Resources

Sponsored by the Seminary Department of the National Catholic Educational Association for the purpose of advancing the education of future priests within a distributed learning framework shared by all member schools. Sponsors courses that foster excellence in human, spiritual, intellectual, and pastoral formation within seminaries through the sharing of resources between them.

A thorough overview, with multiple internal links/articles, to help students as well as professionals identify and prevent plagiarism and to develop an awareness of ethical writing.

Using a business model, this web site makes a nice distinction between “outputs” (that which is a direct result of a process) and “outcomes” (that which is achieved over the longer term).

Although this is a commercial site, it has many great summaries of major theorists and theories in easy to read charts and diagrams. Based on Robert Mager’s “Criterion Referenced Instruction (CRI) it demonstrates how instruction can be measurable and thus capable of being evaluated and systematically improved.

A brief overview of the differences between measurable (good) and non-measurable (poor) learning outcomes and the importance of the former. "Learning outcomes should flow from a needs assessment. The needs assessment should determine the gap between an existing condition and a desired condition. Learning outcomes are statements which describe a desired condition -- that is, the knowledge, skills, or attitudes needed to fulfill the need."

An exhaustive list, updated twice a year, listing higher education teaching workshops and conferences, including discipline-specific conferences, learning communities, diversity and global learning, the scholarship of teaching & learning, experiential learning & service learning, student research, faculty development, and technology & distance learning.

A non-profit making, private website providing information and resources for learners, educators, researchers and anyone else with an interest in Higher Education. Its Open Courseware Directory lists publicly available lecture notes, videos, slides, podcasts, exam questions, software, demonstrations, etc) from the universities and colleges of the world. Also has numerous directories, RSS feeds, etc.

Review the basics of New Testament Greek and practice identifying essential vocabulary and grammatical functions as you translate fully annotated verses from the New Testament. This site is designed to assist those who have already studied basic NT Greek and wish to refresh their language skills of reading, translation, and grammatical analysis for their personal or formal academic studies.

Find a teaching center in Asia, Europe/United Kingdom, North America, or Australia/New Zealand. There are lots of good resources on many of these sites as well.

Find a university teaching center near you! There are lots of good resources on many of these sites as well.