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A guide for students to help them work more effectively in groups, developed by Clemson University’s Office of Teaching Effectiveness and innovation.

A non-profit organization working to transform higher education by supporting and encouraging the use of contemplative/introspective practices and perspectives to create active learning and research environments that look deeply into experience and meaning for all in service of a more just and compassionate society.

The Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) website linking to a flyer describing10 teaching and learning practices that have been widely tested and been shown to be beneficial for college students from many backgrounds, especially historically underserved students, who often do not have equitable access to high-impact learning.

ProfHacker is a regular blog spot on the Chronicle of Higher Education Website. This link opens a page displaying all its blog posts tagged with the term “twiiter.”

White Paper and the Working Group Papers for a 2008 Teagle funded conference with participants from Bucknell University, Macalester College, Vassar College, and Williams College.
 Asking: how secular assumptions both enable and limit the questions of meaning and purpose that are central to liberal arts education. 

The Center for Internationalization and Global Engagement has collected examples of policies, programs, surveys, and other resources according to the six aspects of the CIGE Model for Comprehensive Internationalization, and are provided as models for other colleges and universities as they pursue their internationalization goals.

Vanderbilt University’s very helpful and brief overview of metacognition (“thinking about one’s thinking”) with helpful references throughout and good ideas for helping students put it into practice.

Wabash Center blog spot with periodic postings from a variety of contributors on the teaching life and classroom practices.

The Association of Religion Data Archives has a robust collection of teaching tools to take advantage of their exhaustive data on religion. The site includes lesson plans and modules, syllabi and assignments, definitions and key terms (for students), videos resources for class, and links to other sources.

The companion web site for the book “Team Writing,” including video of students doing group projects to illustrate advice in the book. The emphasis is on a group writing project, but it’s insights about group dynamics and how to organize are widely applicable. Available for free, with registration.