iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (10/23/2017)

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 23rd is What Are the Secrets to Making Highly Effective Educational Videos? 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/online/mentor/what-are-the-secrets-to-making-highly-effective-educational-videos-14331-1.html. The complete fall schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2017/09/20-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

• Technology Across the Curriculum Grants. The Technology Across the Curriculum (TAC) Committee invites all NSCC full-time faculty, part-time faculty, and professional teaching staff to submit applications to develop a TAC project in the spring of 2018 with implementation in the summer or fall of 2018. Fall application materials are now available and proposals are due by 11:59PM on Tuesday, November 14th. More information on the TAC Grants is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2017/10/technology-across-curriculum-grant.html.
• Liberal Studies Lecture Series. This semester’s Liberal Studies Lecture Series is “Lessons from Cyborgs: What they can Teach us about Disability, Community, & Kindness” and will take place on Thursday October 26th from 11:00am to 12:15pm in the Lynn Gym. Join Dr. Laurie Ann Carlson as she discusses what Cyborgs in the Visual Media can teach us about rethinking disability, community, and kindness. She will show clips from popular films and television to engage the audience in analyzing how presentation impacts bodies/minority communities. More information is available at http://news.northshore.edu/blog/lessons-from-cyborgs-what-they-can-teach-us-about-disability-community-kindness/.
    

Upcoming Webinars of Interest
Webinar: 7 Strategies for a Student-Centered Course [Higher Ed BITS]
Do you want to create an engaging course that allows students to construct knowledge through participating, interacting, and sharing? Join the presenter for more information about how to make your course student-centered in order to successfully engage your students. 
-Thursday, October 26, 2017 from 3:00pm to 4:00pm
-Register at https://community.blackboard.com/events/1569-7-strategies-for-a-student-centered-course   
  
Resources

• Pause, Play, Repeat: Using Pause Procedure in Online Microlectures https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/pause-play-repeat-using-pause-procedure-online-microlectures/
• Effective educational videoshttps://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/effective-educational-videos/ 
• Effective Educational Videos: Principles and Guidelines for Maximizing Student Learning from Video Contenthttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5132380/
      

Share Teaching Resources or Professional Development OpportunitiesIf you have any teaching strategies or 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,
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation

Technology Across the Curriculum Grant Applications - Fall 2017

The Technology Across the Curriculum (TAC) Committee invites all North Shore Community College (NSCC) full-time faculty, part-time faculty, and professional teaching staff to submit applications to develop a TAC project in the spring of 2018 with implementation in the summer or fall of 2018. 

Fall application materials are now available and proposals are due by 11:59PM on Tuesday, November 14th. No late applications will be accepted under any circumstances. Notification of awards will be made before the end of the semester.

There are two types of TAC applications: one for faculty wishing to develop online/hybrid courses and one for those wishing to develop projects that integrate technology into their curriculum. For faculty wishing to develop online/hybrid courses, there are two separate applications, one for faculty new to online course development, and one for faculty who have already developed online courses at NSCC.

1. If you would like to develop an online/hybrid course:

Please contact your Division Dean to discuss your interest in developing an online or hybrid course. Conversations around priorities for online and hybrid conversations will be occurring in Division meetings. Your Division Dean will then provide you with information on next steps for completing a TAC application.

The design and development phase for faculty new to teaching an online/hybrid course at North Shore Community College begins with a 6 week online course, Teaching and Learning Online. This online course will run January 2 - February 11, 2018 (for fall 2018 and spring 2019 courses) and May 14 – June 24, 2018 (for spring 2019 courses only). 
 
2. If you would like to develop a project integrating technology into the curriculum:

Apply for a TAC grant. The application also includes project ideas and the description of the TAC process. Please read all of the materials before completing your application. Division Deans and Department Chairs would appreciate an email letting them know about your ideas so they can support your efforts.

Please note:

• The technology integration project application materials are available on Pipeline. To access, go to the My Northshore tab and click the Technology Across the Curriculum link (left column in the Faculty Resources box.)
• Applicants need not have high level experience using technology, but because the TAC grant is becoming highly competitive, we urge applicants to prepare their applications carefully, making sure the descriptive narrative is thorough and clear. We are also, of course, interested in the applicant’s motivation and willingness to think about how technology can improve his/her teaching.

Finally, we would be delighted to answer any questions or discuss application ideas.  

We hope you will consider applying for a TAC grant and look forward to assisting you in any way we can in that process.

Terri Whitney, TAC Coordinator and Professor of English, and Andrea Milligan, Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (4/24/2017)

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 24th is How Do I Adapt an Online Faculty Peer Review Tool? 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 http://www.magnapubs.com/online/mentor/how-can-i-adapt-an-online-faculty-peer-review-tool-13903-1.html. The complete spring schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2016/12/20-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

• North Shore Community College’s 2017 Visiting Writer. Jay Atkinson, a local best-selling non-fiction writer, short story writer, novelist, and journalist will be reading from a variety of his works, including Massacre on the Merrimack. The readings will take place on Tuesday, April 25th at 9:30am and 11:00am in the Lynn Campus Gym. More information is available at http://news.northshore.edu/blog/massacre-on-the-merrimack-author-nsccs-2017-visiting-writer/.
• Annual Law Day Lecture. This year’s Law Day topic is The Fourteenth Amendment and Immigration. The keynote speaker is Elena Noureddine, Esq., a staff attorney with the Political Asylum/Immigration Representation Project (PAIR). The lecture will be held on Thursday, April 27th from 7:30am to 9:00am in the Lynn Campus Cafeteria and will be teleconferenced to the Danvers Campus Math & Science Building, DS119. More information is available at http://news.northshore.edu/blog/the-fourteenth-amendment-and-immigration-nsccs-annual-law-day-lecture/.
• Hatikvah Officers to Campus. In honor of Yom HaShoah (Holocaust Memorial Day), NSCC’s Department of Interdisciplinary Studies welcome Hatikvah Officers to campus on Thursday, April 27th from 12:30pm to 1:45 in LE 203 on the Lynn Campus. The officers will share stories about their experiences and speak openly about the challenges they sometimes face. These dedicated young leaders will touch on themes of leadership and moral decision making. In addition, they will share their personal connections to the Holocaust and its impact on their values today. Feel free to bring your class. Refreshments will be served. Contact Dr. Laurie Carlson for more information.

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

• WEBINAR: Gamifying your course using achievement badges (Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series). Thursday, April 27, 2017 at 1:00pm EST. Register at http://event.on24.com/wcc/r/1348249/4D4AB8ED80A50F863FEA4208E137FB2B
   

2017 Issue of The Edge
The 2017 issue of The Edge (the 26th edition of the Technology Across the Curriculum (TAC) Newsletter) is now available at: https://issuu.com/nscc/docs/theedgenewsletter26.final. In this issue, you will hear about the TAC projects of 32 faculty in their own words. Also in this issue, Andrea Milligan, Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation, has contributed two articles, one on hybrid courses at NSCC and another that describes two new tools within Blackboard Learn to record attendance and manage several course tools. Finally, in this issue, there is an article on a STEM online course development project for a new certificate program.  
  
Resources

• How To Apply Reflective Practice when Teaching Online http://elearnmag.acm.org/archive.cfm?aid=2908240 
• 10 Things I've Learned About Teaching Online http://elearnmag.acm.org/featured.cfm?aid=1609990 
• A Fundamental Look at Cultural Diversity and the Online Classroom http://elearnmag.acm.org/archive.cfm?aid=3041614
   

Share Teaching Resources or 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 upcomimg 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,
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation

Spotlighting Innovations in Academic Technology at North Shore Community College

The latest edition of the Technology Across the Curriculum (TAC) newsletter, The Edge: Where Classrooms Meet Technology, is now available on North Shore Community College’s public site at: http://www.northshore.edu/faculty_staff/resources/tac.html

The TAC program at NSCC "promotes academic excellence by stimulating and nurturing innovative ideas by faculty and professional staff that employ technology in support of teaching and learning". The TAC program supports creative uses of instructional technology inside and outside of the classroom as well as the development of new online and hybrid courses.

Check out this year's issue to learn more about the innovations of NSCC faculty, staff, and administration in the area of academic technology.

The current issue of The Edge includes:

• Comments from 32 TAC faculty on their projects.
• An article by Andrea Milligan, Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation, on hybrid courses.
• An article by Andrea Milligan, Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation, that describes two new tools within Blackboard Learn: one for recording attendance and another for managing several course tools.
• An article on a STEM online course development project for a new certificate program.

Technology Across the Curriculum Grant Applications - Fall 2016

The Technology Across the Curriculum (TAC) Committee invites all North Shore Community College (NSCC) full-time faculty, part-time faculty, and professional teaching staff to submit applications to develop a TAC project in the spring of 2017 with implementation in the summer or fall of 2017. 

Fall application materials are now available and proposals are due by 11:59PM on Tuesday, November 15th. No late applications will be accepted under any circumstances. Notification of awards will be made before the end of the semester.

There are two types of TAC applications: one for faculty wishing to develop online/hybrid courses and one for those wishing to develop projects that integrate technology into their curriculum. For faculty wishing to develop online/hybrid courses, there are two separate applications, one for faculty new to online course development, and one for faculty who have already developed online courses at NSCC.

1. If you would like to develop an online/hybrid course:

Please contact your Division Dean to discuss your interest in developing an online or hybrid course. Conversations around priorities for online and hybrid conversations will be occurring in Division meetings. Your Division Dean will then provide you with information on next steps for completing a TAC application.

The design and development phase for faculty new to teaching an online/hybrid course at North Shore Community College begins with a 6 week online course, Teaching and Learning Online. This online course will run January 2 – February 12, 2017 (for fall 2017 and spring 2018 courses) and May 15 – June 25, 2017 (for spring 2018 courses only).

Applications and process are available during your consultation with Andrea Milligan.

2. If you would like to develop a project integrating technology into the curriculum:

Apply for a TAC grant. The application also includes project ideas and the description of the TAC process. Please read all of the materials before completing your application. Division Deans and Department Chairs would appreciate an email letting them know about your ideas so they can support your efforts.

Please note:

• The technology integration project application materials are available on Pipeline. To access, go to the My Northshore tab and click the Technology Across the Curriculum link (left column in the Faculty Resources box.)
• Applicants need not have high level experience using technology, but because the TAC grant is becoming highly competitive, we urge applicants to prepare their applications carefully, making sure the descriptive narrative is thorough and clear. We are also, of course, interested in the applicant’s motivation and willingness to think about how technology can improve his/her teaching.

Finally, we would be delighted to answer any questions or discuss application ideas.  

We hope you will consider applying for a TAC grant and look forward to assisting you in any way we can in that process.

Terri Whitney, TAC Coordinator and Professor of English, and Andrea Milligan, Director of the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation

Technology Across the Curriculum Grant Applications - Fall 2015

The Technology Across the Curriculum (TAC) Committee invites all North Shore Community College (NSCC) full-time faculty, part-time faculty, and professional teaching staff to submit applications to develop a TAC project in the spring of 2016 with implementation in the summer or fall of 2016. 

Fall application materials are now available and proposals are due by 11:59PM on Tuesday, November 17th.  No late applications will be accepted under any circumstances. Notification of awards will be made before the end of the semester.

There are two types of TAC applications: one for faculty wishing to develop online/hybrid courses and one for those wishing to develop projects that integrate technology into their curriculum. For faculty wishing to develop online/hybrid courses, there are two separate applications, one for faculty new to online course development, and one for faculty who have already developed online courses at NSCC.

1. If you would like to develop an online/hybrid course:

Please contact Andrea Milligan or Lance Eaton.  They will explain the process and discuss the expectations, have you complete some short readiness activities, and give you an application. You will also need to discuss your plans with, and get the approval of, your Division Dean.

The design and development phase for faculty new to teaching an online/hybrid course at North Shore Community College begins with a 6 week online course, Teaching and Learning Online.  This online course will run January 2 – February 14, 2016 (for fall 2016 and spring 2017 courses) and May 16 – June 26, 2015 (for spring 2017 courses only).

Applications and process are available during your consultation with Andrea Milligan or Lance Eaton.

2. If you would like to develop a project integrating technology into the curriculum:

Apply for a TAC grant. The application also includes project ideas and the description of the TAC process. Please read all of the materials before completing your application. Division Deans and Department Chairs would appreciate an email letting them know about your ideas so they can support your efforts.

Please note:

• The technology integration project application materials are available on Pipeline. To access, go to the My Northshore tab and click the Technology Across the Curriculum link (left column in the Faculty Resources box.)
• Applicants need not have high level experience using technology, but because the TAC grant is becoming highly competitive, we urge applicants to prepare their applications carefully, making sure the descriptive narrative is thorough and clear. We are also, of course, interested in the applicant’s motivation and willingness to think about how technology can improve his/her teaching.

Finally, we would be delighted to answer any questions or discuss application ideas.  

We hope you will consider applying for a TAC grant and look forward to assisting you in any way we can in that process.

Andrea Milligan, Director of Instructional Technology and Design, and Terri Whitney, TAC Coordinator and Professor of English