
• October 3 - What Interventions Help Students Master Deep Reading and Engage with Assignments?
• October 10 - How Can I Help Online Students Develop Autonomy and Take More Responsibility for Their Learning? 
• October 17 - What is Ungrading and How can It Unleash Your Students Potential?
• October 24 - How Can I Create an Engaging, Student-Focused Syllabus?
• October 31 - How Can I Spark Conversation in the Classroom?
• November 7 - How Can I Create Authentic Engagement Through Feedback Dialogue? 
• November 14 - What Brain-Based Techniques Can I Use to Engage Students During Class?
• November 21 - How Can You Become More Intentional About Culturally Responsive Teaching? 
• November 28 - How Can I Be My Own Instructional Designer?
• December 5 - What Are 3 Calendar Hacks for Faculty to Avoid Stress and Burnout?

We would love to hear your feedback on the usefulness of these sessions. Please send your input to ctli@northshore.edu. 

20 Minute Mentor - Online Faculty Professional Development - Spring 2022 Schedule

The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation (CTLI) offers faculty a professional development series from Magna Publications, called the 20 Minute Mentor. The goal of the 20 Minute Mentor series is to offer faculty practical professional development opportunities in twenty minute snippets that can be accessed from anywhere and at any time during the given week. Session topics cover the areas of student engagement, teaching and learning, teaching online, assessment and learning goals, and classroom management.

Information on how to access the 20 Minute Mentor sessions is available each week in the Bulletin and the iDevelop e-newsletter.

New video presentations (with supplementary materials) go live at 10:00am each Monday morning and are only accessible through Sunday. 

The following sessions are on the schedule for spring 2022. For session descriptions, objectives, and mentor bios, click on the titles below. 

• January 17 - How Can I Build an Antiracist Syllabus?
• January 24 - How Can I Plan (or Revise) My Courses More Efficiently?
• January 31 - How Do I Structure Virtual Office Hours to Promote Student Use?
• February 7 - How Do I Create a Class That Support First-Year Students?
• February 14 - What’s Different About Teaching Online, and How Do I Change So My Students Succeed?
• February 21 - How Can Disruptive Innovation Impact STEM Education?
• February 28 - How Can I Assess Students in my Online Classes through Student-created Videos?
• March 7 - What Are Practical Solutions for Managing My Online Teaching Workload?
• March 14 - How Can I Write Better Exam Questions to Measure Student Performance and Learning?
• March 21 - What Are Active Strategies for Structuring a Synchronous Class?
• March 28 - What Are Three Proven Ways to Manage My Online Discussion Board and Actively Engage Students?
• April 4 - How Can I Use Microactivities to Engage Students and Improve Learning and Retention?
• April 11 - How Can Online Instructors Make Themselves More Visible to Students?
• April 18 - How Can I Be a More Productive and Effective Teacher?
• April 25 - How Can I Redesign a Classroom Assignment for Online Teaching?
• May 2 - What Culturally Responsive Teaching Techniques Can I Use to Improve Learning?

We would love to hear your feedback on the usefulness of these sessions. Please send your input to ctli@northshore.edu. 

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (10/18/2021)

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 fall semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of October 18th is How Can I Encourage Students to Stay Connected with Course Content After 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/how-can-i-encourage-students-to-stay-connected-with-course-content-after-class/. The complete fall schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2021/08/20-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

• 46th Forum on Tolerance. This fall, the Forum on Tolerance’s focus will be “What does Asian American mean? Identities, Struggles, & Contributions”. The virtual event will take place October 18th through October 22nd. Speakers include: Dr. Paul Watanabe, keynote; Dr. Ben Railton; Dr. Li Li; and author Aimee Liu. To see the entire schedule of events and session topics as well as to register for sessions, please visit https://www.northshore.edu/tolerance/.
• NISOD Fall Virtual Conference. NSCC has purchased an institutional registration for NISOD’s Fall Virtual Conference to be held October 20th through October 22nd. The institutional registration allows all North Shore Community College employees to register at no cost for this event. Sessions will be focused around these tracks: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Justice; Online, Face-to-Face, and Hybrid Teaching and Learning; and Student Services, Support, and Success. More information about the conference is available at https://www.nisod.org/virtual-events/conference/. All you need to do to participate in the conference without cost is to register by October 19th using your college email address.
• Education as Relating: A Virtual Conference. The Taos Institute will be hosting a virtual conference from November 4th to November 6th on “Education as Relating: Shedding the Industrial Model - Sharing Resources and Practices - Shaping the Future of Education”. Kara Kaufman, Professor of History and Gender & Women's Studies, will be presenting at the conference on the dialogic classroom.  More information about the conference is available at https://www.taosinstitute.net/education/taos-conferences/education-virtual-conference2021. There is a small registration fee but interested faculty and staff can apply for a NSCC Professional Development Grant to cover the cost to attend.  
• Digital Teaching Symposium. On Friday, November 5 from 9:00am to 4:00pm, Blackboard is hosting a free, virtual Digital Teaching Symposium. “Learners’ journeys are no longer linear—and the pathway to successfully teaching individual learners requires flexibility and innovation. The future of education exists in personalized experiences, delivered in methods as unique as the learners themselves. No matter what your technical abilities, learning technologies are designed to facilitate teaching and make your job easier. Let's come together to explore these tools, learn best practices, discover new strategies, and share with colleagues.” (event website) Registration information is available at https://go.blackboard.com/digital-teaching-symposium.

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

• 10 Ways on How to Make Your Fall Classes Better (Contact North webinar) on Wednesday, October 20 from 11:00am-12:00pm. "Student engagement is the holy grail of online learning. The more engaged students are and the more they feel part of a learning community online, the more successful they are — and teachers can do many things to improve engagement. This webinar is based on years of experience and experimenting in class and online with what works. In this engaging webinar, you’ll get an opportunity to: Explore the importance of engagement, participation, support and flexibility in the design of learning experiences; Learn specific actions you can take to increase engagement and improve learning outcomes; and See 10 examples in action and understand their strengths and weaknesses." (webinar description) More information and registration link available at https://teachonline.ca/webinar/10-ways-how-make-your-fall-classes-better.
• Building Bridges of Inclusion: Creating Dynamic Learning Relationships (Digital Commonwealth webinar) on Wednesday, October 20 from 1:00pm-2:00pm. NSCC professor Troy Smith facilitates this free session which “seeks to build meaningful dialogue between members of the digital archival community and adult learners. Some questions to be considered include: to what extent do individuals of color or other underrepresented groups identify with digitized historical collections? What can enable community members to be stakeholders in the archival process? What impact does this material have on the learning process of students? How have the dynamics of discussing and teaching about race changed over the years? How are students affected by the digital divide? Given the recent controversies such as critical race theory, the 1619 Project, and the confederate monuments, what are the conversations in the classroom?  How might an archival-based curriculum serve as a part of the educational process?” (webinar description). More information and registration link is available at https://digitalcommonwealth.wildapricot.org/event-4497789. 
• Normal Isn't Coming Back. What Can Educators and Students Do to Adapt in Our Ever-Changing Learning Environment? (Harvard Business Publishing Education webinar) on Thursday, October 28th from 12:00pm to 1:00pm. “We are over 18 months into a pandemic. And the cognitive overload we face only continues to expand, for both educators and students. There are no “best practices” for where we are today. In this webinar, Harvard Business Review Editor Amy Bernstein will lead a conversation with Michellana Jester, an expert in Global Economics and Management at MIT Sloan School of Management, about strategies educators and students can use to adapt and move forward in this ambiguous learning environment.” (webinar description) More information and to register, visit https://he.hbsp.harvard.edu/normal-isnt-coming-back.html.

Interesting Articles and Resources

• Tips from the Pros: Improve Student Learning with Peer Feedback, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/online-assessment-grading-and-feedback/tips-from-the-pros-improve-student-learning-with-peer-feedback/ 
• Using Small Group Check-ins to Maximize Peer Engagement and Support Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in Online Courses, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/online-course-delivery-and-instruction/using-small-group-check-ins-to-maximize-peer-engagement-and-support-social-and-emotional-learning-sel-in-online-courses/

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  

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (10/4/2021)

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 fall semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of October 4th is How Can I Ensure Academic Integrity in the Online Classroom? 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-i-ensure-academic-integrity-in-the-online-classroom/. The complete fall schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2021/08/20-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

• The Growth Mindset. This virtual workshop on Friday, October 8th at 11:00am is being sponsored by NSCC’s The RAP Experience. “How we think about our ability to confidently try new things and keep going when they get hard can set us for success or serve as a barrier to success. For many of us, we must work to have a growth mindset while also navigating social structures and systems that send deficit-oriented messages about who we are and the communities we come from. Join this session to learn more about growth mindsets and identify ways to critically assess how the environments we participate in influence our mindsets.” Please see the flyer sent in the iDevelop email for as well as registration link. 
• MA Community of Teaching Symposium. Faculty representatives from Massachusetts Community Colleges invite you to join them in a symposium of teaching and learning. This symposium, Teaching through an Equity Lens: What We Learned on our Summer Vacation, will take place on October 15th from 8:30am to 1:00pm. “Facilitated by the Center for Urban Education, these faculty engaged in thoughtful, reflective analysis of their teaching practice through an equity lens to improve the classroom experience for their students. Dr. Jennifer Harris and Professor yusef Hayes will be presenting "Equity Through Multiple Lenses" at 11:00 am.” Please see the flyer for more information as well as the Zoom link. The flyer is available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/1iqt5juPln8xCvssLUQj3o2P2h4Y-jV-Q/view. 
• 2021 Open Education Conference. The 2021 Open Education Conference will be held October 18 through October 22. The annual conference brings together more than a thousand open education advocates across the country and world for a wide range of sessions on OER, open pedagogy, and open education initiatives. This year’s virtual program offers 200+ live and pre-recorded sessions, along with networking and social activities. More information about the conference is available at https://openeducationconference.org/. There is a small registration fee but interested faculty and staff can apply for a NSCC Professional Development Grant to cover the cost to attend.
• 46th Forum on Tolerance. This fall, the Forum on Tolerance’s focus will be “What does Asian American mean? Identities, Struggles, & Contributions”. The virtual event will take place October 18th through October 22nd. Speakers include: Dr. Paul Watanabe, keynote; Dr. Ben Railton; Dr. Li Li; and author Aimee Liu. To see the entire schedule of events and session topics as well as to register for sessions, please visit https://www.northshore.edu/tolerance/.
• NISOD Fall Virtual Conference. NSCC has purchased an institutional registration for NISOD’s Fall Virtual Conference to be held October 20th through October 22nd. The institutional registration allows all North Shore Community College employees to register at no cost for this event. Sessions will be focused around these tracks: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Justice; Online, Face-to-Face, and Hybrid Teaching and Learning; and Student Services, Support, and Success. More information about the conference is available at https://www.nisod.org/virtual-events/conference/. All you need to do to participate in the conference without cost is to register by October 19th using your college email address.
• 2021 Assessment Institute. The 2021 Assessment Institute, https://assessmentinstitute.iupui.edu/index.html, will be held virtually from October 24th to October 27th. The institute is highly regarded in the field of assessment and offers the opportunity for higher education faculty, staff, and administrators to share knowledge and learn new skills regarding student outcomes assessment. If you are interested in further developing your assessment skills, this is an excellent opportunity! To learn more, please visit the institute’s presentation topics. A sampling of presentation tracks includes: Assessment in Online Courses and Programs; Assessment Methods; Community Colleges; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; STEM Education; and Student Partnership and Engagement in Assessment. Institute registration is complimentary this year, which represents a $370 cost savings. If you would like to attend, please register by October 11th at https://assessmentinstitute.iupui.edu/registration/index.html. 
• Education as Relating: A Virtual Conference. The Taos Institute will be hosting a virtual conference from November 4th to November 6th on “Education as Relating: Shedding the Industrial Model - Sharing Resources and Practices - Shaping the Future of Education”. Kara Kaufman, Professor of History and Gender & Women's Studies, will be presenting at the conference on the dialogic classroom.  More information about the conference is available at https://www.taosinstitute.net/education/taos-conferences/education-virtual-conference2021. There is a small registration fee but interested faculty and staff can apply for a NSCC Professional Development Grant to cover the cost to attend.  
• Digital Teaching Symposium. On Friday, November 5 from 9:00am to 4:00pm, Blackboard is hosting a free, virtual Digital Teaching Symposium. “Learners’ journeys are no longer linear—and the pathway to successfully teaching individual learners requires flexibility and innovation. The future of education exists in personalized experiences, delivered in methods as unique as the learners themselves. No matter what your technical abilities, learning technologies are designed to facilitate teaching and make your job easier. Let's come together to explore these tools, learn best practices, discover new strategies, and share with colleagues.” (event website) Registration information is available at https://go.blackboard.com/digital-teaching-symposium.

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

• How to Effectively Use Assessment in Online and Blended Learning to Help Your Students Succeed (Contact North webinar) on Thursday, October 7 from 1:00pm-2:00pm. "There are new opportunities to rethink and reimagine how assessment for learning and assessments of learning takes place in an online and blended learning environment. Dr. Stephen Murgatroyd, Chief Innovation Officer at Contact North | Contact Nord explores five principles for assessment: Authentic Assessment, Accessible Assessment, Automated Assessment, Continuous Assessment, and Secure Assessment." (webinar description) More information and registration link available at https://teachonline.ca/webinar/how-effectively-use-assessment-online-and-blended-learning-help-your-students-succeed-0.

Interesting Articles and Resources

• Why I Went from Proctored Exams to Open-book, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/educational-assessment/why-i-went-from-proctored-exams-to-open-book/
• Small Changes in Teaching (nine part series by James Lang), https://www.chronicle.com/package/small-changes-in-teaching/ 
• Applying Vedic Techniques to Online Learning, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/philosophy-of-teaching/applying-vedic-techniques-to-online-learning/ 
• Lessons Learned: A Toolkit for Post-Pandemic Higher Education with Equity and Student Care at the Center, https://www.everylearnereverywhere.org/blog/10-lessons-from-the-pandemic-on-tech-forward-teaching-for-equity-in-higher-ed/

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  

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (9/20/2021)

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 fall semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of September 20th is How Can Discussion Responses Give Narrative Shape to an Online 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/how-can-discussion-responses-give-narrative-shape-to-an-online-class/. The complete fall schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2021/08/20-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

• The Growth Mindset. This virtual workshop on Friday, October 8th at 11:00am is being sponsored by NSCC’s The RAP Experience. “How we think about our ability to confidently try new things and keep going when they get hard can set us for success or serve as a barrier to success. For many of us, we must work to have a growth mindset while also navigating social structures and systems that send deficit-oriented messages about who we are and the communities we come from. Join this session to learn more about growth mindsets and identify ways to critically assess how the environments we participate in influence our mindsets.” Please see the flyer sent in the iDevelop email for as well as registration link. 
• Universal Design for Learning in the Synchronous Online Classroom (NERCOMP Online Workshop) on Tuesday, October 12 and Wednesday, October 13 from 10:30am - 12:00pm. “Want to create a single course that adapts to the broadest range of learners? Learning and utilizing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) - a framework that meets students where they are - will allow you to adapt a single course to the widest possible range of learners. This highly applicable approach to the online learning environment provides maximum flexibility while letting course designers build a single course. This workshop is focused on beginners and will use a case study of a UDL-informed course taught live online to explore how UDL principles improve both learner outcomes and instructor satisfaction in the synchronous online environment. We will cover applications of UDL to introductory undergraduate courses through the graduate level and include enrichment courses as well.” (workshop description) Register at https://nercomp.org/learn-network/events/Universal_Synch/. The workshop is free to NERCOMP members. NSCC is a member of NERCOMP. You will need a NERCOMP account to register.
• 2021 Assessment Institute. The 2021 Assessment Institute, https://assessmentinstitute.iupui.edu/index.html, will be held virtually from October 24th to October 27th. The institute is highly regarded in the field of assessment and offers the opportunity for higher education faculty, staff, and administrators to share knowledge and learn new skills regarding student outcomes assessment. If you are interested in further developing your assessment skills, this is an excellent opportunity! To learn more, please visit the institute’s presentation topics. A sampling of presentation tracks includes: Assessment in Online Courses and Programs; Assessment Methods; Community Colleges; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; STEM Education; and Student Partnership and Engagement in Assessment. Institute registration is complimentary this year, which represents a $370 cost savings. If you would like to attend, please register by October 11th at https://assessmentinstitute.iupui.edu/registration/index.html. 

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

• The Spark of Online Learning: How Technology and Emotion Science Invigorates Every Class (Contact North webinar) on Tuesday, September 21 from 11:00am-12:00pm. "Emotion and cognition are inextricably linked – how we feel and connect with others impacts both what we learn and how we retain that learning. When we engage in online learning, we are not just presenting information and knowledge or teaching a skill, we are engaged with emotional, compassionate, complex people. This webinar explores the joy of teaching and the power of technology to enable truly engaging learning." (webinar description) More information and registration link available at https://teachonline.ca/webinar/spark-online-learning-how-technology-and-emotion-science-invigorates-every-class.

Interesting Articles and Resources

• 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/
• Making Good Use of Online Discussion Boards, https://kpcrossacademy.org/making-good-use-of-online-discussion-boards/
• How to Improve and Promote Student Engagement in the Online Classroom, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/online-student-engagement/how-to-improve-and-promote-student-engagement-in-the-online-classroom/

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  

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (9/6/2021)

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 fall semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of September 6th is How Will OER Benefit the 21st Century Student? 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.

If you are interested in learning more about using open educational resources (OER) in your courses, please reach out to the CTLI at ctli@northshore.edu and we can help you get started.

More information about this session (including description, topics, and learning goals) is available at https://www.magnapubs.com/product/program/how-will-oer-benefit-the-21st-century-student/. The complete fall schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2021/08/20-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

• Instructor Webinar Series: Teaching with Blackboard from Basics to Advanced. In September, Blackboard is offering a series of free webinars "to help with getting the most out of teaching with Blackboard Learn and Collaborate." More details about the webinars as well as registration information is available at https://go.blackboard.com/Instructor-webinar-series. 
• Anti-Racist Pedagogy in Community-Engaged Teaching (virtual symposium). “On September 20 from 11:00am to 4:00pm, the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education and Campus Compact will host this event bringing together scholars from across the nation to explore how we can embed anti-racist teaching practices and course design in courses connecting our students with our larger communities. A centerpiece of the symposium is the work of a consortium of faculty from four Massachusetts universities who collaborated to articulate 21 principles of anti-racist pedagogy in community-engaged courses and then drew on these principles in a series of faculty development workshops across their four campuses. They will be joined by a set of national leaders discussing how these principles resonate with their own work, by a team of facilitators who have guided two national Anti-Racist Communities of Practice, and by a team of faculty and community leaders exploring how these principles connect to place-based community-engaged research.” Please register at https://events.compact.org/anti-racist-symposium/1454147?i=atEXw3DuL-VMACo7ihGTrrSR8cYIsy3x.

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

• Combatting AAPI Racism and Increasing AAPI Leadership in Higher Education (INSIGHT into Diversity webinar series) on Monday, September 20th at 1:00pm EST. “As colleges prepare to fully reopen this fall, campus leadership needs to be prepared to confront potential acts of hate and violence against the AAPI community, including students and employees. AAPI people have commonly been named “the model minority” in the United States, a persistent myth that alienates them from other communities of color and beyond. Our panelists will share strategies for addressing racism towards the AAPI community as we have all witnessed across the country in recent months. In addition, AAPI people remain underrepresented in leadership positions at U.S. colleges and universities, according to the American Council on Education. Our panelists include AAPI professionals whose careers have taken them to top positions in higher education. They will discuss the role that current leaders can play in supporting institutional practices and policies that can increase AAPI achievement and promotion.” Registration is available at https://www.insightintodiversity.com/insight-to-host-webinar-on-combating-aapi-racism-in-higher-education/.
• Leadership as an Anti-Racist Practice (Leading for Change) on Tuesday, September 21 from 1:30pm to 3:00pm EST. As part of the Fall 2021 REJI Summit, all campus members are welcome to attend the keynote talk by Dr. Estela Bensimon. Register at https://bridgew.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8CUth6O6zoOUt26.  

Interesting Articles and Resources

• Benefits of Using OER, https://oer.psu.edu/benefits-of-using-oer/ 
• Recognizing and Overcoming Obstacles: What It Will Take to Realize the Potential of OER, https://er.educause.edu/articles/2021/7/recognizing-and-overcoming-obstacles-what-it-will-take-to-realize-the-potential-of-oer 
• OER and Teaching Through the Rearview Mirror, https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/blogs/online-trending-now/oer-and-teaching-through-rearview-mirror
• NSCC Open Educational Resources LibGuide, https://library.northshore.edu/open
• Out of Crisis, Compassion: Using Instructional Technologies to Alleviate Student Stress, https://er.educause.edu/articles/2021/8/out-of-crisis-compassion-using-instructional-technologies-to-alleviate-student-stress
• Instructional Practices that Support Virtual and Online Learning Environments, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/online-course-delivery-and-instruction/instructional-practices-that-support-virtual-and-online-learning-environments/

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  

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (8/23/2021)

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 fall semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of August 23rd is How Can I Create a Meaningful Online Learning Experience for Students? 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-i-create-a-meaningful-online-learning-experience-for-students/. The complete fall schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2021/08/20-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

• Upcoming CTLI Virtual Workshops. In August, the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation will be hosting a series of virtual workshops around online and hybrid design and teaching best practices as well as the features of Blackboard Learn, Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, and Zoom. The complete schedule of virtual workshop sessions (with descriptions) as well as RSVP information is available at https://forms.gle/VF3fRNjR6wVkaGQk8. If interested in attending a virtual workshop, please make sure to RSVP. A virtual workshop will be cancelled if less than five people sign up for it.
• Instructor Webinar Series: Teaching with Blackboard from Basics to Advanced. In September, Blackboard is offering a series of free webinars "to help with getting the most out of teaching with Blackboard Learn and Collaborate." More details about the webinars as well as registration information is available at https://go.blackboard.com/Instructor-webinar-series. 

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

• Beyond Affordability: How Open Educational Resources Positively Influence Student Success (AAC&U webinar) on Tuesday, August 24th at 3:00pm. More details about the webinar as well as registration information is available at https://secure.aacu.org/iMIS/AACUR/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=WEB210824.
• How to Use Zoom in the New (Blended) Normal: Models for Student Inclusion and Engagement (Contact North webinar) on Thursday, August 26, 2021 at 11:00am. More details about the webinar as well as registration information is available at https://teachonline.ca/webinar/how-use-zoom-new-blended-normal-models-student-inclusion-and-engagement-0.

Interesting Articles and Resources

• An Essential and Imperative Part of Teaching: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (Faculty Focus Live Podcast) “Diversity and inclusion in higher education…It’s important. It’s imperative. And it’s an essential part of teaching. In this episode, we talk about how you can infuse inclusive teaching strategies into your online classes and your in-person classes. From small scale to large scale incorporations, each inclusive strategy and diversity-related topic matters. Whether you incorporate these strategies into your syllabus, curriculum, or project-based learning activities, you can start to think about how this will improve how your students engage with your course and how you can better establish a classroom culture.” https://www.facultyfocus.com/faculty-focus-live-podcast/

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  

20 Minute Mentor - Online Faculty Professional Development - Fall 2021 Schedule

The Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation (CTLI) offers faculty a professional development series from Magna Publications, called the 20 Minute Mentor. The goal of the 20 Minute Mentor series is to offer faculty practical professional development opportunities in twenty minute snippets that can be accessed from anywhere and at any time during the given week. Session topics cover the areas of student engagement, teaching and learning, teaching online, assessment and learning goals, and classroom management.

Information on how to access the 20 Minute Mentor sessions is available each week in the Bulletin and the iDevelop e-newsletter.

New video presentations (with supplementary materials) go live at 10:00am each Monday morning and are only accessible through Sunday. 

The following sessions are on the schedule for fall 2021. For session descriptions, objectives, and mentor bios, click on the titles below. 

• August 23 - How Can I Create a Meaningful Online Learning Experience for Students?
• August 30 - How Can Understanding Group Dynamics Lead to Better Group Work?
• September 6 - How Will OER Benefit the 21st Century Student?
• September 13 - How Can I Increase Exam Security with Custom Question Banks?
• September 20 - How Can Discussion Responses Give Narrative Shape to an Online Class?
• September 27 - How Can I Adapt My Teaching So Students Thrive in a Polysynchronous Classroom?
• October 4 - How Can I Ensure Academic Integrity in the Online Classroom?
• October 11 - How Can I Teach Soft Skills to Better Prepare Students for the Workplace?
• October 18 - How Can I Encourage Students to Stay Connected with Course Content After Class?
• October 25 - How Can I Effectively Move Peer Reviews Online?
• November 1 - How Can I Develop Opportunity-Minded Learners?
• November 8 - How Can I Manage the Disconnect Between Faculty and Student Perceptions of Rigor to Increase Learning?
• November 15 - How Can I Help Students Who Are Struggling with Online Learning?
• November 22 - How Can I Grade In Less Time with Greater Impact?
• November 29 - What are the Differences Between Synchronous and Asynchronous Teaching, and How Do I Best Choose the Format for My Online Class?
• December 6 - What Can I Do to Manage and Reduce Academic Job Stress?

We would love to hear your feedback on the usefulness of these sessions. Please send your input to ctli@northshore.edu.

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (4/5/2021)

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 April 5th is How Can I Gauge Online Learning Through Engaging Activities and Assignments? 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-i-gauge-online-learning-through-engaging-activities-and-assignments/. 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

• Salem State University Earth Day Events. The Salem State Earth Days Planning Committee has extended an invitation to the NSCC community to participate in their Earth Days events. Their theme this year is “There is No Planet B.” The schedule of free events and registration information is available on the Earth Days webpage at https://www.salemstate.edu/earthday. 
• 45th Forum on Tolerance. This spring, the Forum on Tolerance is focusing on "Black Lives Matter: the U.S. Journey towards Justice and Healing Part 2" and will take place in individual segments that will be broadcast over Zoom Monday, April 12th through Friday, April 16th. A schedule of events as well as the links to register for each segment is available at http://www.northshore.edu/tolerance/.
• Digital Teaching Symposium 2021. Blackboard is sponsoring this free virtual event focusing on best practices for what’s next in digital teaching on Friday, April 16, 2021. More information as well as the registration link is available at https://events.bizzabo.com/DTS2021/home.
• 2021 NSCC Visiting Writer Event. Visiting Writer and North Shore alumnus John R. Nelson will present a slide show and read from his book Flight Calls: Exploring Massachusetts through Birds, described as "somewhere between a personal memoir, a true-life adventure, and a birder's personal journey." This event will take place on Zoom on Tuesday, April 20, 9:30-10:45 AM and Wednesday, April 21, 9:30-10:45 AM. More information will be available soon on the 2021 Arts in April page, https://www.northshore.edu/arts-in-april/index.html.
• 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.    
• 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

• Learn 10 Social Media Strategies to Connect with Online Students (Contact North webinar) on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 from 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM EST. ”As COVID-19 continues to upend the normal social connections between students and professors — casual interactions during office hours, pre-class conversation, post-class questions — social media is emerging as a tool to maintain and improve those connections that are vital for student retention, academic development, diversity and inclusion. In this webinar, participants learn how to: 1. Use social media to complement traditional communication, 2. Find the platform of choice, 3. Stay on brand, 4. Recognize we’re all #InItTogether, 5. Target the “whole” student, 6. Use social media to engage students, 7. Cross-promote their institution, 8. Build a discipline co-educational space, 9.Share discipline-specific content, and 10. Share student successes.” (webinar description) More information and registration link available at https://teachonline.ca/webinar/how-use-social-media-retain-and-connect-students-shift-online-education.
• Flipping the Online Classroom (Campus Compact Fusion Webinar) on Thursday, April 8, 2021, 3:00 PM - 4:30 PM EST. “This session will focus on designing and implementing courses with high levels of student interaction, engagement, and community-based learning. We will introduce strategies and approaches for enhancing students' skills in leadership, teamwork, and problem solving through supportive learning communities, student-led activities, and student-directed learning. We will discuss strategies for balancing and effectively utilizing both synchronous and asynchronous class time in order to make courses meaningful, relevant, and content-rich. Participants will leave the session with concrete plans and goals to support students' online learning experiences with a "flipped" mindset and approach.” (webinar description) Presented by: Audrey Falk - Merrimack College. More information as well as registration link available at https://events.compact.org/fusion-webinars.
• Open Pedagogy in Practice - Faculty Perspectives (New England Board of Higher Education weibar) on Monday, April 12, 2021 from 10 AM to 11 AM EST. "Open pedagogy, OER-enabled pedagogy, Open educational practices -- you may have heard these terms in passing or maybe you’ve heard a lot about them but still find yourself asking the question, “but what does this actually look like in practice?” Listen to New England college and university open education leaders Dr. Robin DeRosa from New Hampshire, Dr. Jennifer Van Allen from New York, and Dr. Heather Miceli from Rhode Island share what Open pedagogy looks like in their classrooms, lessons learned they’ve learned along the way, and why their praxis is ever-changing." (webinar description) Registration available at https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Vlq4oiSgQZa_NlKmW3MSEw.

Interesting Articles and Resources

• Using Social Media to Retain and Connect with Students in the Shift to Online Education, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/online-student-engagement/using-social-media-to-retain-and-connect-with-students-in-the-shift-to-online-education/
• Strategies for Antiracist and Decolonized Teaching, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/equality-inclusion-and-diversity/strategies-for-antiracist-and-decolonized-teaching/
• Teaching Online: STEM in the Time of COVID, https://onlinelearningconsortium.org/read/teaching-online-stem-in-a-time-of-covid/
• Digital Texts in the Time of COVID: Educational Resources in U.S. Higher Education, 2020, https://www.bayviewanalytics.com/reports/digitaltextsinthetimeofcovid.pdf
• 21 Ways to Structure an Online Discussion, Part Two, https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/online-student-engagement/21-ways-to-structure-an-online-discussion-part-two/

Update on Upcoming Maintenance for Blackboard Collaborate Ultra

Blackboard has scheduled a maintenance window for the Collaborate Ultra v21.06 update. On Thursday, April 8th between 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