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Writing
Across the Curriculum
In addition to articles, reviews, a forum, and other regular features,
the site also includes the WAC
Clearinghouse, a comprehensive repository of resources on
WAC / CAC.
Collaborative
Learning and Group Work
Harvard University
http://www.fas.harvard.edu/~bok_cen/docs/wigintro.html
This site is designed for both teachers and students. Easy-to-read, useful
links, a good place to start.
Dr.
Theodore Panitz, Cape Cod Community College: The site includes Ted's
cooperative learning e-book, other articles by Panitz, and
an annotated list
of links to other Web sites on cooperative learning.
Evaluation
of learning
University of Miami Educational
Development Office http://edo.med.miami.edu/x48.xml
Evaluation instruments for problem-based learning that are applicable to anyone
who cares about fair and transparent assessment of student learning, especially
with respect to group work and peer- and self-assessment. (Copy and paste the
url into your browser.)
North Carolina State University
http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/Learning_Styles.html
Richard Felder, a professor of Chemical Engineering,
provides information on learning styles and many useful links.
General
Teaching
Tips
Faculty Development Associates
http://www.mcmaster.ca/cll/index.htm
Links to 80 valuable sites, including a number of Canadian and UK sites as
well as Teaching
Tips of the Week (coordinated with mileposts of the academic year) are posted
on this site.
Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence
http://teaching.berkeley.edu/compendium
An excellent
place tostart on your search for resources because it is easy to
navigate and contains comprehensive information.
McMaster University Teaching Tips
http://www.mcmaster.ca/cll/index.htm
A wide array of practical, usable pointers on subjects like small group
work, dealing with
inattentive students, disruptive students, large classes, and exam format.
Presented in a
personal, readable style.
University of California at Santa Barbara
http://www.oic.id.ucsb.edu/Resources/Teaching/GoodTeaching.html
A discussion on what constitutes good teaching?
Faculty
Development.ca
Varied resources
on important topics
http://www.facultydevelopment.ca
Survival
Tips
Ohio
State University
http://www.osu.edu/education/ftad/Publications/firstday.html
From creating a good first impression to creating excitement
for the
course, this is a practical, easy-to-read resource that looks at 'the first
class'.
National Teaching and Learning Forum
http://www.ntlf.com:80/html/pi/9710/strat.htm
Strategies for Dealing with Disruptive
Behavior. Very practical information.
Teaching
Dossiers
Herteis,
Eileen M. Teaching
Portfolios: Documenting Scholarship in Teaching.
The Gwenna Moss Teaching & Learning Centre, University
of Saskatchewan.
This comprehensive introduction to teaching portfolios places their use in
the context of the scholarship of teaching and learning. It defines portfolios,
describes steps in their creation, gives examples of portfolio sections,
and includes links to other sources of information.
The Teaching Perspectives Inventory
The Teaching
Perspectives Inventory was created by Dan Pratt and
John B. Collins from the University of British Columbia. It will help you
to clarify your dominant teaching behaviours, values and beliefs. Take
the inventory at
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