Teaching Tools

Improving Retention

• Classroom Strategies for Improving Retention
• Universal Design for Learning Course Applications

Why the Lecture-Only Teaching Model Doesn't Work

• Physicists Seek to Lose the Lecture as Teaching Tool, NPR, January 1, 2012
• Don't Lecture Me, Emily Hanford for American RadioWorks

Encouraging Student Participation

• Icebreaker Activities Drama 101
• Promoting Interactions Among Students During the First Week

Seminar Materials

• Assuring Participation of All Group Members
• Complete Guide to Seminaring
• Seminar Conduct Guidelines
• Seminar Group Participation Evaluation

Syllabus Materials

• Please see Course Syllabi and Office Hours

More Resources

• The Chronicle of Higher Education - weekly publication with news articles, latest research findings, opinions and job openings nationwide.
• Washington Center for Improving the Quality of Undergraduate Education - promotes interdisciplinary and curriculular integration. Highly recommended for faculty considering teaching in a learning community.
• University of Oregon Teaching Effectiveness Program - resources for improving instruction.
• City College of San Francisco Teaching and Learning Center - links to teaching and learning strategies, basic skills best practices, and research sites.
• Faculty Development Associates - online teaching resources, from Plagarism Detector to MIT's Open CourseWare.
• Fresno City College - guide to developing student learning outcomes.
• Honolulu Community College - collection of teacher resources.
• League For Innovation - Getting Results - six module professional development course for Community College Educators was funded by the National Science Foundation.