Resources

Resource Category Topic
A summary of two instructors’ experiences using reflective journals in their introduction to American environmental history class.
Type: Article
Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning
A sampling of scholarship on the science of learning and its application in educational settings, including self-explanation, cognitive load,…
Type: Chapter
Teaching and Learning Strategies Cognitively Based Learning Interventions
Suggestions for assessing prior knowledge, directly targeting misconceptions, and building upon prior knowledge
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Cognitively Based Learning Interventions
Suggestions for moving a lab course online.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Online Labs, STEM Courses
A library of open source materials in a wide range of academic disciplines.
Type: Website
Open Educational Resources (OER), Teaching and Learning Strategies Online Labs, STEM Courses
Six online science lab resources.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Online Labs, STEM Courses
A suite of carefully designed and highly interactive Javascript applets designed to enhance selected university level STEM classes.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Online Labs, STEM Courses
Suggestions and resources for teaching online labs.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Online Labs, STEM Courses
Suggestions and resources for teaching online labs.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Online Labs, STEM Courses
Suggestions for teaching STEM Courses and Online Labs and lists of resources (videos, simulations, and virtual labs).
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Online Labs, STEM Courses
Videos, activities, and interactive media for introductory-level Biology courses
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Online Labs, STEM Courses
Free and open source visual, interactive simulations.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Online Labs, STEM Courses
iLab provides Online Labs/STEM Courses from Electronics, Control, Physics, Spectrometer, Telecommunications, to RF and Microwave Communications.
Teaching and Learning Strategies Online Labs, STEM Courses
Chem Collective provides virtual labs, scenario-based activities, and other resources for chemistry.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Online Labs, STEM Courses
A free site with simulations in physics, chemistry, math, earth science, and biology.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Online Labs, STEM Courses
This resource includes information on integrated assessment, providing instructions/expectations, integrating research and citations in discussions,…
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Discussion
Silence in the classroom can be disconcerting. This site presents eight simple tips for restarting the conversation.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Discussion
"instructors and students alike are growing tired of the discussion board formula,” this article describes “innovative approaches [that] point…
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Discussion
This paper discusses: (1) strengths and limitations of classroom discussion; (2) creating the expectation for student participation in discussion; (3…
Type: Article
Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Discussion
Tips for addressing the challenges of online discussion and for maximizing its advantages.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Discussion