External Resources

Syllabus Design

• A Learner-Centered Syllabus Helps Set the Tone for Learning
• Basic Needs Security and the Syllabus
• Reimagining the Syllabus
• Syllabus under Construction: Involving Students in the Creation of Class Assignments
• Your Syllabus Doesn’t Have to Look Like a Contract

Classroom Management

• Asking the Right Questions: Using Student-Written Exams as an Innovative Approach to Learning and Evaluation
• Away from the Authoritarian Classroom
• My Journey with Inquiry-based Learning
• Reconsidering "What Works"
• The Case Against Teaching

Critical Thinking

• Sociology, Teaching, and Reflective Practice
• Teaching Critical Thinking: Some Lessons from Cognitive Science
• What Our Stories Teach Us: A Guide to Critical Reflection for College Faculty

Teaching Strategies

• Does Active Learning Work? A Review of the Research
• From Shakespeare on the Page to Shakespeare on the Stage: What I Learned about Teaching in Acting Class
• Improving Students’ Learning With Effective Learning Techniques: Promising Directions From Cognitive and Educational Psychology
• Teaching More by Grading Less (or Differently)
• Test-Enhanced Learning: The Potential for Testing to Promote Greater Learning in Undergraduate Science Courses
• Where's the evidence that active learning works?
• Part One of Practical Mid-Career Teaching Reflections: Early Week Classroom Activities
• Part Two of Practical Mid-Career Teaching Reflections: Classroom Activities Throughout the Semester

Online/Virtual Instruction

• A Game a Day: Fun and Dynamic Synchronous Online Learning
• A Four-Step Plan: The First Day of Class on Zoom

• Eleven Alternative Assessments for a Blended Synchronous Learning Environment