Documentation:CTLT Resources/Webliography Teaching Strategies

Communication

• Fundamentals of Communication Resource Center - Houghton Mifflin Company

  Links that help instructors who work in communication and public speaking classrooms. The main site has sections that pertain to general communication, speech communication, and public speaking.

  http://college.cengage.com/communication/resources/instructors/fundamentals.html

Conflict Management

• ACR Education Section - Association for Conflict Resolution

  Links to short articles, reports, and other resources to do with conflict management.

  http://www.mediate.com/acreducation/pg3.cfm

Creativity

• Creativity and Innovation Techniques: an A to Z - Mycoted

  Describes over 200 techniques and tools. Techniques are listed alphabetically.

  http://www.mycoted.com/Category:Creativity_Techniques

• Resources for Creativity and Innovation - Creativity Web

  Collection of instructional resources, including books, software, and techniques.

  http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/Creative/index2.html

Discussions

• Discussion: Basic Strategies - Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, Indiana University Bloomington

  Information about preparing for discussions, problems with discussion, and strategies for building discussion throughout a class section.

  http://citl.indiana.edu/resources_files/teaching-resources1/teaching-handbook-items/discussion.php

• On Questions: Asking Them, Answering Them, and Learning From Them - Brian D. Joseph, Ohio State University

  In this article, the author articulates why he thinks the practice of asking questions is important and reviews some techniques for successful questioning.

  https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/handle/1811/34506

Facilitation

• Active Reviewing Guide to Facilitating Reflection, Debriefing and Transfer

  Monthly newsletter (archives on site) to augment reviewing and facilitation skills.

  http://reviewing.co.uk/index.htm#ez1

• Basic Facilitation Primer (PDF)

  Published by The Human Leadership and Development Division of the American Society for Quality, The Association for Quality and Participation, and The International Association of Facilitators.

  http://www.undg.org/docs/11595/Basic-Facilitation-Skills.pdf

Presentation Skills

• Lecturing - Center for Teaching and Learning, University of California Berkeley

  Resources for delivering a lecture.

  http://teaching.berkeley.edu/lecturing

• Hints for a Great Classroom Presentation - Virtual Humanities Lab, Brown University

  Article with practical advice to help in presentation preparation and delivery.

  http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/pedagogy/classroom.php

Problem-Solving

• Problem Solving Techniques - VirtualSalt

  This article presents techniques for problem-solving.

  http://www.virtualsalt.com/crebook4.htm

• CPS Techniques

  Compilation of techniques for problem solving and/or stimulating creativity.

  http://www.winwenger.com/mind.htm

• Systematic Problem-Solving Method - California State University, Long Beach

  This article briefly describes 5 stages of the problem-solving process.

  http://www.csulb.edu/~tstevens/wsps.htm

Teaching Assistants (Handbooks for)

• Instructional Resource Guide for Teaching Assistants (PDF) - Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, UBC

  http://wiki.ubc.ca/images/3/3d/Ta-handbook.pdf

• Teaching Assistant Handbook - Office of Graduate Studies, University of Texas, Dallas

  http://www.utdallas.edu/dept/graddean/ta_handbook.htm

• Faculty Handbook - University of Iowa

  http://provost.uiowa.edu/faculty-handbook

Teaching Styles

• Teaching Styles

  Offers a brief introduction to four different learning styles, a comparison of the four styles and a teaching styles quiz for those who would like to get an indication of what their main teaching style is and whether it suits online teaching.

  http://members.shaw.ca/mdde615/tchstyles.htm