Becoming a Better Teacher

Georgia State University recommends targeted teaching strategies based on a Myers-Briggs Type Indicator assessment of students--extroversion/introversion, sensing/intuition, thinking/feeling, and judging/perception.

Barbara A. Soloman and Richard M. Felder, North Carolina State University offer this self-scoring with printable results page and links to help analyze strengths and preferences.

Edutopia webpage links to explanations of Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, subsequent research, and a quick personal assessment test.

UNC Center for Faculty Excellence four-page guide with ideas for small group work, whole class discussions and reading/writing exercises. Includes bibliography.

Educause Quarterly discusses how higher education can use emerging technologies to deliver instruction to these students.

Formerly known as NCLOR, this repository manages, collects, and shares digital learning resources for use in traditional or distance learning environments. There are over 200,000 learning objects and resources to support specific NCCCS courses. Interactive learning objects are mapped to NCCCS courses. openNCCC reduces duplication of effort associated with course development and resources are integrated and accessible through Blackboard and Moodle.

Lee Warren of the Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University, describes strategies for strategies for turning difficult encounters into learning opportunities, enabling the class to address important, but hot, topics -- religion, politics, race, class, gender.

Includes:
* Procedures and Guidelines
* Course Development
* Teaching with Blackboard
* Training Opportunities

Quality Matters is a faculty-centered, peer review process that is designed to certify the quality of online courses and online components. The NCCCS system office subscription provides the NCCCS colleges with training opportunities and discounted memberships. The system office is the point of contact for this resource.

The Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation brings pedagogical and technological issues together to support Carnegie Mellon faculty and graduate students in their roles as educators.

Kansas State University definitions of work qualities that constitute a letter grade of A, B, C, D, or F.