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Teaching Learning Resources 


Profile of UWSP's 2009 Freshman Class:
Learning Centered Syllabi
Assessment Resources
Active Learning
Collaborative Learning
Problem Based Learning
Social Networking

Profile of UWSP's 2009 Freshman Class:

Shari Ellertson's Presentation slides

Link to Freshman Survey - College Student Characteristics Inventory (CSCI)

Learning Centered Syllabi:

Elements of a Learning-Centered Syllabus
http://ctl.byu.edu/home/tools/syllabus-builder/

Designing a Learning-Centered Syllabus
http://cte.udel.edu/syllabus.htm

The Syllabus as a Tool for Learning
http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/ctl/grads/syllabus.asp

The Promising Syllabus
http://www.sdcity.edu/support/lc/promisingsyllabus.pdf

Building Student Engagement: The Syllabus
http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/best-practices-in-teaching/building-student-engagement-the-syllabus/

The Graphic Syllabus
http://www.iutconference.org/2007/pdfs/Workshops/Nilson.pdf



Assessment Resources

UWSP Library Books

Assessing for learning : building a sustainable commitment across the institution
Peggy L. Maki
Call Number:
LB2366.2 .M35 2004

Developing and implementing assessment of student learning outcomes
Andreea M. Serban, Jack Friedlander, editors
Call Number: LB2328 .D42 2004

General education and the assessment reform agenda
Peter Ewell
Call Number:
LB2361.5 .E94 2004

Introduction to rubrics : an assessment tool to save grading time, convey effective feedback, and promote student learning
Dannelle D. Stevens, Antonia Levi
Call Number:
LB3063 .S74 2005

Levels of assessment : from the student to the institution
Ross Miller

Making teaching and learning visible : course portfolios and the peer review of teaching
Daniel Bernstein ... [et al.]
Call Number: LB2333 .M27 2006

Websites

National Academy for Academic Leadership - Concepts, Principles and Methods: http://www.thenationalacademy.org/readings/assessandeval.html

Student Learning Assessment in Higher Education: Understanding Where to Begin http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/educational-assessment/student-learning-assessment-in-higher-education-understanding-where-to-begin/

Outcomes Assessment Resources on the Web
http://www.tamu.edu/mars/assess/HTMLfiles/oabooks.html

Assessing the effectiveness of Problem Based Learning http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/mop4spr01.htm

Assessing Project Based Learning                               http://serc.carleton.edu/introgeo/assessment/project.html

The Case for Authentic Assessment 
http://pareonline.net/getvn.asp?v=2&n=2

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Active Learning Articles

Active Learning in Small to Large Groups
     http://www.cs.duke.edu/~forbes/papers/fie2002.pdf

Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education
     http://learningcommons.evergreen.edu/pdf/fall1987.pdf

Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom
     http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/91-9dig.htm

A Self-Directed Guide to Designing Courses for Significant Learning
     http://trc.virginia.edu/Workshops/2004/Fink_Designing_Courses_2004.pdf

Innovation in Large Lectures - Teaching for Active Learning
     http://www.colorado.edu/MCDB/MCDB6440/DE-M_97.pdf

Active Learning
     http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/active.htm

Leading the Transition from Classrooms to Learning Spaces
     http://www.educause.edu/ir/library/pdf/NLI0447.pdf

Experiential Learning in Higher Education: Linking Classroom and Community
     http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/bib/95-7dig.htm

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Collaborative Learning Resources Online

Encouraging the Use of Collaborative Learning in Higher Education
     http://home.capecod.net/~tpanitz/tedsarticles/encouragingcl.htm

Collaborative Learning: Group Work and Study Teams
     http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/collaborative.html

Collaborative Learning: Reframing the Classroom
    http://faculty.valenciacc.edu/development2/curriculumSecure/cc_learning/Collaborative-_Learning_Reframing.htm

Cooperative Learning in Post Secondary Education: Implications from Social Psychology for Active Learning Experiences
     http://www.users.muohio.edu/shermalw/aera906.html

Cooperative Learning for Higher Education Faculty
     http://www.ntlf.com/html/lib/clhef_xrpt.htm

Specific group and Cooperative Learning Strategies
     http://muskingum.edu/~cal/database/general/group.html#Strategies

Guide for Busy Academics: Using Learning Outcomes to Design a Course and Assess Learning
     http://www.palatine.ac.uk/files/1013.pdf

The Case for Collaborative Learning
     http://media.wiley.com/product_data/excerpt/83/07879551/0787955183.pdf

Active/Collaborative Learning
      http://clte.asu.edu/active/fc_acl.pdf

Collaborative Learning Group Work and Study Teams
      http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/collaborative.html

Building Blocks for Teams 
      http://tlt.its.psu.edu/suggestions/teams/

Encouraging the use of collaborative Learning in Higher Education 
      http://home.capecod.net/~tpanitz/tedsarticles/encouragingcl.htm          

Collaborative Learning Enhances Critical Thinking
    
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JTE/jte-v7n1/gokhale.jte-v7n1.html                                         

Online Collaboration for Learning: A Case Study of a Post Graduate University Course
     http://ausweb.scu.edu.au/proceedings/agostinho/paper.html

Group Projects and Group Grading: Work in Progress
    
http://www.evergreen.edu/washcenter/resources/acl/b5.html

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Problem-Based Learning Resources

For a brief history and the basic steps of problem based learning go to 
    
  http://www.edtech.vt.edu/edtech/id/models/powerpoint/pbl.pdf    

For an example problem, see pages 3-5 at
        http://philiphallinger.com/workshops/intro_pbl_case.pdf

The National Education Association-Higher Education website features an article explaining PBL and links to further resources
        http://www2.nea.org/he/advo02/advo1202/feature.html

Problem-Based Learning: An Introduction
By James Rhem

        http://www.ntlf.com/html/pi/9812/pbl_1.htm

Problem-Based Learning in Business Education: Curriculum Design and Implementation Issues
By John E. Stinson and Richard G. Milter
       http://www.ouwb.ohiou.edu/stinson/PBL.html

From the Stanford University Newsletter on Teaching
        http://ctl.stanford.edu/Newsletter/problem_based_learning.pdf

Also from Stanford
       http://ctl.stanford.edu/Tomprof/postings/773.html

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Social Networking

Social Media Revolution
            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8&feature=player_embedded

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