This page provides resources to other avenues of development in teaching and learning.

 
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Online Courses and Universities.



Virtual School: A project of George Mason University and Alternative Technology Corporation to offer Web and video-based courses on a not-for-credit basis. The courses let you electronically collaborate with other members of a distributed learning community regardless of geographic location.

MindEdge Online Education: Founded by preeminent educators from Harvard University and MIT in 1998 and managed by experienced higher education and technology professionals, MindEdge, Inc. is an enterprise that provides complete online courses and course management solutions for colleges and universities. It has a library of more than 110 courses, supporting numerous degree and certification programs in the disciplines of Business & Management, Health Sciences, Information Technology, and Arts & Sciences, and a flexible, full-featured Course Management System and supporting services.

American Universities Only: (maintained by Mike Conlon, University of Florida)..

Canadian Universities Only: (maintained by Chris Redmond, University of Waterloo)..

Community College Web: (maintained by Maricopa Center for Learning & Instruction) searchable index of community colleges in U.S.

Universities Worldwide: (maintained by Christina DeMello, MIT).

The World Lecture Hall: Contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver class materials.

Education with New Technologies-Networked Learning Community: Harvard.

The SUNY Learning Network: (SUNY Distance Classes) The State University of New York.

Online Education: University of Maryland University College (UMUC).

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Professional Development Training.

The Academic Job Interview: Questions Asked in Academic Job Interviews
A list of frequently asked academic job interview questions which you might find helpful when preparing for your academic interview.

Magellan University: An online university providing IT Certification Programs... it has a complete Microsoft certification package,
MCSE certification, MCSD Certification, a CompTIA package, and
a Linux package. You have the convenience of studying at any time in any place, with a tutor to answer your questions within 24 hours. Certified e-teachers provide online support.

Teaching, Learning and Technology: A repository online site with a variety of Low Threshold Applications (LTAs) that have been developed and are acknowledged as potential resources to enhance the teaching and learning process. An LTA is defined as a teaching/learning application of information technology that is reliable, accessible, easy to learn, non-intimidating and (incrementally) inexpensive. A sampling of LTA categories include communications, courseware management tools, course tools, and e-portfolios. This site is maintained by Sally Gilbert of Teaching Learning and Technology (TLT), Takoma Park, Maryland.

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Teaching Portfolios.

 

Iowa State Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching:
* Suggestions of what to include in teaching portfolios.
Journal on Excellence in College Teaching:
* Table of contents to a special issue containing a number of very useful articles on teaching portfolios.
Using Portfolios in Educational Development:
* An international workshop on portfolios by the International Consortium for Educational Development in Higher Education (ICED) at Wroxton Abbey, Oxfordshire, April 1997. Comments from Peter Seldin and Graham Gibbs, among others.

 

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Online Course Management Resources

The eModerator's Home Page: Resources for moderators of online discussions in education.

The Flashlight Program: This award-winning program has been used by hundreds of educational insitutions since 1992 for its assessment/evaluation tools, external evaluation services, talks, and consulting. This TLT Group Web site provides information on tools and how to get them..

CIT Infobits: Overview of practical uses of technology in education, and useful links.

Instructional Technology Resource Guides: Useful references, grouped by subject, compiled by the Institute for Academic Technology (now maintained by the Center for Instructional Technology), University of North Carolina Chapel Hill.

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Additional Information.

Articles about Student Evaluation of Teaching.

Kansas State University IDEA Papers: Papers are in PDF format from this Web site and require Acrobat Reader. To download the free Acrobat Reader click here.

The Multidimensionality of Students' Evaluations of Teaching Effectiveness: The Generality of Factor Structures Across Academic Discipline, Instructor Level, and Course Level.

Annotated list of further readings, courtesy of University Teaching Services at University of Manitoba.


Additional Resources


Engineering and Science Education resources: Homepage of Richard Felder, nationally known for teaching effectiveness workshops.

Explorations in Learning & Instruction: The Theory Into Practice Database. The database contains brief summaries of 50 major theories of learning and instruction.

Global Campus: A collection of resources for learning and teaching.

Midwestern Higher Education Compact.

The Service-Learning Home Page.

The Society for Teaching & Learning in Higher Education: STLHE.

University of Waterloo - TRACE: Teaching Resources and Continuing Education.

The World Lecture Hall: Contains links to pages created by faculty worldwide who are using the Web to deliver class materials.

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Last modified September 29, 2005.

 

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