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New Additions to the POD Network /
The POD Network and The National Teaching & Learning FORUM have been compiling an online library of resources on teaching, learning and faculty development for some time. A recent call for new material, links to valuable, existing resources created by POD members has yielded a harvest of excellent material. University of Michigan The University of Michigan, long a leader in scholarship on teaching and learning and site of one of the most active teaching and learning programs (http://www.crlt.umich.edu/index.php)does not offer a periodic newsletter. Instead, the center issues "Occasional Papers" on various teaching and learning topics. These can be found at
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# 25.Teaching for Retention In Science, Engineering, and Math Disciplines: A Guide for Faculty # 24. Best Practices for Designing and Grading Exams # 23. Writing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy for the Academic Job Search. # 22. Teaching with Clickers (see also www.ntlf.com/html/ti/v18n3comp.pdf) # 21. Teaching Effectively with G[raduage] S[tudent] I[nstructor]-Faculty Teams # 20. Promoting Academic Integrity in the Classroom # 19. Instructor Identity: The Impact of Gender and Race on Faculty Experiences with Teaching (In connection
with this topic, see also Michigan`s
"Creating Inclusive College Classrooms" # 18. Teaching Online # 17. Making Accommodations for Students with Disabilities: A Guide for Faculty and Graduate Student Instructors # 16. Research on Student Notetaking: Implications for Faculty and Graduate Student Instructors There are also new Occasional Papers on Teaching Millenial Students and Using Lecture Capture. Videos: Indiana University Another Big Ten University with a strong reputation for research and leadership in college teaching and learning, Indiana University offers a wide variety of valuable materials, many of them as downloadable PDF references.
A Link to their Associate Instructor handbook (of value as an example for others perhaps, but not of much overt value) http://www.aiprep.indiana.edu/ Indiana has also developed an effective pamphlet on plagiarism for students which may be found at http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml IU`s entire Teaching Handbook, which offers short helpful entries covering the whole landscape of teaching tasks and responsibilities, may be found at http://www.teaching.iub.edu/handbook_toc.php Highlights include especially good advice on working with groups such as the Group Skills Development Pledge http://www.indiana.edu/~teaching/ourservices/assess/groupskills.shtml which helps members of groups see specifically the skills needed in their participation. Park University Park University in Missouri offers a host of very practical materials, many of them with a checklist or immediate, hands-on instructional character. For example, the Park site boasts a useful checklist for creating a
course syllabus And for those new to the software, a very good video on creating a
poster in PowerPoint The Park site is also good at linking to valuable material available
elsewhere. It contains a good external link selection on Educational
Taxonomy and Learning Objectives In addition, the site offers a written summary of a presentation by Ken
Bain on What the Best College Teachers do as well as a link to a video of
a teleconference Q&A conference session with Bain on the subject
University of Maryland University College Among the recent excellent nominees of new material for the POD Network/National Teaching & Learning FORUM online library, the University of Maryland University College offers a wealth of material keyed to online learning. Several good PDFs on online teaching and working with small
groups. All at http://www.umuc.edu/distance/odell/ctla/resources/tips.shtml The site is also closely linked to the campus center for effective writing and a robust page on Effective Writing grounded very strongly in J. L Kinneavy`s,.. A theory of discourse: The aims of discourse.: (Prentice-Hall, Inc. 1971) http://www.umuc.edu/ewc/faculty/index.shtml A subset of the Effective Writing Center`s offerings: includes templates for responding to students writing and samples in
each of these discipline specific areas: Dusquene University Dusquene University`s site comes quickly to the point(s). It`s pages inform faculty about important topics and provide links to further resources so that they may become not only informed, but educated as well if their interest carries them that far. For example under "Creating a Positive Learning Environment," at http://www.sites.duq.edu/cte/teaching/index.cfm simply finds links to three additional pages
"Understanding Your Students" presents a quick, cogent overview of the Kolb and VARK learning models and a summary of the research by Wm Perry and Mary Belenky, et al on the stages and modes of student learning. The page begins with links to data on Dusquene students in particular, the kind of material collected in "engagement" surveys, as well as a link to the Beloit College annual Mindset List. In the wake of the Virginia Tech campus massacre tragedy, the links to detailed material on recognizing and assisting troubled students and on preventing and curtailing troublesome student behavior are as welcome as they are, in many ways, sad. Like other helpful teaching and learning center sites, Dusquene offers good material on
Each campus has its own "take" on these topics and one can learn a good bit about current understand of these topics by comparing similar resources from different sites. For example, Dusquene takes on the familiar topic of clarity in explanation via its on acronym - COIK (Clear Only If Known) which says a lot about prior knowledge and the move from novice to expert understanding. http://www.sites.duq.edu/cte/teaching/instructional-clarity.cfm COIK explained (Clear Only If Known) Drexel University For those who may not find topic/essay organization congenial, Barbara Hornum, the head of Drexel`s teaching and learning center offers a narrative introduction to teaching on campus http://www.drexel.edu/provost/dcae/teaching/Teaching%20Tips%20Guide.pdf, a Teaching Tips Guide for Drexel, but applicable elsewhere too. The Drexels site (http://www.drexel.edu/provost/dcae/index.html) also boasts a PowerPoint presentation on Millennial Students http://www.drexel.edu/provost/dcae/development/Millennials.html by Dr. Miriam Diamond, of the Collaboration for the Advancement of
College Teaching & Learning Finally, for those who like to read while eating lunch, Georgian College has created an easily digestible publication on college teaching and learning calle "Pedagoggles" http://www.georgianc.on.ca/staff/ctl/publications/pedagoggles Pedagoggles appears eight times a year. Each issue contains the
following sections: 2003`s topics: POD Network members interesting in submitting new (non-redundant) materials to this online resource library should send their nominations or queries to James Rhem, Executive Editor, The National Teaching & Learning FORUM Other Faculty
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