Web Resources

Workshop Resources

The following workshop resources have been created by Professional Development and
Evaluation Programs to aid faculty and staff in workshop preparation and as
supplemental materials for workshop topics.

Critical Thinking Series

Critical Thinking 1: Introduction to Critical Thinking
"Read Me First" (PDF)

Critical Thinking 2: Identify the Problem
"Read Me First" (PDF)

Critical Thinking 3: Decision - Making Strategies
"Read Me First" (PDF)

Critical Thinking 4: Decision Implementation
"Read Me First" (PDF)

Critical Thinking 5: Evaluation of Outcome and Process
"Read Me First" (PDF)

Videos

The following short videos have been created by Professional Development and Evaluation Programs to assist faculty in dealing with teaching-related issues.

Millenial Generational Differences

"Homework Circa 2005"
This video, approximately three minutes in length, comedically captures the habits and traits of the millennial generation, the group of individuals born between 1982 and 2000 who now comprise the majority of our student population.

Faculty Challenges

New Professor Blues
This three-minute video provides a snapshot of a new professor's day as he navigates through some of the many challenges of teaching. Faculty issues regarding HIPAA, FERPA, Duplication, Syllabus and more are depicted.

Special Populations - Issues faculty may be confronted with when dealing with students with
disabilities.
Disruptive Students in the Classroom
Students in Wheelchairs
Students Asking for Extended Time on Assignments

Online Journals

(Can only be accessed from an ACC computer.)
"The National Teaching and Learning Forum" electronic newsletter

"NISOD's Innovation Abstracts" NISOD's flagship teaching and learning publication, "Innovation Abstracts," is written by practitioners, for practitioners, in community colleges around the world.

Teaching Subject Categories

Active Learning

• Center for Teaching and Learning Resources, University of Buffalo
• Active Learning Site
• Active Learning and Library Instruction
• Active Learning Bibliography

Bloom’s Domains and Taxonomies

• The Three Types of Learning
• Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum Project
• Bloom et al.'s Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain
• Major Categories in the Taxonomy of Educational Objectives

Classroom Assessment Techniques

• Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers.
• Classroom Assessment Techniques
• Introduction to Classroom Assessment Techniques.
• Teaching Goals Inventory

Compendiums

• Teaching Tips Index
• Funderstanding: About Learning
• Web Links to Resources for Teaching Reasoning and Critical Thinking
• A Not Too Brief, Very Selective Hyperlinked List
• A Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence
• Center for Teaching Effectiveness

Cooperative-Collaborative Learning

• Cooperative Learning and Writing Across the Curriculum, Dr Theodore Panitz
• Cooperative / Collaborative Learning for Active Student Involvement
  

Copyright, Fair Use, and Plagiarism

• ACC Copyright & Fair Use
• Guide to Plagiarism and Cyber-Plagiarism

Critical Thinking

• Office of Teaching Effectiveness and Innovation, Clemson University
• Resources in Science and Engineering Education, Richard Felder

Distance Learning

• ACC’s Distance Learning Office
• Distance Learning Resource Network
• Distance Learning Across the Globe

Listservs and e-Zines

• The Scout Report
• Netsurfer Education
• CIT INFOBITS
• Professional & Organization Development Network in Higher Education

Search Engines

• DeLiberations on Learning and Teaching
• Meta-Search Engines

Syllabus Construction

• World Lecture Hall, University of Texas
• The Purpose Of A Syllabus, UCLA
• Syllabus Tutorial, University of Minnesota

Test Construction

• Designing and Managing Multiple Choice Questions
• Test Construction, Delano P Wegener, Ph.D.
• Student Evaluation and Testing, University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
• Constructing Written Test Questions for the Basic and Clinical Sciences