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 8th is How Can the Three C's of Course Design Enhance Students' Online Performance? 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-the-three-cs-of-course-design-enhance-students-online-performance-15040-1.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
- SAR Team Training Sessions.
The College's Student at Risk (SAR) team will be providing training
sessions on the role of the SAR team and supports that are available for
students at risk. The training will include: Introduction of SAR Team
members, role of SAR Team, strategies to de-escalate student
situations, NSCC support system, when and how to make referrals, and
review of Student Suicide and Suicidal Ideation Protocol. This training
presentation was offered to faculty as part of Faculty Professional Day
on September 5th but, if you were unable to attend one of the sessions,
you are welcome to attend on Friday, October 12th from 10:30am-12:00pm in the Lynn
Gym. Please RSVP at
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfpZ1Q_RGp6ImJUxhAVMwFSytVLIi5Bcgg5rnkWRaUjZi_bBA/viewform.
- Improving Student Engagement and Retention Through the Community of Inquiry [Blackboard Innovative Teaching Series] on Wednesday, October 10, 2018 1:00pm-2:00pm EST. “Student engagement and retention continues to be central as a success measure in higher education. The Community of Inquiry (COI) Framework provides an opportunity to focus on learning as a result of interaction of social, cognitive, and teaching presence. Through purposeful instructional design, the students' educational experience can lead to higher satisfaction and better learning through active engagement and the application of COI. In this session, the presenters will: define COI; identify the application of COI in student engagement, share tips for leveraging COI to improve student retention; demonstrate the integration of COI principles in Blackboard Learn; and highlight examples of COI in Grand Valley State University courses.” For more details and registration information, visit https://community.blackboard.com/events/2101-bits-improving-student-engagement-and-retention-through-the-community-of-inquiry
- 9 Ways to Make Your Course Easier to Navigate
https://teachonline.asu.edu/2016/04/online-course-navigation/ - Instructor Communication with Students Online
https://bestinshow.wisconsin.edu/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/InstructorCommunications.pdf - Professors Share Ideas for Building Community in Online Courses
https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2017/07/26/ideas-building-online-community - Five Ways to Build Community in Online Classrooms
https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/five-ways-to-build-community-in-online-classrooms/ - Coaching Strategies to Enhance Online Discussions https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/coaching-strategies-to-enhance-online-discussions/
- Giving Students a Choice in Assignments Can Boost Creativity and Motivation
https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/course-design-ideas/giving-students-a-choice-in-assignments-can-boost-creativity-and-motivation/ - "Choose your Own Adventure”: New Approaches to Assignments
http://languages.oberlin.edu/blogs/ctie/2017/04/16/choose-your-own-adventure-new-approaches-to-assignments/
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.
Thank you,
Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation
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