iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Profession​al Developmen​t eNewslette​r (10/27/2014​)

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.

20 Minute Online Professional Development: Is There a Solution to Students Multitasking in Class?
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 27th is Is There a Solution to Students Multitasking in 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 email version of iDevelop or the Bulletin notice.

Other Professional Development Opportunities

1. No Student Left Behind: Want to learn more about the best ways that we can engage and support ALL of our students? Come to the CTLA to meet with representatives from North Shore’s fantastic Disability Services team. Disabilities Services provides leadership, warmth, wisdom and guidance to North Shore’s efforts to ensure an accessible, welcoming working and learning environment for individuals with disabilities while ensuring compliance with federal and state regulations. Here is your opportunity to meet one-on-one with the folks who are our central resource on disability-related information, procedures and services for the NSCC community, and learn from their expertise in the development, implementation, and acquisition of disability-related practices, procedures and resources. And while you are at it, enjoy light refreshments while chatting with your colleagues---snacks are ready at 2PM! ALL FACULTY AND STAFF are welcome. Please RSVP to Andrea DeFusco-Sullivan at adefusco@northshore.edu.
    
   When: Thursday, October 30th, CTLA, Danvers Berry Building Room 388
     
2. Blockbuster Morning of Learning and Sharing! Where can you?….Have a chat with our new Vice President for Academic Affairs, Dr. Karen Hynick. Learn about library resources (and the library’s fabulous staff). Get to know Debbie Campbell and Donna Davis, our wise and welcoming Counseling team. Talk “shop” with our brilliant Assistant Dean of Liberal Studies, and our equally brilliant Coordinator of Instructional Design, Academic Technology. In one morning of  professional development, that’s where! Though this workshop is designed for new part-time faculty, ALL faculty are welcome. Just be sure to RSVP to Rebecca Twalipo at rtwalipo@northshore.edu.
     
   When: Saturday, November 1st, Danvers Math/Science Building Room 106B

Share your Teaching Strategies
Please send your teaching strategies to itd@northshore.edu and we will share them in upcoming issues of iDevelop.

“I currently have a course that I am "flipping".  To ensure students prepare, I assign review questions that have to be done before class.  Since this is a management class and we are learning time management, I absolutely don't accept late assignments.  Students have been very responsive and most are keeping up.”
-Bernadette Lucas, Nutritional Science Department

iDevelop is being brought to you by Academic Technology and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment.  If you have any professional development events, best practices, resources or tips to share with other faculty, please send them our way.  Also, we would love your input on this eNewsletter.

Thank you,
Academic Technology and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Profession​al Developmen​t eNewslette​r (10/20/2014​)

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.

20 Minute Online Professional Development: What Does Copyright Ownership Mean to Me?
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 20th is What Does Copyright Ownership Mean to Me?

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 email version of iDevelop or the Bulletin notice. 

Other Professional Development Opportunities
Thursday, October 23rd, 11:30am and 7:30pm at Monserrat College of Art: FREE Public Artist Talk and Performance of LOOSE

    Please join D’hana Perry for a Public Artist Talk on Thursday, October 23rd at 11:30am and a live performance of LOOSE on Thursday, October 23rd at 7:30pm in the 301 Gallery on 301 Cabot St.  NYC artist D'hana Perry's LOOSE is a reconceptualization of what a "documentary" can be, and an autobiographical examination of how gender expression and racial identity affect each other when we navigate public space.  It explores a concept of remixing as: 1) a process of mental and physical image appropriation and 2) a mode of existence and survival, which turn everyday interactions into a creative act. LOOSE is designed to be improvisational. No two performances are the same. For more information, see http://www.montserrat.edu/calendar.

Share your Teaching Strategies
Please send your teaching strategies to itd@northshore.edu and we will share them in upcoming issues of iDevelop.

“I've been using a flipped classroom format to teach source integration and citation in my CMP1 class.  Over the course of several class meetings and a week or two, students watch [videos I provide them].  I also send them ppt's for their notes.  To ensure accountability for the material, I then give students a very fast quiz at the beginning of class.

Source integration is pretty complex: in addition to the mechanical stuff (MLA citation, format), the overall goal when integrating sources is to develop ideas appropriate and insightful for academic settings.  Using a flipped classroom format helps me cover the basics more efficiently.  When I cover the basics more efficiently, that gives me more class time to focus on practice, content, and higher-level thinking strategies.  The flipped classroom format has cleared up a lot of class time--probably a week, maybe more--so I can focus on enriched content.”

-Jeremy Branstad, Communication Skills (please feel free to contact him directly if you have questions or want to continue the conversation)

iDevelop is being brought to you by Academic Technology and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment.  If you have any professional development events, best practices, resources or tips to share with other faculty, please send them our way.  Also, we would love your input on this eNewsletter.

Thank you,
Academic Technology and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment

Technology Across the Curriculum Grant Applications - Fall 2014

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 2015 with implementation in the summer or fall of 2015. 

Fall application materials are now available and proposals are due by 11:59PM on Tuesday, November 18th.  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 15, 2015 (for fall 2015 and spring 2016 courses) and May 15 – June 28, 2015 (for spring 2016 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:

• These application materials are also 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

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Profession​al Developmen​t eNewslette​r (10/13/2014​)

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.

20 Minute Online Professional Development: What Are 5 FAQ's About Faculty Roles in the Flipped Class?

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 13th is What Are 5 FAQ's About Faculty Roles in the Flipped Class?

More information about this session (including description, topics, and learning goals) is available http://www.magnapubs.com/catalog/what-are-5-faqs-about-faculty-roles-in-the-flipped-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 email version of iDevelop or the Bulletin notice. 

Other Professional Development Opportunities

1. A free workshop on Bullying Prevention and Intervention Law will be held on Wednesday evening, October 15th from 7:00-9:00pm at the Reading Senior Center (49 Pleasant Street Reading, MA 01867).  The workshop is designed to help create a safe, inclusive classroom space for all students, including students with autism and other neuro-developmental disorders, and will provide strategies for instructors and parents. The event is free but seating is limited, so sign up now! - See more here.
2. SAVE THE DATE:  October 30th will be a fantastic day for Professional Development at NSCC.  In the morning, check out the Sustainability Business Fair in the Lynn Gym...watch The Bulletin for details, or email Barbara Ikalainen at bikalain01@northshore.edu.
3. Also on October 30th:  Visit the CTLA in DB318 (Danvers) at 2:30pm to meet and learn from Susan Graham, Director of Disability Services at North Shore Community College.  Find out how Disability Services can partner with you as a faculty and staff resource, in order to optimize the academic success of all our students.  Susan is terrific, so be sure to mark your calendar.  To RSVP, please email Rebecca Twalipo at rtwalipo@northshore.edu.

Share your Teaching Strategies

Are you currently “flipping” your classes?  How do you ensure that students do the work before coming to class?  Please send your strategies to itd@northshore.edu and we will share them in upcoming issues of iDevelop. 

• "A great way of using the class time most effectively is to develop quizzes that students must take in ANGEL the day before class.  These quizzes should be based upon the reading or assigned work.  If they are due the day before class, that gives you time to go into the quiz and see what questions students got right and which ones they got wrong.  This will help you to determine what needs more attention during class.  Both instructor and student come to class with a better understanding of what they need to learn."

Resources

• The Flipped Classroom: Tips for Integrating Moments of Reflection
  http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/instructional-design/flipped-classroom-tips-integrating-moments-reflection/
• The One Takeaway: Model, Coach, Fade
  http://www.flipitconsulting.com/2014/06/22/the-one-takeaway-model-coach-fade/ 
• AUDIO | The Flipped Classroom Will Redefine the Role of Educators
  http://www.evolllution.com/distance_online_learning/audio-flipped-classroom-redefine-role-educators-10-years/

iDevelop is being brought to you by Academic Technology and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment.  If you have any professional development events, best practices, resources or tips to share with other faculty, please send them our way.  Also, we would love your input on this eNewsletter.

Thank you,
Academic Technology and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Profession​al Developmen​t eNewslette​r (10/6/2014​)

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.


20 Minute Online Professional Development: Linking, Embedding & Streaming: What’s Legal? What’s Not?
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 6th is Linking, Embedding & Streaming: What’s Legal? What’s Not? 

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 email version of iDevelop or the Bulletin notice.

Other Professional Development Opportunities

1. Do you want hints for coping with Plagiarism?  Would you like to commiserate about it with your local colleagues, and get a refresher yourself?  Besides the top-notch resources we have here among our library staff, faculty, and ubiquitous writing handbooks, Endicott College is hosting an event in the Halle Library for the community.  The same session will run on Monday, October 6 and Thursday, October 16th at 7:00pm.  Call 978 232-2237 for more information.
2. In addition to being there for our student referrals, the folks from Crisis/Counseling Services want to speak with you about your student concerns, and they are available to lead class workshops on topics such a Reducing Anxiety and Stress, Staying Motivated despite Obstacles, Maintaining Healthy Relationships, and many other topics. Please contact Crisis/Counseling Services to make arrangements.
3. Stay tuned to iDevelop for news about NSCC's upcoming Forum on Tolerance. Mark your calendars! The 33rd North Shore Community College Forum on Tolerance, Homelessness is a Social Justice Issue, will take place over two days:
   -Danvers Event: Wednesday, October 22nd from 10:30am-11:20am and 11:30am-12:20pm in the Math/Science Cafeteria
   -Lynn Event: Thursday October 23, 2014 from 8:00am-1:45pm in the Lynn Campus Gymnasium

Share your Teaching Strategies
Do you have questions about using certain outside resources and materials in your courses?  Please send us your questions to itd@northshore.edu and we will do our best to answer them in the upcoming issues of iDevelop.

Resources

• The Fair Use Exception
  http://www.usg.edu/copyright/the_fair_use_exception
• Fair Use Checklist
  http://www.usg.edu/images/copyright_docs/fair_use_checklist.pdf
• Fair Use and Copyright for Online Education
  http://uri.libguides.com/fairuse/copyright

iDevelop is being brought to you by Academic Technology and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment.  If you have any professional development events, best practices, resources or tips to share with other faculty, please send them our way.  Also, we would love your input on this eNewsletter.

Thank you,
Academic Technology and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Profession​al Developmen​t eNewslette​r (9/29/2014​)

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.

20 Minute Online Professional Development: What Do Students Want in Online Courses?
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 29th is What Do Students Want in Online Courses?

More information about this session (including description, topics, and learning goals) is available http://www.facultyfocus.com/20-minute-mentor/what-do-students-want-in-online-courses/.

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 email version of iDevelop or the Bulletin notice.

Other Professional Development Opportunities
1. Would you like to better help your students map out a career path? Would you like to learn more about how Career Services can help our students get on the track to academic and professional success?  Come meet Arlene Amato-Hanson, and find out how Career Services can help your students plan their occupational and educational futures.  All are welcome to attend if your schedules allow!  Please RSVP to Rebecca Twalipo in the CTLA (rtwalipo@northshore.edu) so that we can get a headcount for refreshments.  The session will take place in the CTLA Conference Room (Danvers Berry Room 388) on Thursday, October 2nd.  Refreshments are available at 2:00p.m. and the program begins at 2:30p.m.  

Share your Teaching Strategies
In what ways do you seek feedback from your students in your courses?  In what ways do you provide feedback back to students on participation in discussion forums, assignments, projects, or assessments?  Please send us your teaching strategies and ideas to itd@northshore.edu and we will share them in the upcoming issues of iDevelop.  

Resources

• What do Students [Really] Want in an Online Course?http://onlinelearninginsights.wordpress.com/2013/01/09/what-do-students-really-want-in-an-online-course/
• Feedback Strategies for Online Courses
  http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/feedback-strategies-online-courses/
• Strategies for Providing Feedback in Online Courses http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/tutorials/communication/feedback.asp

iDevelop is being brought to you by Academic Technology and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment.  If you have any professional development events, best practices, resources or tips to share with other faculty, please send them our way.  Also, we would love your input on this eNewsletter.

Thank you,
Academic Technology and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment

Upcoming ANGEL Archive

As outlined in the NSCC ANGEL Course Archive Policy, Academic Technology is in the process of archiving older ANGEL course sites and removing them from the ANGEL server.  We wanted to provide the NSCC community with advanced notice before any course sites are deleted from the ANGEL server. 

Below is an outline of the timeline for deleting courses from the ANGEL server as well as from the archive.

• Course sites from Summer 2013 - Will be removed from the ANGEL server and placed in archive on October 1, 2014. Summer 2013 courses are scheduled to be permanently deleted from archive on February 1, 2018.
• Course sites from Spring 2010 - Will be permanently deleted from the archive on October 1, 2014.

If faculty would like to retain these course sites for a longer period of time, they have the option of generating their own archive and there are several available options for storage, including:

• The P: Drive network folder (only accessible on campus)
• Google Drive, accessible through the NSCC email account
• A personal storage medium, i.e. USB drive, portable hard disk, computer, CD
• External cloud storage solutions, available at little to no cost (such as Dropbox or SkyDrive)

Directions for generating a course archive (content and student data) are available at: http://goo.gl/jpO5R.  Staff members from Instructional Technology and Design will be available to assist faculty in archiving ANGEL course sites.  If assistance is needed, please email the ANGEL Helpdesk at angel@northshore.edu.

If you have any questions about this, please do not hesitate to contact us at itd@northshore.edu.

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Profession​al Developmen​t eNewslette​r (9/22/2014​)

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.

20 Minute Online Professional Development: How Can I Structure a Flipped Lesson?
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 22nd is How Can I Structure a Flipped Lesson?

More information about this session (including description, topics, and learning goals) is available http://www.magnapubs.com/catalog/how-can-i-structure-a-flipped-lesson/.

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 email version of iDevelop or the Bulletin notice. 

Other Professional Development Opportunities

1. Space is still available for the Multi State Collaborative Professional Development Day on Friday, September 26, 2014 at the Southbridge Hotel and Conference Center.  To register, view session topics, or get more information, visit the website included in the email version of iDevelop or contact the CTLA.
2. Limited spaces are available for NSCC part time faculty who have never participated in the Part Time Faculty Development Program, a series developed and cultivated by Dr. Laurel Messina Duluk.  Full time faculty can also participate on a space-available basis, with permission of their division dean.  Network with colleagues, refresh your teaching, and benefit from the coordinated efforts of the college's academic divisions and academic support teams!  For more information on the program, please contact Rebecca Twalipo in the CTLA at rtwalipo@northshore.edu.  Don't delay - the first session is this Saturday, September 27th.
3. FREE BOOK! Would you like a free copy of Peggy Maki's Assessing for Learning: Building a Sustainable Commitment Across the Institution?  Maki is a higher education superstar, and the CTLA has twenty copies of her seminal work that we are giving to any interested NSCC faculty or staff member. Stop by the CTLA to say hi, and pick up your free copy! The CTLA is located in DB 388.

Share your Teaching Strategies

Are you currently incorporating any strategies from the flipped classroom model into your classes?  What types of activities are you having your students do outside of class to introduce them to the content?  What types of activities are you having your students do in-class to engage with the content?   Please send us your teaching strategies and ideas to itd@northshore.edu and we will share them in the upcoming issues of iDevelop. 

Resources

• 7 Things You Should Know About…Flipped Classrooms
  https://net.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/ELI7081.pdf
• Flipping the Classroom
  http://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/flipping-the-classroom/ 
• Course Design: Planning a Flipped Class
  https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/teaching-resources/teaching-tips/planning-courses-and-assignments/course-design/course-design-planning-flipped-class
• Online Activities and Assessment for the Flipped Classroom
  https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/teaching-resources/teaching-tips/lecturing-and-presenting/delivery/online-activities-and-assessment-flipped-classroom
• In-class Activities and Assessment for the Flipped Classroom
  https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/teaching-resources/teaching-tips/lecturing-and-presenting/delivery/class-activities-and-assessment-flipped-classroom  

iDevelop is being brought to you by Academic Technology and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment.  If you have any professional development events, best practices, resources or tips to share with other faculty, please send them our way.  Also, we would love your input on this eNewsletter.

Thank you,
Academic Technology and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment

Active Learning Classrooms

Active Learning Classrooms are teaching and learning spaces that allow faculty to move their course design beyond lecture.  Faculty are supported through the room design, flexible furniture, multiple writing surfaces, and interactive technologies.  In these rooms, students move from a static learning environments (rows of chairs) to a more dynamic one (group seating often utilizing chairs and tables on wheels).

Here at North Shore Community College, we have designed two spaces as Active Learning Classrooms.  LE 304 in Lynn and DB 101 in Danvers have portable chairs on wheels and white boards have been installed around the wall surfaces of the classrooms.  Faculty have begun to requests these spaces as they allow for students to work together more efficiently and effectively.  The teacher's role then becomes more of a guide to learning.

Some effective teaching models in these kinds of  classrooms include:

1.  Think--Pair--Share
This is a discussion strategy where the teacher gets the students thinking about a posed question.  The students then "pair up" to talk about their thoughts or answers to the question.  The teacher then calls on the pairs to share their thoughts with the rest of the class.

2.  Focused Listening
Here students recall what they know about a subject.  This can be done in pairs or groups  They list what they know on a sheet of paper.   The instructor roams the room requesting the lists to be read out loud by the pairs or groups.

3.  Brainstorming
This is similar to focused listening.  Here, though, students might stretch what they know by forming creative connections between previous knowledge and new possibilities.  In Brainstorming, there are no wrong answers.

4.  Note Check
With Note Check, students partner with someone.  They compare notes.  They notice each other's misconceptions or lack of clarity, and then assist in pointing that out and cleaning it up.

5.  The Two Minute Paper
Here the faculty member asks students to summarize the most important points in the day's lecture.  It helps students to put things in their own words.  It also helps students to identify their gaps in their understanding.

6.  The Final Question
At the end of class, the faculty member asks the students if they had one last question about the material, what would it be?  It encourages students to think deeply about material before leaving the room.

Resources:

• What is an Active Learning Classroom?
  http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/tutorials/active/what/index.html
• Reactions of Teachings in an Active Learning Classroom
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=szGCwwcDc-g
• Active learning strategies
  http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/tutorials/powerpoint/learning/index.html

If you would like to know more about Active Learning Classrooms, please contact us at itd@northshore.edu.

Dave Houle
Coordinator, Instructional Technology
dhoule@northshore.edu

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Profession​al Developmen​t eNewslette​r (9/15/2014​)

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.

20 Minute Online Professional Development: How Can I Enhance Students’ Self-Regulated Learning Skills?
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 15th is How Can I Enhance Students’ Self-Regulated Learning Skills? 

More information about this session (including description, topics, and learning goals) is available http://www.magnapubs.com/catalog/how-can-i-enhance-students-self-regulated-learning-skills/.

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 email version of iDevelop or the Bulletin notice. 

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Other Professional Development Opportunities

1. What are you doing this Thursday afternoon (September 18th)?  A few spaces are available for full or part time faculty to attend an information session in the CTLA (DB 388) about Academic Technology and Library Services here at North Shore Community College.  Although this session and others that will follow (stay tuned!) are designed for new full time faculty, whether you are new to North Shore, full time or part time, or if you simply feel that you or your students could use a refresher to kick off a new academic year, you are invited to come.  Learn from our fantastic and friendly professionals--Andrea Milligan and Christine Goodchild.  Please RSVP to Andrea DeFusco-Sullivan (adefusco@northshore.edu) by noontime on Wednesday so that we can have enough coffee ready!  The coffee's on at 2:00 p.m. and things will wrap up around 4:00 p.m., but if you need to come a little late or leave a little earlier due to class/meeting scheduling, do not fret--come anyway.
       
2. The Tri-State Multi-State Collaborative Consortium, consisting of Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, will co-host a Professional Development Day for faculty, administrators and professional staff at participating Multi-State Collaborative institutions.  The event will be held at the Southbridge Hotel and Conference Center on September 26, 2014 from 9:00am – 3:30pm, with registration and a continental breakfast beginning at 8:30am.  The event is sponsored by the American Association of Colleges and Universities and the State Higher Education Executive Officers and funded by a Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation grant.  The event is free but space is limited to the first 150 participants to register.  Please contact Andrea DeFusco-Sullivan (adefusco@northshore.edu) for registration information.

Share your Teaching Strategies
Here are some teaching strategies shared with us around early semester community building.  Please continue to send us your great ideas at itd@northshore.edu and we will share them in the upcoming issues of iDevelop. 

• “I tried something new this semester.  Introductions in my class include: creating a 6 word memoir (there's a great YouTube video that introduces the concept) and having them tell me and the class what their hopes and dreams beyond NSCC are, what's their favorite sport and day of the year.  One of my edu objectives for all my students is to have them give three stand-up presentations each semester.  The introverts either don't come to class that day, or refuse to do it in class.  My strategy this year was that at the 2nd class I brought a fairly large ball (not quite a beach ball) to class.  I have students line up on either side of the room and toss the ball back and forth.  When you get the ball you do your intro.  100% of students spoke.  But more importantly, I polled the class afterwards for those who HATE public speaking and explained they'd just successfully spoken in front of the class.  The ball gives their mind something to do besides being crazy nervous, standing with a group of students gives them strength/courage, and tossing the ball back and forth provides comic relief.  I'm going to use the ball when we have our next presentation to further give them confidence.”
  -Dianne McDermott Cerasuolo (please feel free to contact her directly if you have questions or want to brainstorm around using her idea)

Resources

• F act Sheet: Self-Regulated Learning
  https://teal.ed.gov/tealguide/selfregulated 
• Encouraging Self-Regulated Learning in the Classroom: A Review of the Literature
  http://www.self-regulation.ca/download/pdf_documents/Self%20Regulated%20Learning.pdf

iDevelop is being brought to you by Academic Technology and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment.  If you have any professional development events, best practices, resources or tips to share with other faculty, please send them our way.  Also, we would love your input on this eNewsletter.

Thank you,
Academic Technology and the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment