LibGuides: Center for Teaching and Learning: Teaching Resources

FEATURED RESOURCES

Faculty Focus
Through its free e-newsletter and dedicated website, Faculty Focus publishes articles on effective teaching strategies for the college classroom — both face-to-face and online. Faculty Focus was created in 2003 by Magna Publications.

The Scholarly Teacher
We believe in fostering the pursuit of Scholarly Teaching. This blog provides evidence-based strategies intended to encourage you to purposefully pause, think critically, reflect on your teaching and your students' learning. Posts address contemporary issues and offer practical implications for our classrooms. Managing editor - Todd Zakrajsek

EBSCO Faculty Select is a customized site that leverages the technology of the EBSCO Discovery Service platform that enables faculty to find and access open educational resource (OER) content, as well as find and request unlimited user DRM-Free eBooks from their library. EBSCO Faculty Select is made up of two types of records:

eBooks that are available for purchase. These eBooks include EBSCO DRM-free eBooks, plus any of the following optional collections:
- EBSCO Unlimited User frontlist eBooks (with DRM protections)
- Taylor and Francis DRM-free e-books
- Wiley DRM-free e-books
- Cambridge DRM-free e-books
Open Textbook metadata and links we’ve licensed from OER providers, including:
- SUNY Open Textbooks
- Open BC Textbooks
- OAPEN Library
- BC Open Textbooks
- More are planned.

Teaching in Higher Ed Podcast
This is the space where we explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning. We also share ways to increase our personal productivity, so we can have more peace in our lives and be even more present for our students.

Association of College and University Educators (ACUE)

Welcome to ACEU's online teaching toolkit. To support instructors needing to make a quick transition to utilizing an online environment, we’re offering resources and recommendations that can be immediately put to use by instructors, to benefit both faculty and their students.

These resources are divided into six key topic areas for teaching remotely:

Welcoming students to the online environment
Managing your online presence
Organizing your online course
Planning and facilitating quality discussions
Recording effective microlectures
Engaging students in readings and microlectures

Student Motivation and Engagement in Online Courses

College Student Engagement in Online Learning
An open access dissertation detailing student-student, student-content, and student-instructor engagement in undergraduate and graduate online courses.
Five Tips to Keep Learners Motivated and Engaged when Teaching Online
Learning online is different from the classroom. It’s a bit more challenging for students to engage with you, the content, and each other. Plus they have something new to engage with – the technology. These 5 strategies can help keep them motivated and on track for success.
Inclusive Online Teaching Teach-Out
In this free course, higher education faculty will examine students’ barriers to learning, including unconscious bias, physical impairments, and lack of motivation. Participants will explore and discuss how inclusive pedagogy and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) can help to address those barriers and improve student learning outcomes.
Moving Classes Online Is Hard. Online Discussion Can Help.
To achieve better success rates in online learning, we need to cultivate the sort of student engagement that's often the hallmark of great teaching and learning environments.
Student Motivation and Engagement in Online Courses
Create an engaging online course through pedagogic design and instructor behavior tips.
Teaching Strategies to Motivate Online Students
How do you engage students in an online environment? Consider these teaching strategies as you reach out to your online students.

Zoom Etiquette and Practices

Zoom Help Center
Zoom provides quick start guides, video tutorials, and support topics to choose from.
Zoom: Best Practices in a Meeting (One-Page Guide)
Developed by the University of Pittsburgh, this guide will help your guests and you get the most out of your Zoom meeting experience.
Zoom Meetings: Etiquette and Best Practices
With the sudden shift to online classes and working remotely, many in the University community are learning to host Zoom video conferences on the fly. Here are some tips from the University of Pittsburgh to ensure a positive experience for all your participants.
Suggested Zoom Etiquette
Zoom etiquette tips as suggested by the University of Rochester.
Top 10 Tips for Good Zoom Hygiene and Etiquette in Education
Psychology Today provides educators with some much needed tips for good online classes.
Zoom @ Blinn
Blinn's Sharepoint site to help faculty and staff use Zoom.