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About Teaching (back issues)
About Teaching, the campus-specific newsletter, has been published by CTE. The purpose is to disseminate information about learning, college teaching, and professional development to faculty and TAs; the newsletter features instructional innovations and programs at Delaware.
CTE subscribes to the online version of Essays on Teaching Excellence. The essays are available free of charge to members of the University of Delaware community. The series is published by the Professional & Organizational Development Netwok in Higher Education (POD).
2007-2008 Essay Series
Beyond Writing: Integrative Learning and Teaching in First-Year Seminars (v19n1)
David H. Krause, Dominican University and Robert C. Lagueux, Columbia College Chicago
Developing the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Using Faculty Learning Communities (v19n2)
Milton D. Cox, Miami University
Teaching, Learning, and Sprituality in the College Classroom (v19n3)
Allison Pingree, Vanderbilt University
Role-Play: An Often Misused Active Learning Strategy (v19n4)
Stephanie Nickerson, Instructional Consultant
Building Assignments that Teach (v19n5)
Mary-Ann Winkelmes, University of Chicago
Collaboration or Plagiarism? Explaining Collaborative-Based Assignments Clearly (v19n6)
Tuesday Cooper, Empire State College
The Right Start: Reflections on a Departmentally Based Graduate Course on Teaching (v19n7)
Craig E. Nelson, Indiana University, Bloomington
The Useful, Sensible, No-Frills Departmental Assessment Plan (v19n8)
Barbara E. Walvoord, University of Notre Dame
2006-2007 Essay Series
When Disability Enters a Teacher's Life, Must the Teacher Stop Teaching? (v18n1)
Laura L. B. Border, University of Colorado at Boulder
Student Plagiarism: How to Maintain Academic Integrity (v18n2)
Ludy Goodson, Georgia Southern University
Incorporating Course-Level Evidence of Student Learning into Program Assessment (v18n3)
Nancy Simpson, Texas A&M University and Laurel Willingham-McLain, Duquesne University
Information Literacy: Imperatives for Faculty (v18n4)
Leora Baron-Nixon, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Motivating Generation Y in the Classroom (v18n5)
Jim Westerman, Apalachian State University
A Microteaching Model that Maximizes Feedback, Peer Engagement, and Teaching Enhancement (v18n6)
Barbara Millis, University of Nevada, Reno and Gosia Samojlowicz, Internetwork Expert, Inc.
Everything You Always Wanted to Know about Student Writing (but Were Afraid to Ask) (v18n7)
Michael Reder, Connecticut College
Opening the Door: Faculty Leadership in Institutional Change (v18n8)
Rick Holmgren, Allegheny College
2005-2006 Essay Series
Leveling the Field: Using Rubrics to Achieve Greater Equity in Teaching and Grading (v17n1)
by Dannelle D. Stevens and Antonia Levi, Portland State University
Laughterpiece Theatre: Humor as a Systematic Teaching Tool (v17n2)
by Ronald A. Berk, Johns Hopkins University
Assessing Students' Online Learning: Strategies and Resources (v17n3)
by Patricia Comeaux, University of North Carolina - Wilmington
Teaching Portfolios for Graduate Students: Process, Content, Product, and Benefits (v17n4)
by Laura L. B. Border, University of Colorado at Boulder
From Passive to Active Learning: Helping Students Make the Shift (v17n5)
by Marilla Svinicki, University of Texas at Austin
Student Teams, Teaching and Technology (v17n6)
by Ruth Federman Stein and Sandra N. Hurd, Syracuse University
Practice Tests: a Practical Teaching Method(v17n7)
by Margaret K. Snooks, University of Houston - Clear Lake
Using Student-Centered Assessment to Enhance Learning (v17n8)
by Mick LaLopa, Purdue University
2004-2005 Essay Series
Transitions: What's Love Got to Do with It? (v16n1)
by Kathleen T. Brinko, Appalachian State University
The Power of Student Stories: Connections that Enhance Learning (v16n2)
by Peter Frederick, Heritage College
PowerPoint: Possibilities and Problems (v16n3)
by Eugene V. Gallagher and Michael Reder, Connecticut College
Teaching Bioethics through Participation and Policy-Making (v16n4)
by Karey A. Harwood, North Carolina State University
Validity, Research, and Reality: Student Ratings of Instruction at the Crossroads (v16n5)
by Jennifer Franklin, University of Arizona
Why Knowing About Disciplinary Differences Can Mean More Effective Teaching (v16n6)
by Michele Marincovich, Stanford University and Jack Prostko, University of Maryland
Teaching for Diversity and Inclusiveness in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) (v16n7)
by Angela Linse, Temple University; Wayne Jacobson, University of Washington; and Lois Reddick, New York University
A Roadmap to Part-Time Faculty Success
(v16n8)
by Terri A. Tarr, Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
2003-2004 Essay Series
Student Plagiarism: Are Teachers Part of
the Problem or Part of the Solution (v15n1)
by Chris Anson, North Carolina
State University
Taking Self Assessment Seriously (v15n2)
by Georgine Loacker, Alverno College
Promoting Learning through Inquiry (v15n3)
by Virginia S. Lee, North Carolina
State University
Great Expectations and Challenges for Learning
Objects (v15n4)
by Anne H. Moore, Virginia Polytechnic
Institute
Engaging the Whole Student: Interactive
Theatre in the Classroom (v15n5)
by Suzanne Burgoyne, University
of Missouri-Columbia
Engaging Faculty in New Forms of Teaching
and Learning (v15n6)
by Paul Hagner, University of
Hartford
Self Efficacy in College Teaching (v15n7)
by Anita Woolfolk Hoy, The Ohio
State University
Encouraging Civil Behavior in Large Classes
(v15n8)
by Mary Deane Sorcinelli, University
of Massachusetts Amherst
2002-2003 Essay Series
Leading
Culturally Sensitive Classroom Discussions Post September 11 (v14n1)
by Devorah Lieberman,
Portland State University
Unlearning:
A Critical Element in the Learning Process (v14n2)
by Virginia S. Lee, North
Carolina State University
Teaching
Circles: Making Inquiry Safe for Faculty (v14n3)
by Mary Ann Cessna and
Laurel Black, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Achieving
Teaching and Learning Excellence through Faculty Learning Communities (v14n4)
by Milton Cox, Miami
University
Creating
a Culture of Co-Learners with Problem-Based Learning (v14n5)
by Kristi L. Arndt, Educational
Consultant
Team Teaching:
The Learning Side of the Teaching-Learning Equation (v14n6)
by Mary Jane Eisen, Residence
University of Connecticut and Elizabeth J. Tisdell, Pennsylvania State
University-Harrisburg
Improving
Teaching through Classroom Action Research (v14n7)
by Gwynn Mettetal, Indiana
University South Bend
Helping
Students Help Each Other: Making Peer Feedback More Valuable (v14n8)
by Linda B. Nilson, Clemson
University
2001-2002 Essay Series
Reflections
on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (v13n5)
by Pat Hutchings, The
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Diversity
Begins at Home: Multiculturalism in State and Regional Studies (v13n6)
by Barbara Lounsberry,
University of Northern Iowa
From Cognitive
Dissonance to Self-Motivated Learning (v13n7)
by Edmund J. Hansen,
Northeastern Illinois University
Teachers
and Scholars as Designers: The Art and Practice of Instructional Design
(v13n8)
by Charles M. Spuches,
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry
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As part of the license agreement, members of the UD community can sign up for free access to the newsletter, create their own account, a one-time process, and search the archives. You will receive an email reminder each time a new issue is published. You will need a UD specific Voucher code and pin to sign up. Please contact Gabriele Bauer to obtain that access information. Thank you; we hope you'll utilize this service and we welcome your feedback on this service.
Discipline-Specific Teaching Publications
TA Training and Graduate Student Development
The Responsive Ph.D. sponsored by the Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation.
Carnegie classification of institutions of higher learning - groups institutions based on their degree-granting activity.
Preparing for an Academic Career in the Geosciences - website designed for those interested in an academic career in the geosciences, yet resources useful for graduate students and post docs in other STEM disciplines. Site produced as part of NSF grant.
The Preparing Future Faculty web site is dedicated to helping graduate students prepare for faculty positions. The site is sponsored by the American Association of Colleges and Universities and contains numerous resources.
The Re-envisioning the Ph.D. web site has been designed to help doctoral students excel in graduate school and beyond. Part of the site focuses on the academic job market.
Professional Organizations in Higher Education
The English Language Institute at the University of Delaware offers a special summer and winter term program designed for newly-appointed international TAs, International Teaching Assistant Training Program.
Teaching Assistants and Professors as a Teaching Team - resource from the Center for Teaching and Learning at UNC, Chapel Hill outlining roles and guidelines to help TAs and faculty members develop a productive relationship in the context of their shared teaching responsibilities.
Annotated Bibliography of Select Print, Video and Online Resources
Available for loan at the CTE Library, 212 Gore Hall, ext .2027
Jerry Gaff speech at the University of Missouri February 2001 symposium on Graduate Education. It contains information about research and other projects on change in doctoral education.
Teaching with Technologies
EDUCAUSE Quarterly
Publication focused on technologies in higher education.
PRESENT: UD's teaching and learning with technology center
Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as a Lever
This article elaborates seven principles designed to help faculty members, departments, colleges, and universities examine individual behaviors and institutional policies and practices for their consistency.
The World Lecture Hall
The World Lecture Hall contains links to courses taught via the Web by faculty worldwide. For example, you will find course syllabi, assignments, lecture notes, exams, class calendars, multimedia textbooks.
Evaluating Web Resources (Widener University)
While the Web has put millions of pages of information right at our fingertips, students often have a difficult time determining what is worthwhile and what is not. This site has just about everything you need to know about how to evaluate web resources. It covers advocacy, business, news, informational, and personal web pages and how to evaluate them. It also walks you through PowerPoint presentations and provides a list of bibliographical resources.
Comprehensive Resources
Tomorrow's Professor Mailing List, Stanford University
This mailing list, a product of the Stanford University Learning Laboratory, is sent free on a bi-weekly basis to subscribers, faculty, postdocs, and graduate students at colleges and universities around the world. Postings have been sent on such topics as: New faculty reward structures, preparing for academic careers, improving student learning, and writing successful proposals. Subscribe
IDEA Papers
IDEA Papers are short, research-based essays focused on a variety of teaching and evaluation issues ranging from leading discussions, teaching large classes to validity of student ratings.
Faculty Development Associates
Commercial site by Dr. Richard E. Lyons contains a link titled Online
Resources, consisting of links to higher education publications, organizations,
and topics. The site also has a link titled Teaching
Tip of the Week, which offers suggestions geared to the particular
time of the semester.
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