Resources
Journal Issue.
Click Here for Book Review Abstract: College can be a complex time for Latinas, who are traditionally expected to leave home when they get married. In her essay “Only Daughter,” author Sandra Cisneros remarks, “After four years in college and two more in graduate school, and still no husband, my father shakes his head even now and says I wasted all that education.” Wise Latinas is a collection of personal essays addressing the varied landscape of the Latina experience in higher education. For some Latinas, college, where they are vastly underrepresented, is the first time they are immersed in American culture outside their homes—and where the values of two cultures often clash. Wise Latinas is in part a response to this widening gap. Featuring acclaimed writers such as Sandra Cisneros, Norma Cantú, and Julia Alvarez, to name a few, Wise Latinas shows that there is no one Latina college experience. With thoughtful and engaging pieces, Wise Latinas provides a platform for Latina writers to share their experiences in higher education and gives a voice to the many Latina women who have taken risks; embraced the new, confronted change; and maintained (and in some cases found) their roots. (From the Publisher)
Click Here for Book Review Abstract: Learning transfer is the use of skills and knowledge acquired in one situation or setting in a different environment. It is, fundamentally, the point of education. By consciously building it into our curricula, syllabi, and practice, we can greatly enhance the likelihood that students will integrate their learning and their lives. This issue examines learning transfer across the breadth of adult education. The authors approach the question practically, looking at techniques such as experiential or problem-based learning and the use of classroom technology as well as the perspectives of brain research, the effects of race and culture, and the context and complications of personal change. Each chapter offers practitioners a thoughtful outlook that will help them plan for and implement learning transfer in their particular area of focus. This is 137th volume of the Jossey-Bass quarterly report series New Directions for Adult and Continuing Education. Noted for its depth of coverage, it explores issues of common interest to instructors, administrators, counselors, and policymakers in a broad range of adult and continuing education settings, such as colleges and universities, extension programs, businesses, libraries, and museums. (From the Publisher)
Provides a structured and practical model that combines inquiry into the intellectual work of a course, careful investigation of student understanding and performance, and faculty reflection on teaching effectiveness. This website is designed to serve as an international repository for course portfolios written by faculty who teach at postsecondary institutions. 
A collection of instruments for conducting peer review of teaching, provided by the university of Minnesota
This SUNY Albany site considers, the role of peer observation of teaching in both formative and summative assessment, developing a departmental plan, and choosing or designing an instrument to guide peer observation (including downloadable forms).
Guidance on the process of university peer observation, with a selection of instruments that faculty and department can adapt for assessment of teaching. By the University of Texas at El Paso. 
Materials developed through a series of workshops, consultations, and reciprocal peer review processes. Helpful to faculty, chairs, and directors interested in learning how they could use peer review to enhance teaching effectiveness in their programs. 
2012 bibliography compiled on the POD listserv
Useful tools for online instruction, but also theory, administration, and methods of design. The contents of the entire book is available free online through pdf download.