Resources

Handbook of ideas and teaching techniques to help create an inclusive classroom atmosphere, created by the University of North Carolina Center for Teaching and Learning in 1997.

An interactive resource hub for higher education, created by the Association of American Colleges and Universities, to illuminate the scope, accomplishments, and educational value of the campus diversity movement, and to help practitioners learn to effectively articulate and communicate the education value.

Helpful, brief overview of cooperative learning – what it is and why to do it.

A short grading rubric from the Bok Center at Harvard University.

Contains several versions of a rubric designed for peer review (and thus design and development) of online courses. Includes annotations demonstrating the criteria in practice.

An extensive “checklist” of best practices for pedagogical and user-interface design for online teaching. Hyperlinks are provided within the checklist to expedite and facilitate understanding of each indicator on the checklist.

Writing good test questions, all kinds – from multiple-choice to essays. A site designed for a teacher education course. Includes essays on principles to guide assessment, guidelines for constructing good questions, and help for students taking exams.

A site is designed to stimulate theological reflection on the uses of technology in theological education, with links to sites on a host of issues on teaching and technology.

An essay for students on the web page of Dartmouth’s Writing Program.

A 1985 essay by William G. Perry that analyses how to adapt to student expectations of teachers and the classroom. Reprinted from On Teaching and Learning, Volume 1 (1985)