Center for Teaching and Learning

External Links

General Information

• Learning Guidelines- Guidelines on Learning that Inform Teaching
• Concept of Scholarship and Teaching - This site offers links to articles that give definitions and applications related to the concept of scholarship and teaching, as well as cross disciplinary conversations, analyses of disciplinary styles, and the development of discourse communities.
• The Carnegie Foundation
  -  Foundation that sponsors research of innovative teaching practices.
• Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education - From the March 1987 AAHE Bulletin. Principles on how to improve teaching and learning.
• The Academic Sustainability Gap
• Managing Hot Moments in the Classroom
• The Idea Center; Idea Papers - Summary articles on a variety of educational theory, pedagogical techniques, and assessment strategies.
• Journals in Higher Education - Journals in Higher Education (JIHE) is dedicated to providing a listing and description of journals in higher education; especially, those that focus on higher education pedagogy. JIHE is multi-disciplinary and international in scope with a special focus on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education.
• Essays on Teaching Excellence - published by the Professional and Organizational Network in Higher Education
• Merlot Elixr - digital case study repository with over 70 discipline specific multimedia teaching stories.
• Project Kaleidoscope (PKAL) - Project co-sponsored by the NSF and the Keck Foundation to research what works in STEM higher education. See particularly their Pedagogies of Engagement.

Other Centers for Teaching & Learning

• Stanford University, CTL Handouts
• KU's Center for Teaching Excellence - Links to Teaching Questions, Knowing Good Teaching and Teaching Innovations.
• University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching
• Miami University Center for the Enhancement of Learning, Teaching, and University Assessment

Print-on-demand Links

• Decoding the Disciplines - A Book of Interest

Learning Objects

Learning objects are computer based teaching tools that help students understand a specific concept and are intended to be both modular and self contained.  The use of learning objects falls under "evocative teaching" - lessons that are designed to involve emotions through simulations, decision-making, and commitment to a path.

• Merlot - database of peer-reviewed online teaching and learning materials; also has discipline based communities of discussion
• Wisc-Online - library of web-based learning resources, most are multimedia
• Shodor Interactive - virtual activities and discussion boards on math and statistical concepts; organized by grade-level
• Repository of Learning Object Repositories (@ University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee) - general repositories and subject-specific listings