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Academia


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Academic Advising


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Active Learning


Problem-Based Learning -- University of Delaware
 
http://www.udel.edu/pbl/
 
Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning
The POGIL Project is an National Science Foundation funded initiative to support faculty using the "Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning" teaching method in their classrooms and labbs.
http://www.pogil.org
 
Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL)
The POGIL Project is a National Science Foundation funded inititative to support faculty using the process oriented guided inquiry learning method in their classrooms and labs.
http://www.pogil.org/
 
English 120/College Prep. English Teacher Exchange: A place to share ideas, techniques and resources
Offers several strategies for learner-centered instruction in the classroom
http://www.glendale.cc.ca.us/title5/120_cpe/Structures.htm
 
Active Learning for Almost Any Size Class
This web site is hosted by Cleveland State Unviersity's Center for Teaching Excellence, and it contains a lot of information on active learning and in-class assessment.
http://www.csuohio.edu/uctl/tchtips3.2.html
 

Assessment


Dealing with Hurtful Student Comments
Helpful advice from faculty at Western Kentucky University on how to deal with hurtful student comments.
http://www.wku.edu/teaching/booklets/hurtfulcomments.html
 
Authentic Assessment Toolbox
A web site that is a how-to hypertext on creating authentic tasks, rubrics and standards for measuring and improving student learning.
http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/
 
Customized Course Evaluations
Customized course evaluations from the Center for Teaching Development, University of California, San Diego.
http://ctd.ucsd.edu/resources/evaluations/custom/forma.asp
 
Student Assessment of Learning Gains
This is a free site designed for higher education disciplines who would like student feedback about how the course elements are helping their students learn.
http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/salgains/instructor/default.asp
 
Field-Tested Learning Assessment guide for science, math, engineering, and technology instructors
This website provides indepth information of attitude surveys and why they should be used.
http://www.flaguide.org/cat/attitude/attitude1.php
 
Constructing Good Tests
Information about constructing good tests, written by Jon Mueller, Professor of Psychology at North Central College in Naperville, IL.
http://jonathan.mueller.faculty.noctrl.edu/toolbox/tests.htm
 
Hot Potatoes
This web site contains the Hot Potatoes software suite which includes six applications, enabling you to create interactive multiple-choice, short-answer, jumbled-sentence, crossword, matching/ordering and gap-fill exercises for the World Wide Web. It is free for non-profit-making educators.
http://hotpot.uvic.ca/
 

Brain Based Approaches


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Centers of Teaching and Learning Excellence


Carnegie Mellon University, Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence
Includes information on course design, common teaching problems, ongoing assessment of your teaching, classroom assessment techniques, and more.
http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/resources/index.html
 
Compendium of Centers for Teaching Excellence
Provides links to numerous sites, however some are less worthy than others.
http://www.hocking.edu/~aaffairs/FacDev_files/LINKS_Teaching%20Centers.htm
 
Eastern Washington University, Teaching and Learning Center
Offers numerous links for teaching tips and resources.
http://www.ewu.edu/x2040.xml
 
George Mason University, Center for Teaching Excellence
New educator’s handbook, numerous teaching tips, articles and more.
http://www.gmu.edu/cte/teaching.htm
 
Louisiana State University, Centers for Excellence in Learning & Teaching
Provides calendar of seminars and workshops held by higher education associations and networks.
http://www.celt.lsu.edu/CFD/Professional%20Development%20Opportunities.htm
 
New York University, The Center for Teaching Excellence
Author of What the Best College Teachers Do, Ken Bain is the director of the center. This site has information on the scholarship of teaching, newsletters, critical learning, bibliographies on learning and teaching best practices and more.
http://www.nyu.edu/cte/
 
Northwestern University, Searle Center for Teaching Excellence
Loads of information on teaching tips, higher education journals, conferences, evaluation/assessment tools, and more.
http://teach.northwestern.edu/links.html
 
State University of New Jersey Rutgers, Center for the Advancement of Teaching
Teaching portfolios, newsletter with teaching tips, and more.
http://cat.rutgers.edu/
 
Teaching, Learning and Technology Center at University of California
Teaching resources -- articles and papers.
http://www.uctltc.org/teaching/resources/articles.html
 
University of California-Berkeley, Office of Ed. Dev. & Teaching, Learning & tech. Center
Excellent site with numerous teaching resources, articles, listserv, compendium on suggestions for teaching with excellence, and more.
http://www.berkeley.edu/teaching/
 
University of Kansas, Center for Teaching Excellence
Articles, newsletters and information on teaching tips and resources.
http://www.ku.edu/~cte/index.html
 
University of Minnesota, Center for Teaching & Learning Services
Contains information on how to get the most out of PowerPoint, including games and active learning; critic thinking source; teaching guides; learning objects and designing learning landscapes; and newsletters and essays on teaching excellence.
http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/
 
University of Oklahoma, Instructional Development Program
Tips on teaching, helpful resources, newsletters, etc.
http://ou.edu/idp/tips/index.htm
 

Classroom Civility


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Cooperative/Collaborative Learning


The Foundation Coalition
Contains information on cooperative learning, student teams, technology-enabled learning, curriculum integration, and information on engineering classes.
http://www.foundationcoalition.org
 
Jigsaw Classroom
The jigsaw classroom is a specific cooperative learning technique with a three-decade track record of success.
http://www.jigsaw.org/overview.htm
 
pbwiki
A Pbwiki is an easy-to-use web page that multiple people can edit. It's as easy to make as a peanut butter sandwich and it's free.
http://pbwiki.com/
 

Critical Thinking


The Critical Thinking Community
Aim to improve instruction in primary and secondary schools, colleges and universities by offering conferences and professional development programs, on critical reading/writing and thinking.
http://www.criticalthinking.org/
 
New Century College
This web site provides information and examples of learning competencies.
http://www.ncc.gmu.edu/competencies.html
 

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FFPSE, U.S. Dept. of Education
Programs/Initiatives, reports & resources, news, education planning, grants, etc.
http://www.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ope/fipse/howtoget.html
 
NEA, National Education Association
Grants available to faculty and staff at US public higher education institutions. Grants from Learning & Leadership to Innovation.
http://www.nfie.org/programs/howtoapply.htm
 
POD, Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education
Grant information.
http://www.podnetwork.org/grants&awards.htm
 

Higher Education Associations and Affiliations         [ Centers of Teaching and Learning Excellence ] [ Grants ] [ Learning Objects ] [ Mentoring ] [ Online Books ] [ Other Resources ] [ Publications, Reviews & Research ] [ Reference ] [ Teaching, Learning & Technology ]


AACTE, American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education
Information on the study of education policies related mainly to teacher preparation on a national, regional and state level. Leader in innovation in teacher education. Publications include Education Week and Teacher Magazine.
http://www.aacte.org/
 
AACU, Assoc. of American Colleges & Universities
Information and initiatives on the advocacy of Liberal Education.
http://www.aacu-edu.org/
 
ACE, American Council on Education
Coordinating body for all the nation’s higher education institutions that provides a unifying voice on key higher education issues and influences public policy through advocacy, research, and program initiatives.
http://www.acenet.edu/#http://www.acenet.edu/
 
Business-Higher Education Forum
Forum comprised of corporations, universities, and philanthropic organizations with the mission to promote collegiality and to address the interdependence of educational institutions and business. Focus is on issues relating to cooperative efforts of business and higher education, critical issues of strengthening K-16 education, enhancing research collaborations, and more.
http://bhef.com/about/
 
EDUCAUSE
EDUCAUSE is a nonprofit association whose mission is to advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology.
http://www.educause.edu/
 
Faculty Development Association
Infromation on teaching. Dr. Richard Lyons, Consultant, Faculty Development, uses this site to provide teaching tips for faculty. Articles and excerts published under Weekly Tip.
http://www.developfaculty.com/tips/
 
Inside Higher Education
News, opinion, and career advice and services provided by higher education professionals.
http://insidehighered.com/
 
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
Core postsecondary education data collection program for NCES; collect institution-level data in such areas as enrollments, program completions, faculty, staff, and finances.
http://nces.ed.gov/ipeds/
 
JJSC, the Joint Information Systems Committee
A United Kingdom website whose purpose is to support and further higher education by providing strategic guidance, advise and opportunities to use information and communications technology to support learning, administration, research, and teaching.
http://www.jisc.ac.uk/
 
Learn and Serve America: Serve America
Information about Learn and Serve America.
http://www.learnandserve.gov/about/lsa/index.asp
 
Pacific Crest
Educational consulting and publishing company that focuses on teaching, learning, mentoring, curriculum design and assessment.
http://pcrest.com/
 
Scholarly Societies Project
Compendium of websites of scholarly societies across the world, sponsored by the University of Waterloo Library.
http://www.lib.uwaterloo.ca/society/education_soc.html
 
the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
The Foundation is a major national and international center for research and policy studies about teaching.
http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/
 
The Foundation Coalition
An engineering coalition funded by the National Science Foundation that provides information on curricular and pedagogical innovations, classroom resources, curriculum integration, etc.
http://www.foundationcoalition.org/
 
The National Academies
Advisers to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Provides news releases, reports, newsletters, magazines & journals, and other resource links.
http://www.nationalacademies.org/publications/
 
The National Academy of Education
Seeks advancement of the highest quality education research and its use in policy formulation and practice. Funds proposals of scholarly significance to the field of education, features books, reports, studies, papers, reviews and more.
http://www.nae.nyu.edu/
 
The Sloan Consortium
A consortium of institutions and organizations committed to quality online education. Encourages the collaborative sharing of knowledge and effective practices to improve online education in learning effectiveness, access, affordability for learners and providers, and student and faculty satisfaction. Online methodologies, hosts conferences and workshops, newsletter, other research and resources for online teaching.
http://www.sloan-c.org/
 
TLT, Teaching, Learning, and Technology Group
Non-profit Corporation that specializes in faculty/professional development. They offer workshops with one-on-one interaction in areas of learning, teaching, and innovative technologies.
http://www.tltgroup.org/profacdev/home.htm#http://www.tltgroup.org/profacdev/home.htm
 
University Teaching Development
This website includes resources and papers about teaching and learning in higher education.
http://www.tme2lrn.com/
 

Learning Designs


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ADL, Advanced Distributed Learning
Collaborative effort between public and private sectors to modernize structured learning by integrating information technologies; develop standards, tools and learning content for the learning environment of the future. Information on repositories.
http://www.adlnet.org/aboutadl/index.cfm
 
Apple Learning Interchange, Higher Education Tour
Discover engaging content for use in higher education. Teaching practices such as improving science education with iMovie, streaming videos on digital video, wireless networking, and other software titles; technology to give you ideas for integrating technology into your curriculum.
http://ali.apple.com/ali_sites/ali/tours/hed.html
 
Connexions
Connexions offers a revolutionary approach; a single place online where any educator in the world can both post and use knowledge for free including course design and materials.
http://cnx.rice.edu.
 
CTLS, Center for Teaching & Learning Services
Active learning with PowerPoint – includes how to incorporate music, videos, games and classroom assessment techniques.
http://www.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/workshops/powerp/games.html
 
Fastrak Consulting Ltd., Objects of interest
Information on learning objects by Clive Shepherd.
http://www.fastrak-consulting.co.uk/tactix/features/objects/objects.htm
 
Index of Learning Styles
On-line instrument used to assess preferences on four dimensions (active/reflective, sensing/intuitive, visual/verbal, and sequential/global) of a a learning style model formulated by Richard M. Felder and Linda K. Silverman.
http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/ILSpage.html
 
Merlot: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning & Online Teaching
Merlot is a repository of learning objects. Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning & Online Teaching. MERLOT is a collaborative effort of a consortium of higher education institutions that provide free resources to faculty and students. Online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments.
http://www.merlot.org
 
The Instructional Use of Learning Objects
Online, in-depth book about the instructional use of learning objects.
http://www.reusability.org/read/
 
Thomson Netg
Access to a variety of resources on innovative technologies and teaching including articles, NETg courseware, Webinars, “success through Learning,” simulation-filled courses, lecture series and marketing collateral for download.
http://www.netg.com/demodownloads/default.asp?access=success
 
University of Minnesota, Center for Teaching & Learning Services
Information on learning objects and designing learning landscapes. Contains information on how to get the most out of PowerPoint, including games and active learning; critic thinking source; teaching guides; and newsletters and essays on teaching excellence.
http://www.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/essays/vol_15/great.html
 
VARK
A guide to learning styles with questionnaire and scoring instructions.
http://www.vark-learn.com/english/page.asp?p=advice
 

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Best Practice Resources, Barry Sweeny
Barry Sweeny, a consultant, website. Contains articles, company information, and workshop information.
http://www.teachermentors.com
 
MLRN, The Mentoring Leadership & Resource Network
Provides information on different mentoring models, articles, discussions, and upcoming events.
http://www.mentors.net/
 
NEA, National Education Association
Provides information and resources on mentoring.
http://www.nfie.org/publications/mentoring.htm#usefulness
 

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International Children's Digital Library
Children's books online free of charge.
http://www.icdlbooks.org/
 
Project Gutenberg
16,000 free electronic books
http://www.gutenberg.org
 
Teaching Engineering
Information on good teaching and designing classes.
http://engineering.purdue.edu/ChE/News_and_Events/Publications/teaching_engineering/index.html
 
Teaching Resources Guide
Extensive guide to teaching compiled by the Instructional Resources Ctr. at the University of California, Irvine.
http://www.irc.uci.edu/trg/sitemap.html
 

Online Learning


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10 Minute Mail
Web site that provides a temporary e-mail address. You can set up a temporary e-mail to respond to online offers without worrying about your inbox becoming filled with spam. The e-mail address expires in 10 minutes.
http://www.10minutemail.com/
 
Clusty
 
http://clusty.com/
 
Global Campus
This website is a collaborative multimedia database contining a variety of outstanding educational materials such as images, sounds, text, and video to be used for educational purposes.
http://www.csulb.edu/~gcampus/index.html
 
Internet Archive
Internet archive of open source movies, feature films, computer chronicles, game videos, literature, vintage cartoons, and more.
http://www.archive.org
 
Sheet Music Consortium
 
http://digital.library.ucla.edu/sheetmusic/project.jsp
 
Study Circles Resource Center
Information on how to form and manage a study circle.
http://www.studycircles.org/pages/hap.html
 
The OpenScience Project
Open source site with links to learning objects, new software and more relating specifically to science and teaching.
http://www.openscience.org
 
TinyURL.com
This website allows you to convert long URLs into "tiny" URLs.
http://tinyurl.com
 
TLT Group
Everything you want to know about Blogs and Wikis.
http://www.tltgroup.org/ProFacDev/BLOGSetc.htm
 
World eBook Library
 
http://worldlibrary.net/
 

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Academic Leadership: The Online Journal
Quarterly, peer-reviewed online periodical including research reports, interpretive articles of books and teaching materials, and academic leadership.
http://www.academicleadership.org
 
American Association of School Adminstrators Journal of Scholarship and Practice
 
http://www.aasa.org/publications/content.cfm?ItemNumber=2023&snItemNumber=2291
 
CITE Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education Journal
 
http://www.citejournal.org/vol5/iss3/
 
Directory of Open Access Journals
Directory of open access journals.
http://www.doaj.org/
 
Education Review
A journal of book reviews; publishes reviews of recent books in education, covering the entire range of education scholarship and practice. Education Review is free as a service of the College of Education at Arizona State University and the Michigan State University Libraries. All submissions are refereed by the editors.
http://edrev.asu.edu/
 
eLearn Magazine
Articles and information on technology, learning and teaching.
http://elearnmag.org/
 
Electronic Journal on Excellence in College Teaching
 
http://ject.lib.muohio.edu
 
Electronic Magazine of Multicultural Education
 
http://www.eastern.edu/publications/emme/
 
EPE, Editorial Project in Education
Newsletters: Education Week and Teacher Magazine.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/index.html
 
Innovate: Journal of Online Education
Bimonthy, peer-reviewed online periodical published by the Fischler School of Education and Human Services at Nova Southeastern University. The focus is on the creative use of information technology and higher education.
http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=about
 
Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-Based Learning (IJPBL)
Journal of Problem-Based Learning
http://docs.lib.purdue.edu/ijpbl/
 
International Journal of Progressive Education
IJPE is a peer-reviewed interactive electronic journal sponsored by the International Assocation of Educators.
http://inased.org/ijpe.htm
 
International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
 
http://www.isetl.org/ijtlhe/
 
International Journal on E-Learning (IJEL)
Peer-reviewed journal that provides information on the advances in technology and the growth of 3-learning to opportunities to enhance learning and teaching in higher education.
http://www.aace.org/pubs/ijel/
 
International Society for Exploring Teaching and Learning (ISETL) Higher Education Teaching and Learning Journals
A 200 + listing of teaching and learning journals with some Online presence.
http://www.isetl.org/resources/index.cfm?cat=0
 
Inventio
Higher education journal at George Mason University
http://www.doit.gmu.edu/inventio/
 
Inventio: Creative Thinking About Learning and Teaching
 
http://www.doit.gmu.edu/inventio/issue.asp?pID=spring03&sID=about
 
Journal of Education for International Development (JEID)
Online journal for educators interested in research, program reviews, technical reports, policy briefs, project data, methods and more.
http://www.equip123.net/JEID/default.htm
 
Journal of Excellence in College Teaching
Peer-reviewed journal that provides a scholarly, written forum for discussion by faculty about all areas affecting teaching and learning.
http://www.iats.com/publications/submissionguidelines.html
 
Journal of Interactive Learning Research (JILR)
JILR publishes papers related to the underlying theory, design, implementation, effectiveness, and impact on education and training of interactive learning environments.
http://www.aace.org/pubs/jilr/default.htm
 
Journal of Interactvie Learning Research
 
http://www.aace.org/pubs/jilr/default.htm
 
Learning & Teaching in Higher Education
Online teaching and learning journal published by Zayed University in United Arab Emirates.
http://www.zu.ac.ae/lthe/current.html
 
Magna Publications
Newsletters, conferences, and articles relating to higher education.
http://www.magnapubs.com/
 
MountainRise
International peer-reviewed, electronic journal published bi-annually by the Coulter Faculty Center for Excellence in Teaching & Learning at W. Carolina Univeristy to promote the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning.
http://mountainrise.wcu.edu/issue.html
 
National Teaching and Learning Forum
 
http://www.ntlf.com/
 
Peer Review
Quarterly publication supported by Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching for Integrative Learning and the AAC&U. The focus is on emerging trends and key debates in undergraduate liberal educaiton.
http://www.aacu-edu.org/peerreview/index.cfm
 
POD, Professional Organization Development Network in Higher Education
Research articles on various learning and teaching topics.
http://www.idea.ksu.edu/podidea/index.html
 
Research in Physics Education
Department of Physics, Indiana University, Bloomington. Information on Socratic Dialogue Inducing Labs, research development and change in undergraduate biology education and more.
http://www.physics.indiana.edu/~hake/
 
Student Engagement: A Different Perspective
This artcle discusses some factors that be be involved in increasing/decreasing student involvement in the classroom
http://tinyurl.com/yksx3w
 
The Journal of Effective Teaching (JET)
This is a peer reviewed electronic journal devoted to the discussion of teaching excellence in colleges and universities.
http://www.uncw.edu/cte/et/
 
The Journal of Faculty Development
Journal of faculty development
http://www.newforums.com/store/store.asp?numberpage=1images=on&display=full&catagory=&searchstr=21001&searchfield=itemid
 
The Journal of Student-Centered Learning
Student-centered learning journal
http://www.newforums.com/store/store.asp?numberpage=1&images=on&display=full&category=21&searchstr=21002&searchfield=itemid
 
The Journal on Excellence in College Teaching
 
http://celt.muohio.edu/ject/issue.php?v=16&n=1
 
Transformations: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarshp and Pedagogy
 
http://web.njcu.edu/sites/transformations/Content/default.asp?action=print
 

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Bartley.com
Reference, and quotations.
http://www.bartleby.com/73/
 
DeVry University, Kansas City
MLA book Citations.
http://library.kc.devry.edu/mla/printbooks.html
 
Headline Spot
This website provides links for news and headlines from around the world
http://www.headlinespot.com
 
Infoplease
Almanacs, atlas, encyclopedia, dictionary, thesaurus, white pages, biography, sports, world & news, history & government, society & culture, health & science, business, arts & entertainment, quotations, kid’s reference, and more.
http://www.infoplease.com/index.html
 
Merriam-Webster Online
Dictionary, Unabridged, Collegiate, Thesaurus, Encyclopedia Britannica, For Kids.
http://www.m-w.com/
 
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary
Online dictionary for medical terms
http://www.usnews.com/usnews/health/dictionary/mw_index.htm
 
National Archives
 
http://www.archives.gov/about/
 
News.Com Tech News First
Technology news and innovations.
http://news.com.com/
 
Oxford Reference Online
English and bilingual dictionaries, English Thesaurus, quotations, maps and illustrations, timelines, encyclopedia.
http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/GLOBAL.html?authstatuscode=20
 
Population Reference Bureau
Topics: Aging, education, family planning, fertility, gender, health, poverty, marriage/family, migration, mortality, policy, race/ethnicity, rural population, & youth.
#http:www.prb.org#
 
The College of Arts & Sciences at Illinois State University-Punctuation Made Simple
Punctuation.
http://lilt.ilstu.edu/golson/punctuation
 
The Educator's Reference Desk
Resource guides for higher education, lesson plans, question archives, search GEM/ERIC.
http://www.eduref.org/cgi-bin/res.cgi/Educational_Levels/Higher_Education
 
The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
 
http://www.gilderlehrman.org/teachers/index.html
 
Trove.net
Databse containing rare and unusual images including leading cultural heritage collections. The works range from papyrus fragments, vintage advertising labels, to Chaucer's "The Canterbury Tales".
http://www.trove.net
 
Urban Legends Reference
Urban legend information.
http://www.snopes.com/
 
Webopedia
Online encyclopedia for web termology.
http://www.webopedia.com/
 
Webster University, St. Louis
Citation Styles – Books, magazine/journal articles, & newspaper articles.
http://library.webster.edu/readcite.html
 
Wikipedia
An Online encyclopedia built collaboratively by academic individuals through a Wiki.
http://www.wikipedia.org/
 
WordReference.com
Online French, Italian and Spanish Dictionary.
http://wordreference.com
 

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Merlot, Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning & Online Teaching
Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning & Online Teaching. MERLOT is a collaborative effort of a consortium of higher education institutions that provide free resources to faculty and students. Online learning materials are collected here along with annotations such as peer reviews and assignments.
http://www.merlot.org
 
Just-in-Time Teaching Digital Library
A digital library for Just-in-Time Teaching pedagogical resources.
http://webphysics.iupui.edu/JiTTDL/
 
Connexions
Connexions offers a revolutionary approach; a single place online where any educator in the world can both post and use knowledge for free including course design and materials.
http://cnx.rice.edu.
 

Teaching       [ Centers of Teaching and Learning Excellence ] [ Grants ] [ Higher Education Associations ] [ Learning Objects ] [ Mentoring ] [ Online Books ] [ Other Resources ] [ Publications, Reviews & Research ] [ Reference ]


EDUCAUSE
Excellent resource for emerging technologies and teaching.
http://www.educause.edu/eli/
 
Classroom Compass
Information on learning, teaching, resources and opportunities from Benchmarks for Science Literacy Mathematical Fun.
http://www.sedl.org/scimath/compass/v03n02/
 
POD, Professional Organization Development Network in Higher Education
20 new teaching tips written each year by faculty members.
http://www.idea.ksu.edu/podidea/index.html
 
The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
An independent policy and research center with four key areas of engagement: undergradate education, professional and graduate education, k-12 and teacher education, and knowledge sharing.
http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/
 
teAchnology
This is an online teacher resource that includes assessment tools, assignment writing, lesson plans, rubrics, subjects and more. It includes a rubric generator.
http://www.teach-nology.com/web_tools/rubrics/
 
Staying the Science Course
An article discussing undergratuate education in science classes in colleges across the United States.
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2006/03/16/undergrad
 
Developing Instruction or Instructional Design
 
http://www.nwlink.com/~donclark/hrd/learning/development.htm
 
Answers from Teaching/Learning Experts
 
http://www.multimedia.vt.edu:16080/expert_teaching/
 
Writers @ Work
 
http://writersatwork.us/default.aspx
 
Speaking of Teaching: Stanford University Newsletter on Teaching
 
http://ctl.stanford.edu/teach/speakmenu.html
 
Getting Students to Read
 
http://www.umbc.edu/fdc/fdcgettingstudentstoread.htm
 

Teaching Tips
 

Teaching Tips, Honolulu Community College
Numerous listings on everything from Course Design to Using Questions Effectively, courtesy of Honolulu Community College/University of Hawaii. Valuable resource especially for the new instructor.
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm
 
University of Oklahoma, Instructional Dev. Prog.
Tips on Teaching developed by the IDP. Includes information on course management, analyzing one’s own teaching, designing a course, and much more.
http://www.ou.edu/idp/tips/index.htm
 
University of Minnesota, Center for Teaching & Learning Services
How to get the most out of PowerPoint, including games and active learning; critic thinking source; teaching guides; and newsletters and essays on teaching excellence.
http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/
 
Teaching Resources Guide
Extensive guide to teaching compiled by the Instructional Resources Ctr. at the University of California, Irvine.
http://www.irc.uci.edu/trg/sitemap.html
 
TRACE Tips
University of Waterloo's Teaching Resources website that provides numerous ideas and methods for effective teaching.
http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infotrac/tips_challenges.html#get
 
Blended Learning: Research Perspectives
Provides resources for educators and administrators involved in blended or hybrid learning
http://www.blendedteaching.org
 
Clicking With Large Classes
Discusses different methods that may be helpful when teaching large classes
http://tep.uoregon.edu/services/newsletter/year97-98/issue43/liz_43.pdf
 
Classroom Tips: Thiry Creative Ideas for Giving Students Notes
 
http://www.quasar.ualberta.ca/css/Css-35-2/classrom-tips.htm
 

Teaching with Technology


Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever
 
http://www.tltgroup.org/programs/seven.html
 
TLT/Collaborative Change: Low Threshold Applications
 
http://www.tltgroup.org/resources/rltas.html
 
Pointers & Clickers
Article on Weblogs, Audiologs and RSS feeds.
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/pointersclickers/pindex.asp
 
Ion's Technology Tip of the Month
Information for online instructors.
http://www.ion.uillinois.edu/resources/pointersclicers/pindex.asp
 
Wired News
News on innovative technologies. Articles on blogging, vlogging, podcasts, etc.
http://www.wired.com/news/
 
UC Davis Health System: Neurological Eye Simulator
Simulator website used to teach medical students about the anatomy and pathology of the human eye.
http://cim.ucdavis.edu/eyes
 
Low Threshold Applications
Repository of Low Threshold Applications that have been developed and are acknowledged as potential resources to enhance the teaching & learning process.
http://jade.mcli.dist.maricopa.edu/lta/
 
Integrating Technology in the Classroom
Numerous technology tools (software and hardware) as well as links to other websites relating to technology integration.
http://www.wtvi.com/teks/tools/tech_tools.html
 
Case Study Teaching Videos
Videos on how to teach science in a meaningful way using case studies in classroom discussions and small group learning.
http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/projcets/cases/teaching/videos/video.html
 
SAGE Simulation and Advanced Gaming Environments for Learning
SAGE is an initiative to explore the potential of technology-based simulations and games for learning.
http://www.sageforlearning.ca/
 
Educause -- E-Portfolios
Information on e-portfolios by Educause.
http://www.educause.edu/E-Portfolios/5524
 
The Games Show
 
http://idt.memphis.edu/~rvaneck/Tech2004.html
 
Audacity
This web site is a free, cross-platform sound editor for recording and editing sounds.
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
 
Zoho
This website provides free collaborative software. It includes the Zoho writer (online collab. Processor), Zoho Show (online presentaiton tool), Zoho Projects and mores.
http://www.zoho.com/
 
Second Life
Second Life is a 3D online digital world imagined, created, and owned by its residents. Create your own avatar, job, buy land, and anything else you can do in the real world in a 3D digital world.
http://secondlife.com/
 
Some Thoughts About Webquests
Provides an overview of WebQuest, a way of teaching with the internet
http://webquest.sdsu.edu/about_webquests.html
 
Multimedia Technologies, Multiple Intelligences, and Teacher Professional Development in an International Education Project
This article discusses student-centered education in the classroom
http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=39
 
Google for Educators
This website was developed by Google specifically for educators. It includes everything from easy to use freeware for creating blogs to lesson plans and much more.
http://www.google.com/educators/index.html
 
Brainy Betty
 
http://www.brainybetty.com/
 
For Teachers New to Wikis
 
http://tinyurl.com/2h8n7h
 
Pbwiki
 
http://pbwiki.com/