Profile of UWSP's 2009 Freshman Class:
Shari Ellertson's Presentation slides
Link to Freshman Survey - College Student Characteristics Inventory (CSCI)
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
Assessing for learning : building a sustainable
commitment across the institution
Peggy L. Maki
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Ross Miller
Making teaching and learning visible : course
portfolios and the peer review of teaching
Call Number: LB2333 .M27 2006
Websites
National Academy for Academic Leadership - Concepts, Principles and Methods:
http://www.thenationalacademy.org/readings/assessandeval.htmlStudent 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
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
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
Problem-Based Learning Resources
For a brief history and the basic steps of problem based learning go to
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
Social Media Revolution
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sIFYPQjYhv8&feature=player_embedded