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Learning Styles

GSU Master Teacher Program: On Learning Styles
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.
Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire
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.
Learning Styles: The Multiple Intelligences Redefine "Smart"
Edutopia webpage links to explanations of Howard Gardner's theory of multiple intelligences, subsequent research, and a quick personal assessment test.

Active Learning

Blooms Digital Taxonomy
Classroom Activities for Active Learning
UNC Center for Faculty Excellence four-page guide with ideas for small group work, whole class discussions and reading/writing exercises. Includes bibliography.
Planning for Neomillennial Learning Styles
Educause Quarterly discusses how higher education can use emerging technologies to deliver instruction to these students.

Digital Learning Resources

openNCCC: Open Educational Resources
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.

NEW STUFF

NSF ATE community and partners is bringing educators the resources below in response to the COVID-19 impact on higher education.

UNC System Digital Course Enhancements Initiative
Cross-institutional faculty-led teams of disciplinary experts, librarians, and instructional design staff from across the UNC System have collaborated to create and curate these rigorous, extensive, discipline-specific Digital Course Collection Enhancements.

We hope that these resources will enhance teaching flexibility. Each collection of curated resources may be adopted in whole or in part to supplement your existing course materials.

These inaugural collections specifically support ten high-demand courses that are common across most UNC System institutions: Introductory Financial Accounting, Anatomy & Physiology 1, Biology 1, Calculus 1, Chemistry 1, Chemistry 2, Macroeconomics, Microeconomics, Organic Chemistry 1, and Introductory Statistics.
Accessibility in Online Courses
Resources collected by Indiana University--generally applicable tips include those for PowerPoint or Zoom.
Association of College & University Educators’ Online Teaching Toolkit
Segments include:welcoming students to the online environment, managing your online presence, organizing your course, planning and facilitating quality discussions, recording effective microlectures, and engaging students in readings and microlectures
Evaluating Your Assessment Plan as You Move to a Virtual Classroom
March 13, 2020, Evolllution article by Lauren Serpati, Assessment Specialist at Western Governors University
Faculty Focus
Free reports from Magna Publications’ Faculty Focus course design and teaching strategies among other topics.
How to Be a Better Online Teacher
April 2019 article by Flower Darby, Instructional Designer at Northern Arizona University, presented by Chronicle for Higher Education
Quality Matters Emergency Remote Instruction (ERI) Checklist
QualityMatters.org tiered list of considerations, tips, and strategies to enact during an move to temporary remote instruction of classroom-based courses.
Resource Guide for Transitioning Your Class Online
Magna Publications' pdf provides tips, helpful articles, and links to more information.
Teaching Online Will Make You a Better Teacher in Any Setting
September 2, 2019, article by Kevin Gannon, professor of history at Grand View University and director of its Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning, from Chronicle for Higher Education.
You Have to Put Your Class Online: Simple Things to Think About
This collaborative Google Document created by a host of online instructors offers helpful advice.
Five Things You Need to Know When Assessing Online Students
PowerPoint from Carolina Distance Learning.com
Short Video on Online Education and Website Accessibility
March 17, 2020, video by the U.S. Department of Education (7 minutes) on web accessibility in online education.
Nine Ways to Improve Student Engagement
Produced by wbtsystems.com, vendor of online software.

Dealing with Disruptive Behavior

Managing Hot Moments in the Classroom
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.

Teaching a Distance or Hybrid Class

Main CFCC Online Learning Page
Includes:
* Procedures and Guidelines
* Course Development
* Teaching with Blackboard
* DL Training Opportunities
Quality Matters
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.

Assessment

Glossary of Common Assessment Terms
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.
Measurement, Tools, Rubrics and Other Assessments
Kansas State University definitions of work qualities that constitute a letter grade of A, B, C, D, or F.