iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (10/15/2018)

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 15th is How Can I Use Simple Gamification Strategies to Engage my 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/online/mentor/how-can-i-use-simple-gamification-strategies-to-engage-my-students-14908-1.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

• AMCOA Regional Assignment Design Charrette. Join your colleagues from around the region for an Assignment Design Charette right here at NSCC on Friday, November 2nd from 9:00am to 12:00pm (lunch will be provided following the event from 12:00pm to 1:00pm) in Danvers DS106B. This is in part designed to facilitate attendees’ participation in the VALUE Institute (formerly known as the Multi-State Collaborative). NSCC has ten spots available for faculty to attend the workshop. If you are interested, please RSVP to Cate Kaluzny by Monday, October 22nd.
• New Library Catalog Information Sessions. Come learn about the new Library Catalog! The NSCC Library joined a new network and launched a new catalog over the summer.  Want to learn how to use it?  We can show you how to find and request books and other items that the NSCC Library doesn’t have.  Stop by one of our quick info sessions to find out more. In Danvers, the sessions will take place in the library instruction lab, DB241. On Wednesday, October 17th at 2:00pm and Tuesday, October 23rd at 10:00am. In Lynn, the sessions will take place in the library classroom, LW181, on Tuesday, October 16th at 10:00am and Wednesday, October 24th at 2:00pm. 
• 41st Forum on Tolerance – Power, Privilege, and Progress: Awareness to Action. This year, the Forum on Tolerance will be Friday, October 19th from 6:00pm to 9:00pm and Saturday, October 20th from 9:00am to 5:00pm and will take place on the Lynn campus. The Friday night event is free while the Saturday event has a registration fee. More information is available at http://www.northshore.edu/tolerance. Registration for the event is required.
     

Resources

• What is Gamification?
  https://teaching.berkeley.edu/what-gamification  
• How Do You (Successfully) Gamify a Course?
  https://www.socialsciencespace.com/2014/08/how-do-you-successfully-gamify-a-course/  
• Adding Game Elements to your Online Course
  https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/online-education/adding-game-elements-to-your-online-course/   
• Playing Games Can Yield Serious Learning
  https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/effective-teaching-strategies/playing-games-can-yield-serious-learning/

  
Share Your Teaching Resources and Professional Development Opportunities
Are you adding any gamification elements to your course? If so, we would love to hear from you. Please send us an email at ctli@northshore.edu and we will follow-up to capture your story.

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