Resources
Resource | Category | Topic |
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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 |
Describes the advantages of rubrics and provides examples of rubrics used for paper assignments, projects, oral presentations, and class…
Type: Website |
Assessment and Feedback | Formative Assessment, Rubrics and Checklists, Summative Assessment |
Managing large enrollment classes online.
Type: Website |
Teaching and Learning Strategies | Online Courses |
Managing large enrollment classes online.
Type: Website |
Teaching and Learning Strategies | Collaborative Learning, Online Courses |
Managing large enrollment classes online.
Type: Website |
Teaching and Learning Strategies | Formative Assessment, Online Courses, Summative Assessment |
Short activities providing opportunities for students to engage with the material in meaningful ways, for building community, and for reducing…
Type: Report |
Teaching and Learning Strategies | Active Learning, Large Enrollment Classes, Student Response Systems |
Strategies to help faculty manage challenge of teaching large classes: student engagement, grading, cheating, logistics, technology integration.
Type: Website |
Teaching and Learning Strategies | Active Learning |
Suggestions for managing and building active learning opportunities into large classes and for supporting teaching assistants.
Type: Video |
Teaching and Learning Strategies | Active Learning, Classroom Response Systems |
Alternative teaching and course management techniques to get students actively involved in large classes while keeping the faculty workload…
Type: Report |
Teaching and Learning Strategies | Active Learning |
This tool guides faculty in step-by-step fashion to build effective learning objectives at all levels of the revised Bloom’s taxonomy for the…
Type: Tool |
Course Design | Objectives |
A brief primer on writing good learning objectives.
Type: Website |
Course Design | Objectives |
A journal to “encourage the study of practices and pedagogies associated with ePortfolio in educational settings.”
Type: Article |
Assessment and Feedback, Student Success | ePortfolio, Exam Alternatives, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment |
An overview of e-Portfolios, a sample rubric for evaluating e-portfolios, examples of e-Portfolios, and additional resources.
Type: Website |
Assessment and Feedback, Student Success | ePortfolio, Exam Alternatives, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment |
Examples of ePortfolios for learning, assessment, and professional development and employment.
Type: Website |
Assessment and Feedback, Student Success | ePortfolio, Exam Alternatives, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment |
CaPS video tutorial provides guidance for building your own portfolio.
Type: Video |
Assessment and Feedback, Student Success | Exam Alternatives, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment |
Library of practical teaching techniques addressing many dimensions of learning and is searchable by Teaching Environment, Activity Type, Teaching…
Type: Video |
Teaching and Learning Strategies | Active Learning, Discussion, Objectives |
An example of Backward Design in a Cell Biology course
Type: Video |
Course Design | Backward Design, Lesson/Module Planning, Objectives, Syllabus Design |