Resources

This thoughtful and inspiring collection of prayers by Walter Brueggemann emerged from his more than forty years of teaching. Full of reflection, faith, and dialogue, they reveal another side to this gifted author. (From the Publisher)

This article explores the implications for a particular model of teaching, by looking at differences between students, types of subject material, types of instruction, instructional objectives, texts, and ways to interpret test results. Idea Paper no. 18, from the series developed by the Center for Faculty Evaluation and Development, Kansas State University.

In this interview, an assistant professor reflects on her choices and successes in teaching a large Intro to Anthropology lecture class: encouraging a "need to know" in her students, establishing an active learning environment, and getting students to prepare for class.

Short insightful responses to a series of questions, including how do I: deal with apathetic students? deal with groups who are not functioning well together? get my students to prepare for class? create assignments that are challenging but not overwhelming? And: Should class be fun?

Effective Teaching with Technology in Higher Education draws on current research and best practice to show how to integrate technology into teaching in higher education. This book provides a comprehensive theoretical and pedagogical foundation for helping instructors make critical decisions about the use of technology within the college curriculum. The book is essential reading for both new and experienced instructors contemplating using technology for teaching in higher education. (From the Publisher)

Media attention focused on the instructional quality in colleges and universities reflects a higher education system that must do a better job of preparing instructors. First Steps is written just for that purpose — to help new instructors and teaching assistants set and meet standards of excellence. Glenn Ross Johnson provides the basics of instruction, from preparation through evaluation, step-by-step. He focuses on what new instructors need most, covering the essentials such as: • Determining your course objectives 
• Selecting textbooks
• Involving your students more actively
• What can be learned about your teaching through the Cognitive Interaction Analysis System (CIAS)
• Evaluating your students (From the Publisher)

From experienced distance educators comes this comprehensive collection of strategies for teaching effectively online. Beginning with pre-instruction preparation and progressing through actual online teaching, 147 Practical Tips for Teaching Online Groups will help you feel more comfortable and competent heading into an online course, whether you're a new instructor or an experienced professor. The authors dispel popular myths in online education and anticipate the potential problems you might face teaching in the online medium. They also advise you on how to set up and implement your online course, and make the course discussions as interactive as those you have in the traditional face-to-face classroom setting. If you're involved in web-based education — or if you're about to be — 147 Practical Tips for Teaching Online Groups will become one of your most trusted resources. (From the Publisher)

This volume provides information about theories and practices associated with Problem-based learning (PBL). Partially because of changes in the Information Age that are transforming the nature of knowledge and the types of problems that people face, professors are adopting PBL in order to facilitate a broader and more up-to-date role of what it means "to learn." Professors will encounter, however, their own set of problems when designing and implementing a problem-based curriculum. Not unlike PBL assignments to their students, the issues and obstacles professors will encounter require practical solutions. The authors of this volume have practical experience in the design and implementation of PBL. Based on their experiences, they offer insightful commentaries and useful guidelines about various aspects of PBL. These guidelines include ideas for designing useful problems that can serve as the basis of PBL activities, creating environments conducive to problem solving, facilitating students' problem solving activities, and assessing students' efforts in problem solving. (From the Publisher)