Resources

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Teaching Performing Arts During the Pandemic (Howlround Theatre Commons)
Teaching dance and acting—quintessentially dependent on human-to-human observation and whole-body involvement—when no one is in a room together.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Studio and Performance (Online)
Resources for Teaching Online: Open Source Resources for Performance-Related Disciplines (Association for Theatre in Higher Education)
A clearinghouse public document for theatre and performance-related disciplines.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Studio and Performance (Online)
Remote Teaching Resources For Studio Art and Art History (UNC)
Teaching tips and online resources from the UNC Department of Art and Art History.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Studio and Performance (Online)
Online Learning in the Ensemble Class? Use Technology and Distance Education to Teach Ensemble Classes Remotely (National Association for Music Education)
Resources for both short- and long-term strategies and guidance on using technologies for the virtual ensemble.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Studio and Performance (Online)
Teaching Remotely in the Arts (Boston University Center for Teaching and Learning)
Resources for teaching music, visual arts, theatre, and dance remotely.
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Studio and Performance (Online)
Studio-Based Online Learning: Building Community and Engaging Design at a Distance (Association of Collegiate Schools of Architecture)
Education in architecture and design offers studio-based learning environments that foster investigation, synthesis, application, and sharing of…
Teaching and Learning Strategies Studio and Performance (Online)
Setting up and facilitating group work: Using cooperative learning groups effectively (Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching)
Features of informal and formal cooperative groups, a brief review of the underlying theory of group work and its effectiveness, and guidelines for…
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Collaborative Learning
Team-based learning (Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching)
An overview of a team-based learning module, including group formation, out of class readings for preparation, in-class individual and group…
Type: Website
Teaching and Learning Strategies Active Learning, Authentic/Case/Project/Problem Based Learning, Collaborative Learning
Canvas New Quizzes Faculty Guide
Instructor for using New Quizzes in Canvas (myCourses) Guide to using the Respondus LockDown Browser to prevent cheating on quizzes and exams in…
Assessment and Feedback, Technologies for Teaching and Learning Canvas (MyCourses), Formative Assessment, Grading, Summative Assessment
Using Technology to Support Alternative Assessment and Electronic Portfolios (Barrett, H.)
A large collection of resources on ePortfolios.
Type: Website
Assessment and Feedback ePortfolio, Exam Alternatives, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment
Beyond Tests and Quizzes: Creative Assessments in The College Classroom (Mezeske, R. and Mezeske, B.)
Topics include: concept mapping, learning logs, authentic testing, the transition from memorization to analysis; the lab practical; exams as learning…
Type: Book
Assessment and Feedback Authentic/Case/Project/Problem Based Learning, Exam Alternatives, Formative Assessment, Summative Assessment
Designing Quality Multiple-Choice Questions (Yale University Poorvu Center for Teaching and Learning)
Detailed resource that describes the components of a good multiple-choice questions and offers annotated examples.
Type: Website
Assessment and Feedback Grading
Best practices for designing and grading exams (University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching)
Guidelines for designing valid and reliable exams, advantages and disadvantages of commonly used types of achievement test items, and general…
Type: Website
Assessment and Feedback Grading
Effective Grading: A Tool for Learning and Assessment (Walvoord, B. E. and Anderson, V. J)
A comprehensive guide to grading in the classroom and a discussion of the broader purposes of grading.
Type: Book
Assessment and Feedback Feedback, Grading
Create Discussion Rubrics (University of Central Florida)
Considerations for creating discussion rubrics and multiple examples.
Type: Website
Assessment and Feedback, Teaching and Learning Strategies Discussion, Grading, Rubrics and Checklists
The Impact of Peer Assessment on Academic Performance: A Meta-analysis of Control Group Studies (Double, K.S.; McGrane, J.A. and Hopfenbeck, T.N.)
A meta-analysis of experimental and quasi-experimental studies that evaluated the effect of peer assessment on academic performance in primary,…
Type: Article
Assessment and Feedback Peer Assessment
Best Practices in Peer Assessment (Toronto Metropolitan University Centre for Teaching and Learning)
Discusses the value of peer assessment and offers guidelines for implementing peer assessment both in class and online.
Type: Report
Assessment and Feedback Peer Assessment
Peer assessment (Iowa State University Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning)
Describes formative and summative peer assessment, discusses three types of peer assessment (formative feedback, peer grading, and peer assessment of…
Type: Website
Assessment and Feedback Peer Assessment
Tools for Teaching (2nd ed.). (Davis, B.G.)
Chapters include: Responding to a changing student body, discussion strategies, the large-enrollment course, alternatives and supplements to lectures…
Type: Book
Teaching and Learning Strategies Collaborative Learning, Discussion, Grading, Large Enrollment Classes
How To Write and Use Instructional Objectives (4th ed.) (Gronlund, N.E.)
Classic guide to writing learning objectives for a variety of learning outcomes.
Type: Book
Course Design Objectives