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Teaching Resources

The resources listed here can provide you with some quick ideas on key teaching topics or starting points to explore various aspects of teaching. You can browse through the table of contents below or use the search box above to search our site. If you don’t find what you need, let us know and we will help you individually and develop a resource on that topic.

While some topics here refer to the use of learning technologies, more detailed technical help on a variety of applications can be found on the UITS Knowledge Base.

2. Active Learning

   Active Learning Classrooms
   Avoiding the Mid-Semester Doldrums
   Case Studies
   Choosing Learning Strategies that Encourage Student Success
   Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs)
   Classroom Climate
   First Day of Class
   Flipping the Class
   Games for Learning
   Group Work
3. High Impact Educational Practices at Indiana University
   Large Classes and Student Engagement
   Learning Technologies at IUB
4. Motivation: Holding Students Accountable
   Podcasting for Instruction
   Student Response Systems (Clickers)
   Social Pedagogies
   Teaching with Wikipedia
   Team-based Learning
   Wireless in the Classroom

5. Assessment

   Administering and Interpreting Course Evaluations
   Alternatives to Course Evaluations
   Alternatives to Traditional Exams and Papers
   Authentic Assessment
   Choosing Learning Strategies that Encourage Student Success
   Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs)
   Electronic Portfolios
   Learning Outcomes
6. Rubric Creation: 4 Simple Steps
   Student Response Systems (Clickers)

7. Associate Instructors

   Employment and Preparation of Associate Instructors for Teaching
   Helping International AIs Be Successful
   Preparing Associate Instructors
   Preparing to Teach a Course—An Introduction
   Preparing to Teach Science Labs

8. Campus Climate

   Accommodating Religious Observances
   Assisting Students with Disabilities
   Classroom Climate
   Ensuring Civility
   Helping Culturally Diverse Student Populations Understand Course Expectations
   Helping International AIs Be Successful
9. High Impact Educational Practices at Indiana University
   Learning Student Names
   Resources for Inclusive Teaching
   Sexual Harassment in Learning Contexts

10. Collaboration

    Active Learning Classrooms
    Group Work
11. High Impact Educational Practices at Indiana University
    Social Pedagogies
    Team-based Learning

12. Course Design

    Active Learning Classrooms
    Alternatives to Traditional Exams and Papers
    Archiving Oncourse Course Sites
    Authentic Assessment
    Avoiding the Mid-Semester Doldrums
    Bottlenecks and Threshold Concepts
    Case Studies
    Choosing Learning Strategies that Encourage Student Success
    Class Roster and Gradebook
    Course Packets and Electronic Resources
    Designing Your Course
    First Day of Class
    Flipping the Class
    Helping Culturally Diverse Student Populations Understand Course Expectations
13. High Impact Educational Practices at Indiana University
    Learning Outcomes
    Learning Technologies at IUB
14. Motivation: Holding Students Accountable
    Office Hours
    Preparing to Teach a Course—An Introduction
15. Rubric Creation: 4 Simple Steps
    Scaffolding
    Social Pedagogies
    Supervising Science Labs
    Team-based Learning

16. Discussion

    Discussion
    Discussion Techniques
    Group Work
    Team-based Learning

17. Diversity

    Accommodating Religious Observances
    Assisting Students with Disabilities
    Bottlenecks and Threshold Concepts
    Classroom Climate
    Ensuring Civility
    Helping Culturally Diverse Student Populations Understand Course Expectations
    Helping International AIs Be Successful
18. High Impact Educational Practices at Indiana University
    Resources for Inclusive Teaching
    Sexual Harassment in Learning Contexts

19. Engagement

    Active Learning Classrooms
    Authentic Assessment
    Alternatives to Traditional Exams and Papers
    Avoiding the Mid-Semester Doldrums
    Case Studies
    First Day of Class
    Flipping the Class
    Games for Learning
    Group Work
20. High Impact Educational Practices at Indiana University
    Large Classes and Student Engagement
    Learning Student Names
    Learning Technologies at IUB
21. Motivation: Holding Students Accountable
    Social Pedagogies
    Student Response Systems (Clickers)
    Teaching with Wikipedia
    Team-based Learning
    Wireless in the Classroom

22. Evaluations

    Administering and Interpreting Course Evaluations
    Alternatives to Course Evaluations
    Alternatives to Traditional Exams and Papers
    Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs)
    Electronic Portfolios
    Learning Outcomes
    Peer Review of Teaching
    Some Factors That Influence Course Evaluations—And Some That Don't
    Teaching Portfolios
    Using the Results of the Course Evaluations to Improve Your Teaching

23. Groups

    Active Learning Classrooms
    Discussion
    Discussion Techniques
    Group Work
24. High Impact Educational Practices at Indiana University
    Social Pedagogies
    Team-based Learning

25. Learning Technologies

    Adobe Connect (Breeze)
    Archiving Oncourse Course Sites
    Electronic Portfolios
    eTexts and Courseload
    Learning Technologies at IUB
    Podcasting for Instruction
    Social Media: Legal and Privacy Concerns
    Student Response Systems (Clickers)
    Teaching with Wikipedia
    Turnitin
    Wireless in the Classroom

26. Lectures

    Active Learning Classrooms
    Adobe Connect (Breeze)
    Alternatives to Traditional Exams and Papers
    Choosing Learning Strategies that Encourage Student Success
    Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs)
    Flipping the Class
    Group Work
    Large Classes and Student Engagement
    Learning Student Names
    Lecturing
    Podcasting for Instruction
    Resources to Meet the Challenges of Lecturing
    Student Response Systems (Clickers)

27. Legal Issues

    Accommodating Religious Observances
    Assisting Students with Disabilities
    Copyright and Fair Use
    Privacy of Student Records
    Sexual Harassment in Learning Contexts
    Social Media: Legal and Privacy Concerns
    Turnitin

28. Plagiarism

    Copyright and Fair Use
    Turnitin

    Policies

    Accommodating Religious Observances
    Assisting Students with Disabilities
    Copyright and Fair Use
    Ensuring Civility
    Office Hours
    Privacy of Student Records
    Sexual Harassment in Learning Contexts

29. Reflection 

    Administering and Interpreting Course Evaluations
    Alternatives to Course Evaluations
    Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs)
    Electronic Portfolios
30. High Impact Educational Practices at Indiana University
    Learning Outcomes
    Reflection in Service-Learning
    Teaching Portfolios
    Teaching Statements
    Using the Results of the Course Evaluations to Improve Your Teaching

31. Service-Learning

    Advocates for Community Engagement (ACEs)
32. High Impact Educational Practices at Indiana University
    Reflection in Service-Learning
    Service-Learning