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Guidelines for Using Groups Effectively (University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching)
This article provides strategies for effective management of group activities during the planning stages, implementation, and after. 
Type: Article
 Teaching and Learning Strategies Collaborative Learning
Enhancing Learning – and More! – Through Cooperative Learning (U.S. Air Force Academy) 
This paper describes cooperative learning, and how it can enhance critical thinking, promote “deep” learning, encourage both self-esteem and the…
Type: Article
 Teaching and Learning Strategies Collaborative Learning
Death by PowerPoint (Duke University Center for Instructional Technology)
Three principles for designing and presenting presentations.
Type: Article
 Teaching and Learning Strategies Cognitively Based Learning Interventions, Presentation Tools
Twenty Ways To Make Lectures More Participatory (Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University)
Suggestions for promoting active student engagement in lectures.
Type: Article
 Teaching and Learning Strategies, Teaching Modality Active Learning, Face-to-Face
Pioneering a New Way of Learning in a Complex and Complicated World (Michigan State University)
Rand Spiro makes the case for cognitive flexibility theory, case-based strategy for complex and ill-structured problems, requiring multiple…
Type: Article
 Teaching and Learning Strategies Authentic/Case/Project/Problem Based Learning
Cognitive Flexibility Theory: Advanced Knowledge Acquisition in Ill-Structured Domains (Spiro, R. J., Coulson, R. L., Feltovich, P. J., & Anderson, D. K.)
This paper discusses some of the special characteristics of advanced learning of complex conceptual material, noting how these characteristics are…
Type: Article
 Teaching and Learning Strategies Authentic/Case/Project/Problem Based Learning
How to Give Your Students Better Feedback with Technology (Chronicle of Higher Education)
Guide on how to use technology to better evaluate and comment on students’ work for both novice or expert users of technology. Includes suggestions…
Type: Article
 Assessment and Feedback Feedback, Grading, Peer Assessment, Rubrics and Checklists
Assessing teaching presence in a computer conferencing context (Anderson, T.; Rourke, L.; Garrison, R. ; Arche, W.)
Introduces the concept of teacher presence as “the design, facilitation, and direction of cognitive and social processes for the purpose of realizing…
Type: Article
 Learning Environment, Teaching Modality Hybrid (“Flipped Classroom”), Online Courses
A meta-analysis addressing the relationship between teaching presence and students’ satisfaction and learning (Caskurlu, S.; Maeda, Y.; Richardson, J.C. ; Lv, J.)
This meta-analysis examined the relationship between student outcomes and teaching presence and its three sub-dimensions (i.e., design and…
Type: Article
 Learning Environment, Teaching Modality Hybrid (“Flipped Classroom”), Online Courses
Measuring Student Engagement in the Online Course: The Online Student Engagement Scale (OSE) (Dixson, M.D.)
Since student engagement is critical to student learning, especially in the online environment, it is important for teachers to be able to measure it…
Type: Article
 Learning Environment, Teaching Modality Hybrid (“Flipped Classroom”), Online Courses