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 DevelopmentThe 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 20th is How Can Discussion Responses Give Narrative Shape to an Online 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.
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
- The Growth Mindset. This virtual workshop on Friday, October 8th at 11:00am is being sponsored by NSCC’s The RAP Experience. “How we think about our ability to confidently try new things and keep going when they get hard can set us for success or serve as a barrier to success. For many of us, we must work to have a growth mindset while also navigating social structures and systems that send deficit-oriented messages about who we are and the communities we come from. Join this session to learn more about growth mindsets and identify ways to critically assess how the environments we participate in influence our mindsets.” Please see the flyer sent in the iDevelop email for as well as registration link.
- Universal Design for Learning in the Synchronous Online Classroom (NERCOMP Online Workshop) on Tuesday, October 12 and Wednesday, October 13 from 10:30am - 12:00pm. “Want to create a single course that adapts to the broadest range of learners? Learning and utilizing Universal Design for Learning (UDL) - a framework that meets students where they are - will allow you to adapt a single course to the widest possible range of learners. This highly applicable approach to the online learning environment provides maximum flexibility while letting course designers build a single course. This workshop is focused on beginners and will use a case study of a UDL-informed course taught live online to explore how UDL principles improve both learner outcomes and instructor satisfaction in the synchronous online environment. We will cover applications of UDL to introductory undergraduate courses through the graduate level and include enrichment courses as well.” (workshop description) Register at https://nercomp.org/learn-network/events/Universal_Synch/. The workshop is free to NERCOMP members. NSCC is a member of NERCOMP. You will need a NERCOMP account to register.
- 2021 Assessment Institute. The 2021 Assessment Institute, https://assessmentinstitute.iupui.edu/index.html, will be held virtually from October 24th to October 27th. The institute is highly regarded in the field of assessment and offers the opportunity for higher education faculty, staff, and administrators to share knowledge and learn new skills regarding student outcomes assessment. If you are interested in further developing your assessment skills, this is an excellent opportunity! To learn more, please visit the institute’s presentation topics. A sampling of presentation tracks includes: Assessment in Online Courses and Programs; Assessment Methods; Community Colleges; Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; STEM Education; and Student Partnership and Engagement in Assessment. Institute registration is complimentary this year, which represents a $370 cost savings. If you would like to attend, please register by October 11th at https://assessmentinstitute.iupui.edu/registration/index.html.
Upcoming Webinars of Interest
- The Spark of Online Learning: How Technology and Emotion Science Invigorates Every Class (Contact North webinar) on Tuesday, September 21 from 11:00am-12:00pm. "Emotion and cognition are inextricably linked – how we feel and connect with others impacts both what we learn and how we retain that learning. When we engage in online learning, we are not just presenting information and knowledge or teaching a skill, we are engaged with emotional, compassionate, complex people. This webinar explores the joy of teaching and the power of technology to enable truly engaging learning." (webinar description) More information and registration link available at https://teachonline.ca/webinar/spark-online-learning-how-technology-and-emotion-science-invigorates-every-class.
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