Teaching Resources

Library Resources and Links

Teaching & Learning Design

Design or redesign effective courses with clarity and alignment.

Explore course structure, outcomes, syllabi, and assignments:

• Understanding by Design / Grant Wiggins and Jay McTighe
• Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses / L. Dee Fink
• Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes / Flower Darby, James M. Lang
• Design for How People Learn / Julie Dirksen

Active & Student-Centered Learning

Increase student engagement and participation in every class. 

Explore strategies that get students doing the learning:

• Active Learning: 101 Strategies to Teach Any Subject / Mel Silberman
• Promoting Active Learning: Strategies for the College Classroom / Chet Meyers, Thomas B. Jones
• Active Learning / Edited by Olena Lutsenko, Gregory Lutsenko

Assessment, Grading & Feedback

Assess learning fairly and improve student performance.

Explore better ways to test, grade, and give feedback:

• Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers / Thomas A. Angelo, K. Patricia Cross
• Introduction to Rubrics: An Assessment Tool to Save Grading Time, Convey Effective Feedback, and Promote Student Learning / Dannelle D. Stevens, Antonia Levi

Inclusive & Equitable Teaching

Create a learning environment where all students can succeed.

Explore accessibility, belonging, and equity practices:

• Inclusive and Adaptive Teaching: Meeting the Challenge of Diversity in the Classroom / Peter Westwood
• Differentiated Instruction Guide for Inclusive Teaching / Anne M. Moll
• Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom / Kelly A. Hogan and Viji Sathy

Teaching Effectiveness & Growth

Strengthen your teaching practice through innovation over time.

Explore reflection, feedback, and professional development:

• Using a Framework to Assess Teaching Effectiveness (FATE) to Promote Instructor Development and Growth
• McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers / Marilla D. Svinicki & Wilbert J. McKeachie; with chapters by David Nicol [and others]