Teaching and Learning Resource Guides
Teaching
- Assignment Design
- “Designing Transparent Assignments for Equitable Learning Experiences” - the Transparency in Learning and Teaching Project
- Effective Writing Assignments - SU Debby Ellis Writing Center
- Capstones - Scaffolding Student Preparation for the Capstone Experience
- Digital Pedagogies - “Digital Scholarship @ Southwestern University” showcases major SU digital projects and provides guides to digital tools for teaching and scholarship.
- Collaborative Learning / Interaction Strategies: 10 Strategies for Fostering Discussion and Interaction In Your Class
- Community-Engaged Learning - See the Office of Community-Engaged Learning for resources and support for CEL
- Feedback & Grading: Designing Effective, Efficient Strategies
- Inclusive Pedagogies:
- Guide for Inclusive Teaching - Columbia University
- Creating an Inclusive Classroom Climate: What Does the Research Say, and How Do We Do It?
- Diversity and Inclusion: Teaching Resources (ACS guide)
- 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
- Syllabus Design
- Overview of syllabus design strategies and resources
- Southwestern University syllabus policies and statements
- Syllabus models from Southwestern faculty
- Test Design:
- Writing - The 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
- Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching - Teaching Guides
- University of Michigan Center for Research on Teaching and Learning - Resources & Publications
- Carnegie Mellon University’s Eberly Center for Teaching Excellence and Educational Innovation - “Solve a Teaching Problem” or “Other Resources”
Scholarship & Creative Work Resource Guides
Peer Review
Research & Writing
- Making a Summer Plan
- Making Time for Writing and Research
- Public Scholarship:
- Navigating risks and opportunities - “Public Scholar, Beware,” by Helene Meyers, Inside Higher Ed, 11 April 2019
- Writing / Research Progress Log & Charts (prepared for 2016 & 2017, but could be adapted to other years)
- Writing / Research Reflection & Planning at end of semester
Professional Image, Profile, and Discoverability
Professional & Career Resource Guides
- Mindfulness, an Introduction
- New Faculty Resources
- The Experiences of Faculty of Color in Academia: Support, Retention, and Success
Department & Program Chair Resource Guides
- Conducting Classroom Observations
- Interpreting Student Evaluation Data - brief bibliography