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Great Ideas for Teaching Successfully (G.I.F.T.S.) - University Days- Mansfield University's faculty share their insights and ideas; handouts and links are provided. | |
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| Seven Principles for Good Practice in an Undergraduate Education: published by the American Association for Higher Education, this is a classic article describing best practices in higher education. | ||
| Planning a College Course: tips from the University of Nebraska. | ||
| Good Teaching Practices: excerpts from Tools for Teaching, Davis, B.G., Jossey-Bass; San Francisco, 1993. CATL has a copy if you would like to borrow a copy of the full book. | ||
| General Teaching Tips: clueless? This may be a good place to start...just about anything you wanted to know about teaching! | ||
| Teaching Professor: A useful newsletter of helpful hints and teaching experiences. Subscription required. | ||
| Course Design: | ||
| Quality Matters: The QM Rubric is a set of standards originally developed to evaluate the design of online and hybrid courses, but can also be useful for designing traditional face-to-face courses. | ||
| Resources for Online Teaching: from the Mansfield University Center for Lifelong Learning | ||
| Lesson Plan Template: Using a lesson plan for your classes will help you organize your thoughts, teaching materials, and the learning goals for your course. | ||
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Attendance Policy: Mansfield's current attendance policy. | |
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Special Accommodations: Mansfield's recommended statement for students with exceptionalities. | |
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Syllabus Audit Checklist : Mansfield's guidelines for creating a syllabus. | |
| Syllabus Development: Houghton Mifflin College Division provides a sample syllabus. | ||
| Ideas for the First Week of Class | ||
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Engage students during the first week of class with one (or more) of these ideas. Click HERE. | |
| Teaching with Technology | ||
| General Technology Thoughts: | ||
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MU Information Technology Training Calendar: there are plenty of workshops to attend! | |
| The Chronicle of Higher Education Information Technology Page | ||
| EDUCAUSE: this is a nonprofit organization whose mission is to "advance higher education by promoting the intelligent use of information technology." | ||
| PowerPoint | ||
| Active Learning with PowerPoint: from the Univ. of Minnesota's Center for Teaching Learning and Services; includes samples! | ||
| Presentations.com: great insights on presentations in general, along with making presentations better. | ||
| Teaching Online | ||
| Quality Matters: **Recommended** The QM Rubric is a set of standards by which to evaluate the design of online and hybrid courses. | ||
| Resources for Online Teaching: from the Mansfield University Center for Lifelong Learning | ||
| Developing and Teaching an Online Course: this is an 82 page document from Grant MacEwan College. | ||
| Developing Courses Online: links to helpful Web sites from the University of Maryland Baltimore County. | ||
| Effective Teaching Techniques for Distance Learning: Rochester Institute of Technology provides assessment ideas. | ||
| Academic Integrity | ||
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Mansfield Policy and Procedures: includes information about Mansfield's academic integrity policy along with procedures for charging a student with academic dishonesty. | |
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Turn It In: for information on and/or to use Turn It In, please contact Tamela Bastion at x4857. | |
| Where to Publish Teaching Related Manuscripts | ||
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Teaching Effectiveness Resources and Publishing Opportunities: Sylvia K. Yamashita in North Hall Library has put together an extensive list of journals, newsletters, programs, and Web sites. If you are interested in publishing a teaching related manuscript, this document is a great place to start. Descriptions and Web site links are included. | |
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For more information, contact Jeanne
Kagle at 570-662-4549 or jkagle@mansfield.edu
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