Teaching Links

Creating Syllabi and Learning Contracts

http://www.cat.ilstu.edu/teaching_tips/sylla.shtml

 

An on-line tool for course planning and writing a syllabus

http://syllabus.unc.edu/

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Illinois State: Center for the advancement of teaching
http://cat.ilstu.edu/teaching_tips/index.shtml
A great site with many links to valuable information.


Tips on forming teams, dealing with dysfunctional teams, grading team

assignments, and using cooperative learning in a distance learning

environment.
http://www.capecod.net/~tpanitz/tedspage
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The Professor in the classroom
http://www.masterteacher.com

Each issue contains:

  • Feature Article...
    Powerful and easy-to-read messages that gives teachers the information, skills, and techniques they need to be highly successful in the classroom. The messages are designed to be -- and can be -- read in five to eight minutes.
  • Tips...
    Short tips that provide practical techniques that can be read quickly and applied just as quickly and easily.
  • Inspirational Quotes...
    A thought provoking quote offers third-person support to the message of the feature article and is designed to inspire and confirm the work and mission of teachers.
  • Points to Ponder...
    These questions not only give teachers a way to consider the contents of each brochure thoughtfully, but they also provide a convenient study guide for group discussions

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Nutshell Notes: The University of Colorado
at Denver's Web-page Newsletter for Teaching Excellence
 At this site an index is provided for each of the newsletters from their office of teaching effectiveness and faculty development. Each newsletter covers a different teaching issue covered that month.
http://thunder1.cudenver.edu/OTE/nn/index.htm

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Lesson Planner Download
for a free download of The Master Teacher's lesson planning software, go to:
http://www.masterteacher.com/dnd/planner.html

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Motivating Students


"General Principles of Motivation," Office of Faculty Development, Honolulu Community College.
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/motivate.htm



"Motivating Students," Teaching Effectiveness Program, The University of Oregon.
http://darkwing.uoregon.edu/~tep/tshooting/motivating.html


"Motivating the Reluctant Learner," Office of Instructional Support and Development,
University of Georgia.
http://www.isd.uga.edu/grsc7770s99/motivation.html


Motivating the Unmotivated," Office of Faculty Development, Honolulu Community College.
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/unmotiva.htm

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New Faculty Sites

http://www.upenn.edu/pennteach/firstday.htm

http://www.provost.iastate.edu/faculty/NewFacultyTips.html

http://research.berkeley.edu/urap/faculty/new_faculty.html

http://www.cstudies.ubc.ca/facdev/services/faculty/newfactip.html

http://www.uregina.ca/tdc/advicefornewprofs.htm

http://sheridan-center.stg.brown.edu/programservices/resources/nf_res.shtml

http://www.ucet.ufl.edu/FacOrient/tools.htm

http://www.emich.edu/public/fcie/newfac/routines.htm

http://www.hawaii.edu/facultymentoring/