Teaching Resources
Below is a list of instructor/particpant resources presented during the three Associate Program workshops.

Active Learning
COC Library
Bonwell, C. & Eison, J Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom George Washington University, 1991. (LB 1027.23 B66 1991)

Silberman, M
Active Learning: 101 Strategies to Teach Any Subject Allyn and Bacon, 1996. (LB1027.23 .S556 1996)

Online Resources
“Twenty terrible reasons for lecturing”
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsd/2_learntch/20reasons.html

The Active Learning Site
http://www.active-learning-site.com/
This site supports the scholarship of teaching by providing research-based resources designed to help faculty use active learning successfully in college and university classrooms.



Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs)
Vanderbilt University, Center for Teaching. Resources for teaching-CATs
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/resources/teaching_resources/assessment/cats.htm


Discussion
University of Indiana Teaching Handbook on Discussion
http://www.indiana.edu/~teaching/allabout/faq/leading.shtml

Princeton University Teaching Handbook - Facilitating Discussion

http://www.princeton.edu/~aiteachs/handbook/facilitating.html


Questioning
Honolulu Community College Teaching Tips
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.
htm#questions

University of Illinois Center for Teaching Excellence
http://www.oir.uiuc.edu/Did/docs/questioning.htm


Syllabus
"Course Syllabi for the 21st Century"
Victoria Leonard. Teaching and Learning Web Center. College of the Canyons.
http://www.coc.cc.ca.us/Faculty/leonardv/sabbatical/welcome.htm

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Creating an Effective Online Syllabus"
http://college.hmco.com/instructors/catalog/walkthroughs/pdf/walk_0618000429_4.pdf

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Creating the Elegant Syllabus
Advocate Online. National Education Association (NEA).
http://www2.nea.org/he/advo01/advo0106/feature.html

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Writing a Syllabus"
Altman, Howard B. and Cashin, William E.
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/writesyl.htm

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Design and Teach a Course: Write the Syllabus"
Ehnancing Education.
http://www.cmu.edu/teaching/designteach/design/syllabus/index.html

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Writing a Syllabus"
Reihman, Greg. Lehigh University College of Arts and Sciences.
http://cas.lehigh.edu/CASWeb/content/default.aspx?pageid=88

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Designing a Learning-Centered Syllabus"
Center for Teaching Effectiveness.
http://cte.udel.edu/syllabus.htm

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Developing an effective course syllabus"
Hess, Jana. Business Network.
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa4062/is_/ai_n9301108

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California Community Colleges Guidelines for Title 5 Regulations, Chapter 6, Part 1"
Chancellor’s Office, California Community Colleges.
http://www.caccrao.org/docs/Title5Chapter6Part1Guidelines%5B1%5D.doc



Teaching & Learning Styles
“Grasha-Riechmann Teaching Styles Survey”
http://www.longleaf.net/teachingstyle.html

“Soloman-Felder Learning Styles Survey”
http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html

Another helpful tool is the
“Teaching Goals Inventory”:
http://centeach.uiowa.edu/tools.shtml


Lesson Planning Documents
Lesson Plan Template (.doc) Click here --> Lesson Plan
Lesson Plan Template (.pdf) Click here -->Lesson Plan
Lesson Planning Resources
http://www.adprima.com/lesson.htm


Other instructor resources:
COC Teaching and Learning Web Center
http://www.canyons.edu/offices/teach_learn/

COC Professional Development website
http://www.canyons.edu/offices/pd/

COC Institute of Teaching and Learning
http://www.canyons.edu/offices/tcg_inst/

 

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