Teaching and Learning Resource Guides

Teaching

Syllabus Design

• Southwestern University Syllabus Information
• The Chronicle of Higher Education - How to Create a Syllabus

Assignment Design

• Southwestern University Debby Ellis Writing Center - Effective Writing Assignments
• Washington State University - Transparent Assignment Design

Capstones

• Scaffolding Student Preparation for the Capstone Experience

Collaborative Learning / Interaction Strategies

• 10 Strategies for Fostering Discussion and Interaction In Your Class

Community-Engaged Learning

• Southwestern University Office of Community-Engaged Learning 

Feedback & Grading

• Designing Effective, Efficient Strategies 

Inclusive Pedagogies      

• Guide for Inclusive Teaching - Columbia University
• Difficult Dialogues in the Classroom
• Supporting students of color at a PWI
• Supporting queer-friendly, gender-inclusive classrooms
• Disability as diversity in higher ed: Resisting academic ableism
• Supporting Students in Distress 

Mid-Semester Feedback

• The University of Texas Faculty Innovation Center 

Test Design

• Writing Effective Multiple-Choice Questions

Writing

• The Southwestern University Debby Ellis Writing Center has extensive faculty resources related to the teaching of writing, as well as resources for students writing in the disciplines.

Advising

• Resources for advising are housed on the Advisor Resources website
• Supporting Student Success with Pre-Advising Reflective Writing

Additional teaching resource guides

• University of Michigan Center for Research on Teaching and Learning - Resources
• Carnegie Mellon University’s Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation - “Solve a Teaching Problem” or “Other Resources”

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Scholarship & Creative Work Resource Guides

Peer Review

• Serving as a Journal Referee / Peer Reviewer: Challenges & Strategies

Research & Writing

• Making Time for Writing and Research
• Public Scholarship:
  • Navigating risks and opportunities - “Public Scholar, Beware,” by Helene Meyers, Inside Higher Ed, 11 April 2019

Professional Image, Profile, and Discoverability

• Managing Your Online Scholarly & Professional Presence 

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Professional & Career Resource Guides

• Mindfulness, an Introduction
• The Experiences of Faculty of Color in Academia: Support, Retention, and Success

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Department & Program Chair Resource Guides

Best Practices in Peer Teaching Evaluations

• An Introduction to Effective Faculty Evaluation
• ACS Toolkit for Multiple Measures for Evaluating Teaching Effectiveness
• The Class Observation Process for Summative Evaluations of Teaching
• Conducting Classroom Observations: Resources for Department and Program Chairs
• Implicit-Bias in Peer Reviews of Teaching
• Interrupting Bias in Peer Evaluation of Teaching
• Peer Evaluation of Teaching: Rollins
• Samples of Documentary Notes during observation
• Simple Observation Notes
• Teaching Dimensions Observation Protocol [Customizable, Osthoff et al., 2009]

Interpreting Student Evaluation Data

• Brief bibliography