Resources

Each semester OTEI posts new editions in this popular series of essays on teaching excellence. The essays are written by renowned faculty developers on a wide variety of instructional topics and are available here in PDF form.

Brief, schematic argument for the ways in which new information technologies can improve student learning.

Exhaustive list of scholarly papers and websites (some with annotations) that deal with this controversial issue.

Council for Christian Colleges and Universities provides this very brief overview, with links to resources.

Council for Christian Colleges and Universities lists these 10 principles, with a brief paragraph on each, plus some references.

Very helpful overview, followed by more detailed and extended discussion as well as references.

Short essay that argues that digital technology can enhance our students' learning, but only if our goals for student learning drive its use – and the implications there of.

Short essay acknowledging the critique of PowerPoint, but arguing for its more effective use.

Personal narrative reflecting on the significance of recognizing your own, different, teaching gifts/skills, in the online teaching environment.

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.