Resources

Resource Category Topic
Zoom: Integration with myCourses
This article is about using a Zoom tool built into Canvas.
Teaching and Learning Strategies, Technologies for Teaching and Learning Active Learning, Canvas (MyCourses), Collaborative Learning, HyFlex (Concurrent), Online Courses, Student Response Systems, Virtual Whiteboard, Web Conferencing, Zoom
Teaching Online with Zoom
The features of Zoom include: Screen sharing, breakout rooms, whiteboards, live surveys and polls, application sharing, synchronized web browsing,…
Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Classroom/Learning Assessment, Collaborative Learning, HyFlex (Concurrent), Online Courses, Presentation Tools, Student Response Systems, Virtual Whiteboard, Web Conferencing, Zoom
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
The Flipped Classroom (Iowa State University Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching)
Considerations for flipping your classroom and suggestions for getting started.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies, Teaching Modality Hybrid (“Flipped Classroom”)
Virtual Labs (India Ministry of Education)
Virtual labs in various disciplines of Science and Engineering at the undergraduate and graduate levels and for research scholars.
Teaching and Learning Strategies Online Labs, STEM Courses
MindMeister
MindMeister is an online mind mapping tool that lets you capture, develop and share ideas visually. It can be used for brainstorming, note taking, …
Teaching and Learning Strategies, Technologies for Teaching and Learning Cognitively Based Learning Interventions
Learning To Solve Problems A Handbook for Designing Problem-Solving Learning Environments (Jonassen, D.)
A comprehensive review of problem solving research and practice, including six kinds of problems and the methods required to solve them; purposes or…
Type: Book
Teaching and Learning Strategies Authentic/Case/Project/Problem Based Learning, Cognitively Based Learning Interventions
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
Effective Lectures (Iowa State University Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching)
Suggestions for creating physical presence, effective visuals, and interactive lectures.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Face-to-Face, Hybrid (“Flipped Classroom”), Large Enrollment Classes
Teaching with Classroom Response Systems: Creating Active Learning Environments (Bruff, D.)
This book is filled with illustrative examples of questions and teaching activities that use classroom response systems from a variety of disciplines…
Type: Book
Assessment and Feedback, Teaching and Learning Strategies, Technologies for Teaching and Learning Active Learning, Classroom/Learning Assessment, Feedback, iClicker, Student Response Systems
Clickers (Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching)
Features resources on using classroom response systems (clickers), including descriptions of teaching and learning strategies and question types for…
Type: Book
Assessment and Feedback, Teaching and Learning Strategies, Technologies for Teaching and Learning Active Learning, Classroom/Learning Assessment, Feedback, iClicker, Student Response Systems
Video Library of Teaching Techniques (with downloadable Instructor Guides) (K. Patricia Cross Academy)
The K. Patricia Cross Academy sponsors a free library of teaching and learning strategies, including videos which can be searched by teaching…
Type: Tutorial
Assessment and Feedback, Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Classroom/Learning Assessment, Cognitively Based Learning Interventions, Collaborative Learning
Classroom Assessment Techniques: How Can I Tell What My Students Are Thinking? (Indiana University Bloomington Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning)
An introduction to classroom assessment techniques (CATs) and a list of examples, including descriptions, suggestions for what to do with the data,…
Type: Website
Assessment and Feedback, Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Classroom/Learning Assessment, Formative Assessment
Facilitating Your Online Discussions (Purdue Repository for Online Teaching and Learning)
Suggestions for designing and moderating discussions.
Type: Article
Teaching and Learning Strategies Discussion
High-Impact Educational Practices: What They Are, Who Has Access to Them, and Why They Matter (AACU)
A summary of high-impact practices that research suggests increase rates of student retention and student engagement.
Type: Article
Assessment and Feedback, Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Collaborative Learning, ePortfolio, Exam Alternatives
Principles of Multimedia Learning (Wiley Education Resources)
Introduces the cognitive psychology foundation upon which Mayer’s multimedia learning principles are built and then summarizes each principle. 
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Cognitively Based Learning Interventions, Presentation Tools
Metacognition (Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching)
A summary of research and suggestions for putting metacognition into practice.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Cognitively Based Learning Interventions
Cognitive Load Theory: Structuring Learning Materials for Maximum Retention (Wiley Education Resources)
Suggestions for reducing extraneous cognitive load and enhancing germane cognitive load when designing learning materials.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Cognitively Based Learning Interventions