Teaching and Learning Resources
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Teaching and Learning Resources
The following resources include websites, articles and videos related to teaching and learning.
For a brief description, hold your mouse over the title of resource (descriptions not available for all resources).
Videos
- McGraw-Hill Ryerson 2006 Teaching, Learning and Technology Conference (2006)
- What the Best Teachers Do – Ken Bain [Keynote Video – 94 min. and Discussion Video – 70 min.]
- Teaching for Better Learning in a Research University – Christopher Knapper [Keynote Video – 89 min. / Article (2005)
] - Treating Students as Adults – Facilitating Rather Than Lecturing – Todd Nickle [Keynote Video – 99 min.]
Teaching Materials at Other Institutions
All reports are in Adobe PDF format unless stated otherwise.
- Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U)
- Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching – Program Areas (html)
- Kellogg Commission on the Future of State and Land-Grant Universities
- National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE) (html)
- Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education (html)
- University of Melbourne
- University of Melbourne Learning and Teaching (html)
- Learning and Teaching Plan 2007
- Graduate Certificate in University Teaching (The Melbourne Certificate) (2007)
- Nine Principles Guiding Teaching and Learning in the University of Melbourne (2002) – The framework for a first-class teaching and learning environment.
- University of Saskatchewan
- University Learning Centre (html) – Provides resources for Transforming Teaching and Fostering Learning.
- Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness (html) – Dedicated to championing teaching at the University of Saskatchewan.
- University of Sydney
- Teaching Matters (2006)
- Principles Informing Learning and Teaching (2006)
- Teaching Performance Indicators (2006)
- Performance Based Funding of Teaching (2003)
- Guidelines for Improving Learning and Teaching Through Collaboration, Benchmarking and Alliances (2006)
- Improving Learning and Teaching Through Collaboration, Benchmarking and Alliances (2006)
- Learning and Teaching Plan 2007-2010
- Learning & Teaching (html) – Includes Teaching Matters, an overview of the philosophy of teaching at the University of Sydney, plus information on planning, quality enhancement and evaluation.
- Faculty Learning & Teaching Plans (html) – Includes the strategic plans, updates and operational plans for each faculty at the University of Sydney. Academic Board Faculty Reviews 2001-2004 Report on the Strengths, Weaknesses and Areas of Improvement.
- University of Wisconsin – Madison (html)
Scholarly Articles
All reports are in Adobe PDF format unless stated otherwise.
- Reinventing Undergraduate Education: A Blueprint for America’s Research Universities – Boyer Commission (1996)
- From Teaching to Learning – A New Paradigm for Undergraduate Education – Barr and Tagg (1995)
- Assessment, Accountability and Student Learning Outcomes – Frye (1999)
- The Future of Higher Education: A View from CHEMA (2006)
- The Key to Competitiveness: Understanding the Next Generation Learner (2004)
- Learning Reconsidered: A Campus-wide Focus on the Student Experience (2004)
- The Lighting of a Fire: Re-imagining the Undergraduate Learning Experience – U of Guelph (2005)
- Enabling Teaching and Learning and the Student Experience – U of Toronto (2004)
- Strategies for Improving Student Success in Postsecondary Education (2007)
- Teaching at Stanford: An Introductory Handbook (2007)
- Technology and Student Success in Higher Education (2006)
- Community, Conflict and Ways of Knowing (1987)
- A Compact to Enhance Teaching and Learning at Harvard (2007)
- Connecting the Dots (2007)
