iDevelop - NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (3/25/2019)

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.
  

20 Minute Online Professional Development
The Monday Morning Mentor series will be available over the spring semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of March 25th is How Can I Leverage Force Multipliers in the 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/online/mentor/how-can-i-leverage-force-multipliers-in-the-classroom-14596-1.html. The complete spring schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2019/01/20-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 

• (LS)^2 Spring 2019 Lecture. This semester’s Liberal Studies Lecture Series is “Seeing is Believing? The Deception of Perception” and will take place on Thursday, March 28, 2019 from 12:30pm-1:45pm in the Lynn Gym. Join Dr. Fred Altieri, professor of Philosophy, as he discusses the nature of perception and its relation to truth.
     

Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development OpportunitiesIf 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,
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (3/18/2019)

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.
  

20 Minute Online Professional Development
The Monday Morning Mentor series will be available over the spring semester to bring you professional development in twenty minute snippets. The topic for the week of March 18th is How Can Improving Student Feedback Improve the Quality of Each Educational Encounter? 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-five-methods-that-help-students-become-more-effective-learners-15123-1.html. The complete spring schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2019/01/20-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 

• Statewide OER Regional Training Event. Do you want to learn more about OER (open educational resources) and how they can improve teaching and learning? There is one more statewide OER regional training event in March – March 20th at Roxbury Community College. Faculty who attend will have the opportunity to review an open textbook and receive a $200 stipend. If you are interested, please register for the workshop at https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScqspR-6sYBLcVAHnUnhneqP6KvzgIaUrhEBsq9YzbWZOcVRQ/viewform. To learn more about Massachusetts Open Education - Achieving Access for All, visit http://www.mass.edu/strategic/oer.asp.

Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development OpportunitiesIf 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,
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (2/11/2019)

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.
  

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 February 11th is What Brain-Based Techniques Can I Use to Engage Students During 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/online/mentor/what-brain-based-techniques-can-i-use-to-engage-students-during-class-15172-1.html. The complete spring schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2019/01/20-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.   
   
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,
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (2/4/2019)

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.
  

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 February 4th is What Behavioral Changes Can I Make to Inspire Enthusiasm in My 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/online/mentor/what-behavioral-changes-can-i-make-to-inspire-enthusiasm-in-my-classroom-15167-1.html. The complete spring schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2019/01/20-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.   
     
Resources

• Harness the Power of Emotions to Help Your Students Learn
  https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/harness-power-emotions-help-students-learn/ 
     

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,
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation

20 Minute Mentor - Online Faculty Professional Development - Spring 2019 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 2019. For session descriptions, objectives, and mentor bios, click on the titles below. 

• January 28th - What Can I Do to Manage and Reduce Academic Job Stress?
• February 4th - What Behavioral Changes Can I Make to Inspire Enthusiasm in My Classroom?
• February 11th - What Brain-Based Techniques Can I Use to Engage Students During Class?
• February 18th - How Can I Effectively Supervise Teaching and Research Assistants?
• February 25th - What are 10 Tips to Collaborate with Colleagues?
• March 4th - Why is Intercultural Competence Important and How Can it Improve my Teaching?
• March 11th - What are Five Methods that Help Students Become More Effective Learners?
• March 18th - How Can Improving Student Feedback Improve the Quality of Each Educational Encounter?
• March 25th - How Can I Leverage Force Multipliers in the Classroom?
• April 1st - How Do I Promote Civil and Thoughtful Engagement in the Classroom?
• April 8th - How Can I Most Effectively Fulfill My Citizenship Requirements?
• April 15th - What 5 Play-based Activities Can I Use to Create an Active, Learning-centered Class?
• April 22nd - Copyright Crash Course: How Can I Stay on the Right Side of the Law?
• April 29th - Why Should I Migrate from Traditional Resources to OER in My Courses?
• May 6th - How Can Preparing to Teach Online Improve My Face-to-face Teaching?
• May 13th - How Can I Plan (or Revise) My Courses More Efficiently?

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

Preparing for Spring 2019 Courses in Blackboard Learn

As you start to think about your spring courses, we wanted to share with you the following important information that will help you prepare your course site in Blackboard Learn.

Copying a Course
To copy a previous course site into a new one in Blackboard Learn:

1. Go into the course site that has the content to copy. In the Control Panel, expand the "Packages and Utilities" section and click Course Copy.
2. On the next screen, in the “Select Copy Type” section, make sure Copy Course Materials into Existing Course is selected in the drop down menu.
3. Now, in the “Select Copy Options” section, next to the Destination Course ID field, click Browse. Then, find and select the Course ID for the new course (the one you want to put the content into). Click Submit.
4. Select the Course Materials that you want to copy over to the new course. Usually, Select All is the best choice, although you might not want to copy announcements.
1. If Select All is not used, make sure to include Grade Center Columns and Settings if Assignments and/or Tests are being copied.
2. Also, under Discussion Board, select Include only the forums, with no starter posts if threads are not created by the instructor for students to respond to. If not, all student threads will copy over as anonymous and they will need to be deleted.
5. In the “File Attachments” section, keep the default settings.
6. Click Submit.

Please note: When a previous course site is copied over into a new course site, any new or changed content areas will be added to the bottom of the course menu.

Make Your Course Available
All Blackboard Learn course sites are unavailable to students by default. Here are the directions for making the course site available to your students. If you are in your course site, you should see a lock icon up at the top of your course site (to the left of Edit Mode). If you click that lock icon, it will make the course available to students. 

If you do not see the lock icon, here are the directions for making it available to your students.

To open your course:

1. Go into the course site.
2. On the Control Panel, expand the "Customization" section and click Properties.
3. On the next screen, in the "Set Availability" section, select Yes to make the course available.
4. Click Submit.

Preparing a Blackboard Learn Course Site for a New Semester
Please check out this handy reference at http://goo.gl/pZbUZ8 to help you prepare a  Blackboard Learn course site for a new semester.

Please do not hesitate to contact the Blackboard Learn Helpdesk at bbhelp@northshore.edu if there are any issues with Blackboard Learn.

January Blackboard Learn Open Labs

CTLI's Instructional Technology and Design (ITD) team will be hosting a series of Blackboard Learn Open Labs during the first two weeks of the semester.

Faculty are welcome to drop by the open labs if they have any questions/issues or would like to come in to work on your courses and get assistance from CTLI ITD staff. CTLI ITD team members will be available to assist on both the Danvers and Lynn campuses.
  
Week of January 14th 

• Tuesday, January 15th from 9:00am-3:00pm in DB387 and LS319
• Wednesday, January 16th from 9:00am-3:00pm in DB387 and LS319
• Thursday, January 17th from 9:00am-3:00pm in DB387 and LS319
• Friday, January 18th from 9:00am-3:00pm in DB387 and LS319
    

Week of January 21st 

• Tuesday, January 22nd from 9:00am-2:00pm in DB387 and LS319
• Wednesday, January 23rd from 9:00am-3:00pm in DB387 and LS319
• Thursday, January 24th from 9:00am-3:00pm in DB387 and LS319
• Friday, January 25th from 9:00am-3:00pm in DB387 and LS319   

Also, please do not hesitate to contact the Blackboard Learn Helpdesk at bbhelp@northshore.edu if there are any issues with Blackboard Learn.

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (11/19/2018)

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 November 19th is How Can I Gain Valuable Insight From Course Evaluations? 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/how-can-i-gain-valuable-insight-from-course-evaluations-14541-1.html. The complete fall schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2018/08/20-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.   
       
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,
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (11/12/2018)

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 November 12th is How Can I Engage the Emotions of My Students to Maximize Learning? The presentation is available Monday at 10:00am and is accessible through Sunday of that week. For information on accessing the presentation and supplemental materials, please view the Bulletin or the email version of iDevelop.

More information about this session (including description, topics, and learning goals) is available at https://www.magnapubs.com/online/mentor/how-can-i-engage-the-emotions-of-my-students-to-maximize-learning-15166-1.html.The complete fall schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2018/08/20-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

• Attack on Truth: Democracy at Risk. The Center for Holocaust and Genocide Studies at Salem State University present “Attack on Truth: Deomocracy at Risk”, a public conversation with NY Times journalist, Andrew Rosenthal. The talk, which is free and open to the public, is on Tuesday, November 13th at 7:00pm at the Salem Visitor Center. See http://news.northshore.edu/bulletin/wp-content/uploads/sites/9/2018/10/Andrew-Rosenthal_10_18_Flyer.pdf.jpg for more information.
          

Upcoming Webinars of Interest

• Teaching Innovations for Music Courses, via Distance-learning: Resources & Strategies [Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series] on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 from 1:00pm-2:00pm. “Classical music pedagogy and theory courses are traditionally taught face-to-face in a classroom. The challenge of expanding enrollment for music courses can be met through a combination of best practices in instructional design, and interactive publisher content, enabling a greater range of students (majors and non-majors) to study music.” For more details and registration information, visit https://community.blackboard.com/events/2103-bits-teaching-innovations-for-music-courses-via-distance-learning-resources-strategies. 
• Transforming Learning with Open Educational Practices and Pedagogy [CCCOER Webinar] on Wednesday, November 14, 2018 from 2:00pm-3:00pm. "Open educational practices enable new ways for students to learn and create knowledge. We will hear from pioneering OER projects where faculty utilize open educational practices and pedagogy to enhance student engagement and knowledge as they blur the boundary between instructor and student in collaboratively building the commons.” For more details and registration information, visit https://www.cccoer.org/webinar/nov-14-transforming-learning-with-open-educational-practices-and-pedagogy/.
     

Resources

• Harness the Power of Emotions to Help Your Students Learn
  https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-and-learning/harness-power-emotions-help-students-learn/

 
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,
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (10/29/2018)

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 29th is How Can I Resolve Difficult Situations in the 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/online/mentor/how-can-i-resolve-difficult-situations-in-the-classroom-15163-1.html. The complete fall schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2018/08/20-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

• (LS)^2 Fall 2018 Lecture. This semester’s Liberal Studies Lecture Series is “Sideshow : Metaphor : Art : Life” and will take place on Wednesday, October 31st at 10:30am in the Danvers Math & Science building, room DS119. Join Tony Gangi as he examines the relationship that exists between the sideshow and the creation of art and our search for human truth. There will be a costume contest at the end of the presentation. More information is available at http://news.northshore.edu/blog/sideshow-metaphor-art-life-ls2-fall-2018-lecture/. 
          

Resources

• Seven Bricks to Lay the Foundation for Productive Difficult Dialogues
  https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-classroom-management/seven-bricks-to-lay-the-foundation-for-productive-difficult-dialogues/ 
• Difficult Dialogues
  https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/difficult-dialogues/
• Managing Difficult Classroom Discussions
  https://citl.indiana.edu/teaching-resources/diversity-inclusion/managing-difficult-classroom-discussions/

  
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,
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation