In addition to the Teaching Topic .pdfs listed on this page, the TLC maintains a Resource Room (LLB 3241) stocked with books, journals, and videos focused on teaching and learning. Members of the Teaching Community are welcomed to browse or borrow the items for up to two weeks. Browse the TLC book and journal collection within a list of other suggested reources. All links are .pdf files and will open in thier own windows.
You may select a topic from the following drop down menu or scroll through the entire list of pedagogy resources below.
» Advising & Mentoring
» Faculty as Career Counselors
» Faculty as Informal Advisors and Mentors
» Instructors as Educators
» Teaching Fairly
» The Caring Teacher
» Assessment & Evaluation (return to top)
» Assessment - Following the Road Map
» Assessment of Learning - Prior, Ongoing, and Final
» Student Journals
» Student Self-Assessment
» Student Self-Assessment - Conceptual Frameworks
» Student Self-Assessment - Types & Strategies
» Students' Feedback to Planned Learning Outcomes
» The Two-Minute Feedback
» What Do They Know? Pre-Course Diagnostic Assessment
» Assignments (return to top)
» Assignment Development - Process Outline
» Case Studies - Conceptual Frameworks
» Case Studies - Development Process
» Case Studies - The Process
» Projects - General Concepts
» Questioning - Types of Questions
» Reading Assignments - Making Them Work
» Reading Assignments' Worksheets
» Use of Current Events
» Why Homework?
» Classroom Management (return to top)
» A Session's Schedule
» Attendance - In Large Classes and Smaller Ones as Well
» Brainstorming
» Discussion
» "Fishbowl" Discussion
» Large Classes - Reducing the Scale
» Teaching Large Classes - Encouraging Student Participation
» The First Day of Class
» Cooperative/Collaborative Learning (return to top)
» Group Assignments
» Bolstering Group Work
» Groups - Making Them Work Well Together
» Working in Pairs
» Course Management (return to top)
» Building Community for a Course - Conceptual Frameworks & Strategies
» Course Development Basics
» Creating Community - Learning About Each Other
» Debates
» Developmental Teaching
» Effective Use of Guest Teachers
» Film or Video Viewing
» Getting Everyone Ready to Start
» Learning Objectives
» Performance-Based Student Contracts
» Seminars
» Session Development - A Step-by-Step Approach
» Student Diversity as a Curricular Enhancement - General Concepts
» Student Diversity as a Curricular Enhancement - Some Examples
» Syllabus-Based Contracts
» Syllabus Basics - Conceptualizing the Syllabus
» Syllabus Basics - Constructing the Syllabus
» Teaching Large Classes
» Textbooks in Perspective
» The Modular Syllabus
» Work vs. Academic Learning Environments
» Work vs. Academic Learning Environments - Adaptations in the Academic Course
» Experience-Based Learning (return to top)
» Service Learning: Conceptual Frameworks
» Service Learning: Integration into a Course
» Service Learning: Project Development
» Service Learning: Reflection
» Service Learning: Single Discipline & Interdisciplinary Projects
» Simulations: Conceptual Frameworks
» Simulations: The Planning Process
» Grading (return to top)
» Grading - Conceptual Framework
» Students Monitoring Grades
» Helping Students Succeed (return to top)
» Assisting Students with Goal Setting
» Better Note Taking
» Concept Mapping
» Course Study Guide
» Lectures - Helping Students Get the Full Benefit
» Motivating Students
» Providing Students with Tools for Success in the Course
» Session Review
» Student Course Portfolios
» Students Taking Responsibility for Their Own Learning
» Term Papers
» Workplace Skills Development in Academic Courses
» Information Literacy (return to top)
» Enhancing Research Skills - Components of Assignments
» Information Literacy Standards
» Plagiarism - How to reduce or eliminate it
» Research - Evaluating Information
» Teaching Students to Paraphrase
» Inter/Multidisciplinary Teaching & Learning (return to top)
» Advantages of Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning
» Crossing Discipline Lines: Some Possibilities
» Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning: Single Instructor, Multiple Disciplines
» Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning: Team Teaching, One Integrated Course
» Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning: Team Teaching, Linked Courses
» Interdisciplinary Teaching & Learning: Team Teaching, Separate Courses
» Learning (return to top)
» Active Learning
» Adult Learners
» Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives
» How We Learn
» Learning Contracts
» Learning Styles
» Learning Styles - Baron's Simple Inventory
» Learning Styles - Flexible Styles Model
» Learning Styles - The Vark Model
» Student Learning Logs
» Problem-Based Learning (return to top)
» Assessment in PBL
» Developing a PBL Problem
» Finding PBL Problems
» PBL - Multiple-Choice Tests
» Problem-Based Learning - Conceptual Framework
» Problem-Based Learning - Developing the Problem's Content
» Problem-Based Learning - Interdisciplinary Possibilities
» Problem, Learner, Teacher - The Three Partners in PBL
» Student Involvement in PBL - Step-by-Step
» Teaching, Learning, & Technology (return to top)
» Before Teaching Online
» Email Management
» Lecture Notes Online?
» Link Rot
» Managing Online Student Assignments
» Online Communication
» Online Discussions
» Online Teaching - Important Things to Remember
» Online Teaching & Learning - Adjusting Time Frames
» Overcoming the Illusion of Anonymity
» Technology in Teaching - Defining the Parameters
» Technology in Teaching - Where do I Start?
» Ten Commandments for Computer Ethics
» The Syllabus - A Key Online Tool
» Use of Email for Course Enhancement
» Testing (return to top)
» Constructing Multiple-Choice Questions
» Essay Test Construction
» Honest Testing
» Multiple-Choice Tests with a Twist
» Student-Created Tests
» Testing Options
» True/False Test Construction
