Resources
- How to Make Your Teaching More Engaging(opens in a new tab)
- Improving Classroom Engagement with Online Technologies
- Small Teaching: How to Improve Your Teaching Incorporating “Small” Changes(opens in a new tab)
- First Day Tips(opens in a new tab)
- Are College Lectures Unfair?
- Conducting Effective Exam Review Sessions(opens in a new tab)
- Should We Ban Technology from Classroom?(opens in a new tab)
- Designing Writing Assignments(opens in a new tab)
- Laptops Negatively Affect Learning in Classroom (opens in a new tab)
- Leveraging Online Collaboration Tools to Enhance Student Engagement(opens in a new tab)
- End-of-Course Evaluations: Making Sense of Student Comments(opens in a new tab)
- The Post-Lecture Classroom: How Will Students Fare?(opens in a new tab)
- Cellphones in the Classroom: What’s Your Policy?(opens in a new tab)
- Reading Circles Get Students To Do the Reading(opens in a new tab)
- Keeping Introverts in Mind in Your Active Learning Classroom(opens in a new tab)
- Teaching Students the Value of Deceleration and Immersive Attention(opens in a new tab)
- How Accurately Do Students Track Their Class Participation?(opens in a new tab)
- First Day of Class Activities that Create a Climate for Learning(opens in a new tab)
- Laptops in Class Lowers Student Grades
- The Critical Thinking Initiative Podcast(opens in a new tab) (iTunes Podcast)
- Podcast: 5 Things to Know about Gen Z Kids (iTunes Podcast)
- Optimizing Online Education (Prepared by Professor Martinez-Novoa and Professor Trikha)
General
- Transformation: The Journal of Inclusive Scholarship and Pedagogy(opens in a new tab) (journal)
- The Teaching Professor(opens in a new tab) (newsletter)
- Radical Teacher(opens in a new tab)
- Research and Teaching in Developmental Education(opens in a new tab) (journal of New York State College Learning Skills Association)
- Tompkins, Jane. A Life in School: What the teacher learned(opens in a new tab) Reading, MA: Perseus Books, 1996.
- Carleton College’s Teaching Resources:(opens in a new tab) includes links on activities and assignments, course design, pedagogical techniques, quantitative literacy, civic engagement, and more.
- Harvard University’s Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning: includes links on syllabus design, teaching with tech, lecturing, diversity in the classroom, and teaching portfolios.
- The University of Iowa’s self-diagnostic Inventory of Teaching Goals
- Vanderbilt University’s Center for Teaching: includes links on teaching activities like case studies, cooperative learning, difficult dialogues, independent studies, visual learning, and more.
- The Chronicle of Higher Education’s ProfHacker(opens in a new tab) blog
Time Management/ Workload
- Bain, Ken. What the Best College Teachers Do(opens in a new tab). Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2004.
- Lang, James M. On Course: A week-by-week guide to your first semester of college teaching.(opens in a new tab) Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2008.
- How to Handle the Paper Load.(opens in a new tab) 1979-80 (but not dated!) Urbana: IL: NCTE.
Alternatives to Lecturing
- Finkel, Donald L. Teaching with Your Mouth Shut.(opens in a new tab) Portsmith, NH: Boynton/Cook, 2000.
- Vilardi, Teresa and Mary Chang (Ed.). Writing-Based Teaching(opens in a new tab). Albany: State University of New York Press, 2009.
- Wood, Bonnie S. (Ed.). Lecture-Free Teaching(opens in a new tab). Arlington, VA: NSTA Press, 2009.
Infusing Creativity
- Berrett, Dan, et al., How to Infuse Creativity in the Classroom.
- Davis, Lauren. Creative Teaching and Teaching Creativity: How to Foster Creativity in the Classroom
- Klawe, Maria. Teaching Creativity Is A Necessary Part Of Undergraduate Education
- Simpson, Mary The Affect Team Learning has on Creativity in a College Classroom Environment
- Wood, Charles 10 Hand-On Exercises to Spark Creativity and Innovation
Teaching Generation Z
- Grace, Meghan and Seemiller, Corey. Generation Z Goes to College.(opens in a new tab) Jossey-Bass, 2016 (book)
- Shankar, Shalini. Beeline: What Spelling Bees Reveal about Generation Z’s New Path to Success.(opens in a new tab) Basic Books, 2019 (book)
- The New Generation of Students: How Colleges Can Recruit, Teach, and Serve Gen Z. The Chronicle of Higher Education. 2018
Plagiarism
- DeSena, Laura Hennessey. Preventing Plagiarism: Tips and Techniques(opens in a new tab). Urbana, IL: NCTE, 2007.
For a good list of journals (by discipline) that publish the scholarship of teaching and learning and address general issues in higher education, see Kennesaw State University’s website.
Business
- Journal of Education for Business(opens in a new tab)
- Business Communication Quarterly(opens in a new tab)
Education
- Teacher and Teaching Education(opens in a new tab)
- The Journal of General Education(opens in a new tab)
Communication
English
- National Council of Teachers of English—they have lots of journals and books!
Fine and Performing Arts
Psychology
Sciences
- Journal of College Science Teaching (journal of National Science Teachers Association)(opens in a new tab)
- National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science(opens in a new tab)
- International Journal of Science Education(opens in a new tab)
- Journal of Science Teacher Education(opens in a new tab)
- Research in Science Education(opens in a new tab)
- Journal for Research in Mathematics Education(opens in a new tab)
- Journal of Research in Science Teaching
- Teaching and Learning in Communication Sciences and Disorders
- Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
- Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD)
- The Teaching Professor(opens in a new tab)
- National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)(opens in a new tab)
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics(opens in a new tab)
- National Association for Developmental Education (NADE)(opens in a new tab)
- Association for General and Liberal Studies (AGLS)
- National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)(opens in a new tab)
- Faculty Resource Network at New York University(opens in a new tab): Prof. Phil Meyers is our college liaison to the Network.
- College Art Association(opens in a new tab)
- NYMAPS: New York Metro Area Partnership for Service Learning
- SENCER: Science Education for New Civic Engagements and Responsibilities(opens in a new tab)
- For a very detailed listing of upcoming teaching conferences, check out Kennesaw State University’s Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning
Check out MMC’s Counseling and Wellness Center(opens in a new tab) for resources related to mental health.
The CWC’s “Relaxation Station(opens in a new tab)” provides resources for managing stress and anxiety, and their “Helpful Resources(opens in a new tab)” page includes links to a variety of sites and articles related to mental health issues.