Tuesday, February 16, 2021

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (2/15/2021)

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).  

  
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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 15th is How Can I Maximize the First 10 Minutes of Remote Teaching To Spark Student Engagement? 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/product/program/maximize-the-first-10-minutes-remote-teaching-spark-student-engagement/. The complete spring 2021 schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2020/12/20-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. 

Interesting Articles and Resources
Update on Upcoming Maintenance for Blackboard Collaborate Ultra
Blackboard has moved the maintenance window for the Collaborate Ultra v21.02 update to Thursday, February 25. On Thursday, February 25th between from 2:00 AM EST to 6:00 AM EST, Collaborate Ultra users will experience intermittent availability.

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,
CTLI 
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Tuesday, February 9, 2021

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (2/8/2021)

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).  

  
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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 8th is How Do I Create Questions that Stimulate Engaging Conversations in Online Discussion Boards? 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/product/program/create-questions-stimulate-engaging-conversations-online-discussion-boards/. The complete spring 2021 schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2020/12/20-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
  • 2021 Teaching, Learning, and Student Development Conference. The 2021 Teaching, Learning, and Student Development Conference Committee invites proposals for virtual presentations for the 2021 TLSD Conference which will be hosted by Quinsigamond Community College on April 9, 2021. Tools for the New Normal: Innovations in Access, Equity, and Student Success is the theme of the 2021 event. All Massachusetts Community College faculty and staff are encouraged to share their knowledge and expertise in those areas. All workshops will be 30 minutes in length, followed by a Question-and-Answer period of 15 minutes. We celebrate the opportunity to encourage participants to readily adapt technology-based tools and innovative practices needed to ensure quality access, equity, and student success in the new normal. Please submit your proposal using the form at the following link: https://www.qcc.edu/TLSD-2021. The submission deadline is February 12th, 2021. Please direct any questions to the Quinsigamond Community College TLSD Planning Committee at (TLSDPlanningCommittee@qcc.mass.edu).
Upcoming Webinars of Interest
  • Faculty Showcase: Inclusive Open Course Design and Materials [CCCOER Webinar] on Wednesday, February 10th at 3:00pm. “The OER movement is deeply rooted in ensuring equitable access to information; but there is more we can do to help increase equity, diversity, and inclusion in our course resources. Join us for a showcase of how faculty are making their course design and teaching materials more inclusive. Faculty from the humanities, social sciences, and STEM disciplines will present.” More information as well as the registration link is available at https://www.cccoer.org/2021/01/25/2021-spring-webinar-series/.
Interesting Articles and Resources
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,
CTLI 
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iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (2/1/2021)

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).  

  
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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 1st is How Can You Help Online Students Be More Successful In Your Course? 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/product/program/how-can-you-help-online-students-be-more-successful-in-your-course/. The complete spring 2021 schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2020/12/20-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
  • 2021 Teaching, Learning, and Student Development Conference. The 2021 Teaching, Learning, and Student Development Conference Committee invites proposals for virtual presentations for the 2021 TLSD Conference which will be hosted by Quinsigamond Community College on April 9, 2021. Tools for the New Normal: Innovations in Access, Equity, and Student Success is the theme of the 2021 event. All Massachusetts Community College faculty and staff are encouraged to share their knowledge and expertise in those areas. All workshops will be 30 minutes in length, followed by a Question-and-Answer period of 15 minutes. We celebrate the opportunity to encourage participants to readily adapt technology-based tools and innovative practices needed to ensure quality access, equity, and student success in the new normal. Please submit your proposal using the form at the following link: https://www.qcc.edu/TLSD-2021. The submission deadline is February 12th, 2021. Please direct any questions to the Quinsigamond Community College TLSD Planning Committee at (TLSDPlanningCommittee@qcc.mass.edu).
Upcoming Webinars of Interest
  • Faculty Showcase: Inclusive Open Course Design and Materials [CCCOER Webinar] on Wednesday, February 10th at 3:00pm. “The OER movement is deeply rooted in ensuring equitable access to information; but there is more we can do to help increase equity, diversity, and inclusion in our course resources. Join us for a showcase of how faculty are making their course design and teaching materials more inclusive. Faculty from the humanities, social sciences, and STEM disciplines will present.” More information as well as the registration link is available at https://www.cccoer.org/2021/01/25/2021-spring-webinar-series/.
Interesting Articles and Resources
Share Your Online/Blended Teaching Practices with the World!
"The editorial board of the Teaching Online Pedagogical Repository (TOPR) is pleased to announce a call for submissions for new TOPR entries from now until March 15, 2021. This resource is a go-to destination for faculty and designers. Last year, over 130,000 users visited TOPR in search of ideas for online and blended teaching strategies. Each peer-reviewed entry is highly focused on one teaching practice with a solid description, concrete example(s), relevant professional practice or research literature, and key words connecting to other practices. Please consider submitting an entry using the submission form at: https://topr.online.ucf.edu/."

You can view all of the online and blended learning pedagogical practices at https://topr.online.ucf.edu/pedagogical-practice/. They are organized into three categories – course content, interaction, and assessment.

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,
CTLI 
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Tuesday, February 2, 2021

iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (1/25/2021)

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).  

  
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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 January 25th is How Can I Make My Video Lectures Effective and Engaging? 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/product/program/how-can-i-repurpose-my-content-into-videos-that-get-viewed-and-shared/. The complete spring 2021 schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2020/12/20-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
  • 2021 Teaching, Learning, and Student Development Conference. The 2021 Teaching, Learning, and Student Development Conference Committee invites proposals for virtual presentations for the 2021 TLSD Conference which will be hosted by Quinsigamond Community College on April 9, 2021. Tools for the New Normal: Innovations in Access, Equity, and Student Success is the theme of the 2021 event. All Massachusetts Community College faculty and staff are encouraged to share their knowledge and expertise in those areas. All workshops will be 30 minutes in length, followed by a Question-and-Answer period of 15 minutes. We celebrate the opportunity to encourage participants to readily adapt technology-based tools and innovative practices needed to ensure quality access, equity, and student success in the new normal. Please submit your proposal using the form at the following link: https://www.qcc.edu/TLSD-2021. The submission deadline is February 12th, 2021. Please direct any questions to the Quinsigamond Community College TLSD Planning Committee at (TLSDPlanningCommittee@qcc.mass.edu).
Interesting Resources
    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,
    CTLI 
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    Tuesday, January 26, 2021

    Preparing for Spring 2021 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.

    Blackboard Learn Pre-Semester Course Checklist
    Once you course has been copied over, please review this checklist at https://goo.gl/18q3r5 to help you make sure your course site in Blackboard Learn is ready to go for the upcoming semester. 

    Please do not hesitate to contact the Blackboard Learn Helpdesk at bbhelp@northshore.edu if there are any issues with Blackboard Learn.
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    Friday, December 11, 2020

    20 Minute Mentor - Online Faculty Professional Development - Spring 2021 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. 


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    The following sessions are on the schedule for spring 2021. For session descriptions, objectives, and mentor bios, click on the titles below. 
    We would love to hear your feedback on the usefulness of these sessions. Please send your input to ctli@northshore.edu.
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    iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (11/16/2020)

    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).  

      
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    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 November 16th is What are 3 Keys to Teaching Intercultural Competence? 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/product/program/what-are-3-keys-to-teaching-intercultural-competence/. The complete fall 2020 schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2020/09/20-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
    • Upcoming CTLI Virtual Workshops. Over the next few months, the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation will be hosting a series of virtual workshops around online and hybrid design and teaching best practices as well as the features of Blackboard Learn, Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, and Zoom. The complete schedule of virtual workshop sessions (with descriptions) as well as RSVP information is available at https://forms.gle/VF3fRNjR6wVkaGQk8. If interested in attending a virtual workshop, please make sure to RSVP. A virtual workshop will be cancelled if less than five people sign up for it.
    Interesting Resources
      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,
      CTLI 
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      Tuesday, November 17, 2020

      iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (11/2/2020)

      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).  

        
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      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 November 2nd is How Do I Build Trust with a Personal Users' Guide? 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/product/program/how-do-i-build-trust-with-a-personal-users-guide/.  The complete fall 2020 schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2020/09/20-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
      • Upcoming CTLI Virtual Workshops. Over the next few months, the Center for Teaching, Learning, and Innovation will be hosting a series of virtual workshops around online and hybrid design and teaching best practices as well as the features of Blackboard Learn, Blackboard Collaborate Ultra, and Zoom. The complete schedule of virtual workshop sessions (with descriptions) as well as RSVP information is available at https://forms.gle/VF3fRNjR6wVkaGQk8. If interested in attending a virtual workshop, please make sure to RSVP. A virtual workshop will be cancelled if less than five people sign up for it.
      • Our Students at Risk: The Basic Needs Security Landscape. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted growing inequities within public higher education and an urgent need to address basic needs security among students. Simply put, students at risk of losing their housing or unable to feed themselves are far less likely to remain enrolled in college. The Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, in partnership with other state agencies and a dozen public institutions, has begun to address these issues with a series of pilot programs specifically aimed at reducing student housing insecurity and homelessness. This year we are expanding our work, using lessons learned through the pilots to develop a state-level strategic plan for addressing a broader spectrum of basic needs - including housing, food, technology, child care and mental health care. Faculty play an essential role in identifying and responding to students who may benefit from services and/or interventions. To support the ongoing work of your faculty with students, the DHE plans a series of 1-hour Zoom webinars for faculty this year. The information for the first webinar is below:
        Our Students at Risk: The Basic Needs Security Landscape -  A Data-Informed Discussion with Faculty
        Tuesday, November 17 from 2:00pm to 3:00pm
        Guest Presentation by Christine Baker-Smith, Executive Director, Hope Center for College, Community & Justice, Temple University   
        Christine Baker-Smith is the Executive Director of the Hope Center for College, Community, and Justice. Before joining the Hope Center, she was a lecturer in Research Methodology for the Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences M.A. program at Columbia University and an Education Policy Analyst for the NYC Independent Budget Office. A sociologist of education, Christine’s training is in mixed-methods research and causal inference with a focus on student social and academic engagement across schooling transitions. She holds a Ph.D. from New York University in Sociology of Education, an EdM in Leadership, Policy, and Politics from Teachers College, Columbia University, an MA in Social Sciences of Education from Stanford University, and a BA in Sociology from Whitman College.  
        Please contact the CTLI for the Zoom meeting information.
      Interesting Resources
        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,
        CTLI 
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        Wednesday, October 28, 2020

        iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (10/26/2020)

        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).  

          
        Sign reads: Got 20 minutes? Then you have time to learn with the Monday Morning Mentor
          
        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 October 26th is How Do I Go Beyond the Basics of Universal Design for 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/product/program/how-do-i-go-beyond-the-basics-of-universal-design-for-learning/. The complete fall 2020 schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2020/09/20-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
        • Ninth Annual Massachusetts Department of Higher Education Assessment Conference. The Conference will be held virtually on Friday, October 30th from 9:00am to 3:00pm. You can view the conference program and register for this free conference at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/9th-annual-amcoa-conference-registration-123746809037. The conference keynote speaker will be Dr. Natasha Jankowski, executive director of NILOA, who will give a talk entitled, “Equity & Assessment: Moving Towards Culturally Responsive Assessment.” Dr. Jankowski is one of the country’s leading voices on the topic of equity in assessment work. Session leaders from public and private institutions will share their knowledge and experience during eight 75-minute workshops. The conference’s morning session will focus on applying the equity agenda to assessment in practice, and the afternoon session will explore assessment tools & approaches. Of particular note for those interested in the topic of Transparency in Learning and Teaching, Dr. Mary-Ann Winkelmes will be leading one of the conference’s afternoon sessions.   
        Upcoming Webinars of Interest
        • Engaging College Students Using Active Learning Techniques [Magna Online Seminar] on Tuesday, October 27th at 2:00pm EST. “Educators everywhere are facing the challenge of teaching students who do not engage deeply at a cognitive level. Even more challenging is being able to get students to actively engage in online courses. In this free Magna Online Seminar, you will learn how to think differently about active learning and how to encourage students to engage in it. You will also learn about different challenges to active learning and about active learning techniques that help students overcome those challenges.” (description from event email) More information as well as registration link available at https://www.magnapubs.com/product/online-seminars/live/engaging-college-students-using-active-learning-techniques/        
        Interesting Resources
        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,
        CTLI 
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        Thursday, October 22, 2020

        iDevelop – NSCC’s Faculty Professional Development eNewsletter (10/19/2020)

        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).  

          
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        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 October 19th is How Can I Use Technology to Foster the Emotional Processing of Course Content? 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/product/program/how-can-i-use-technology-to-foster-the-emotional-processing-of-course-content/. The complete fall 2020 schedule of Monday Morning Mentor sessions is available at http://nscclets.blogspot.com/2020/09/20-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
        • 44th Forum on Tolerance. This year, the Forum on Tolerance is focusing on Black Lives Matter: the U.S. Journey towards Justice and Healing and will take place in individual segments that will be broadcast over Zoom Monday, October 19th through Thursday, October 22nd. The keynote for this event will be Georgetown Professor of Sociology and minister, Michael Eric Dyson http://michaelericdyson.com/.  Dr. Dyson is a New York Times contributing opinion writer, a contributing editor of The New Republic, and of ESPN's The Undefeated website. Some of his recent books are The Black Presidency: Barack Obama and the Politics of Race in America (2016), Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America (2017), What Truth Sounds Like (2018), and JAY-Z: Made in America (2019). A schedule of events as well as the links to register for each segment is available at http://www.northshore.edu/tolerance/.
        • Ninth Annual Massachusetts Department of Higher Education Assessment Conference. The Conference will be held virtually on Friday, October 30th from 9:00am to 3:00pm. You can view the conference program and register for this free conference at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/9th-annual-amcoa-conference-registration-123746809037. The conference keynote speaker will be Dr. Natasha Jankowski, executive director of NILOA, who will give a talk entitled, “Equity & Assessment: Moving Towards Culturally Responsive Assessment.” Dr. Jankowski is one of the country’s leading voices on the topic of equity in assessment work. Session leaders from public and private institutions will share their knowledge and experience during eight 75-minute workshops. The conference’s morning session will focus on applying the equity agenda to assessment in practice, and the afternoon session will explore assessment tools & approaches. Of particular note for those interested in the topic of Transparency in Learning and Teaching, Dr. Mary-Ann Winkelmes will be leading one of the conference’s afternoon sessions.
             
        Upcoming Webinars of Interest
        • Engaging College Students Using Active Learning Techniques [Magna Online Seminar] on Tuesday, October 27th at 2:00pm EST. “Educators everywhere are facing the challenge of teaching students who do not engage deeply at a cognitive level. Even more challenging is being able to get students to actively engage in online courses. In this free Magna Online Seminar, you will learn how to think differently about active learning and how to encourage students to engage in it. You will also learn about different challenges to active learning and about active learning techniques that help students overcome those challenges.” (description from event email) More information as well as registration link available at https://www.magnapubs.com/product/online-seminars/live/engaging-college-students-using-active-learning-techniques/        
        Interesting Resources
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