Teaching Tips and Strategies

Teaching Tips from Other Centers

Listing of other useful online centers: Compilation from the Center for Teaching Excellence at Columbia College Chicago, 15 centers from which the Center’s director has learned the most (includes Stanford and Cornell University Centers)

Berkeley Teaching Resources
Teaching Tips from Illinois State University
Teaching Tips from Iowa State University
A Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence Teaching Tips from the University of Honolulu
Complimentary Teaching & Learning Resources

Critical Thinking

Critical Thinking Resources - Longview Community College
Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum
Dalahousie: Activities Corresponding to Bloom’s Taxonomy
Dalahousie: Bloom’s Taxonomy
Dalahousie: Evaluation based on Bloom’s Taxonomy
Critical Thinking Resources

Student-centered Learning

Article of techniques to promote active learning
Classroom structures that encourage student participation

Collaborative Learning

Collaborative learning groupwork and study teams
National Institute for Science Education
Collaborative Learning Harvard – Working in Groups

Learning Styles and Multiple Intelligences

Learning Styles Questionnaire and Resources
Learning Styles Resources
What are Gartner’s Multiple Intelligences? Using Multiple Intelligences in the classroom
Multiple Intelligence test
A shorter Multiple Intelligence Test

Discussion

From Berkeley – Encouraging Student Participation in Discussion
From Dalahousie – Leading Discussion Groups

Online Discussion

From UNSW – Techniques for Online Discussion + resources
From the American Psychological Association – Avoiding web discussion pitfalls
Develop your e-moderating skills based on the book “E-tivities” by Gilly Salmon (book available at CLT)

Teaching and Learning Technologies

Electronic Publications

EDUCAUSE

Online Sources for Articles/Papers on Instructional Technology

Listing of Online Education/Collaborative Learning Online Journals (most but not all are open or offer free subscription)
International Forum for Education Technology & Society.
Free subscription to online journals, resources and discussion lists
The Technology Source has lots of short articles relevant to teaching with technology

Online Media Centers/Instructional Technology Centers

Ok Guide to instructional technology sites worldwide, courtesy of Dalhousie University The Teaching, Learning and Technology (TLT) Group website
From the TLT Group – The Seven Principles of Good Practice: Using Technology to Improve Learning Outcomes
Resources on Learning and Teaching with Technology (sometimes unreachable)

The Laws

U.S. Copyright Law (complete version of U.S. Copyright Law in PDF)
The Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act (U.S. Copyright Office)

Interpretations of Fair Use

The UT System Crash Course in Copyright: University of Texas; Copyright crash course and information on use of images, videos, words, songs, designs, layouts, illustrations, diagrams, charts, and graphs

List of Copyright References

Educause on the Digital Millennium Copyright Act 
Copyright & Fair Use: Stanford University Libraries
Copyright Information for Educators: University of Washington Libraries; an information gateway