Teaching and Learning Resources

• University of Western Ontario
• University of Washington - Narratives supporting EXcellent Teaching NEXT
• University of Minnesota
• Texas Collaborative
• University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Active Learning Overview
• Carlton College
• Worcester Polytechnic Institute
• Life Sciences Education
• University of Chicago
• Middle Tennessee State University

ASSESSMENT RESOURCES

• Assessment Resources
• Project STAIRS
• Using the grading process for Assessment - Primary Trait Analysis
• ABET - Gloria Rogers
• First Year Experience

• Bloom's Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

• Classroom Assessment Techniques by Angelo and Cross
• National Teaching and Learning Forum
• Iowa State
• Penn State - Schreyer Institute
• Vanderbilt University
• CATS for technology - Middle Tennessee State
• Course based assessment - UMass

• Organizational Culture - National Defense University
• The Role of Organizational Climate and Culture in the School Improvement Process:  A review of the Knowledge Base Connections
• Culture and Climate - Don Clark
• Climate and Culture - AAC&U Diversity Web

• Kennesaw State
• Active and Cooperative Learning - NCSU
• Active Learning - University of Tennessee at Chattanooga
• What is Cooperative Learning? Barbara Leah Smithe & Jean MacGregor
• Cooperative Learning:  Two heads learn better than one Roger T. & David Johnson

• Life and Career Skills
• Critical Life Skills
• Skills needed to succeed in today's workplace
• Greater Expectations
• Carnegie Foundation

• Carleton College

• Glossary of Important Terms - System for Adult Basic Education

• Getting Results
• Writing Your Syllabus
• Writing Learning Outcomes

• Kolb's Learning Styles - Business Balls.com
• Learning Styles - - Penn State
• VARK

• Howard Gardner's Multiple Intelligences Theories Model

• Cecilia Lopez powerpoint

• Advice for using rubrics (Cal State Sacramento)
• Designing Rubrics for Assessing Higher Order Thinking (Peirce, St. George's Community College
• Rubric Template (San Diego State University)
• How to Design a Rubric (AEA 267 - Iowa)
• Scoring Rubrics Part I: What and When  ERIC Digest
• Scoring Rubrics (Cal State University)
• Item Scoring Processes (National Center for Education Statistics)
• Scoring Rubric Development - Validity and Reliability (Practical Assessment, Research and Evaluation)
• Rubrics (Georgia State)
• Rubric Sampler
• Hundreds of Rubrics - Winona State University
• Project STAIRS
• Learning Centered Syllabi

• Sample student learning outcomes for discussion

• Gamson and Chickering on the Seven Principles for Good Practice
• Using Technology to Improve Learning Outcomes

• Northwestern University Searle Center for Teaching Excellence

• Learning Centered Syllabi - Iowa State Center for Teaching and Learning
• Writing Syllabi that engage and Motivate Students - Texas A&M

MS Word & PowerPoint Documents

• Assessment Definitions I.doc
• Dictionary of Assessment Terms.doc
• Assessment Definitions II.doc
• 7 Principles for Good Practice.ppt
• Rubrics.ppt
• Learning Outcomes.ppt
• The Big Picture.ppt
• Methods of Assessment - CATs.ppt
• Active Learning.ppt
• CCC Testing.ppt
• Report Features.ppt
• Project Guidelines.rtf
• Active Learning - Web Resources.doc
• Active Learning - Books.doc
• Aligning Learning in Teaching.ppt
• Vocabulary of Assessment.ppt

• The Five Whys
• Icebreaker
• Student Success Activities