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Resources from FAU Faculty Workshops

Below are  links to resources from FAU faculty workshops that were sponsored or co-sponsored by the Office of Institutional Effectiveness and Analysis. 
 

"My Student's Can't Write:  What Can I Do?"     (January 19, 2006)

Visit by John Gardner, Executive Director, Policy Center on the First Year of College     (January 28, 2005)
Getting Students Beyond Google:  Promoting Information Literacy     (November 12, 2004)
Blackboard Discussion, Groups and Grading Tools     (October 8, 2004)
Promoting Active and Interactive Learning in Large Classes     (April 16, 2004)
Critical Thinking in the Classroom     (March 19, 2004)
Better Teaching with Less Time and Stress:  Resources for Improving Teaching Effectiveness and Efficiency     (February 27, 2004)
 
Better Teaching with Less Time and Stress:
Resources for Improving Teaching Effectiveness and Efficiency
(February 27, 2004)
Handout (PowerPoint)
Includes links to Web resources related to the presentation
Additional Resources (Word)
Includes links to Web resources related to the presentation
Sample writing rubric (Word)
 
Critical Thinking in the Classroom (March 19, 2004)
Tom Pusateri: Overview of Critical Thinking (PowerPoint)
Definitions of critical thinking:  Facione; Halpern
Theories of critical thinking:  Bloom's taxonomy; Sternberg's Successful Intelligence
Holistic Critical Thinking Rubric (Facione & Facione)
Robin Jordan: ConcepTests (Adobe Acrobat Handout)
Also visit Field-Tested Learning Assessment Guide: ConcepTests
Nancy Romance: Concept Mapping (Adobe Acrobat Handout)
For additional links, click on the link for Concept Mapping at this site (click here)
 
Promoting Active and Interactive Learning in Large Classes (April 16, 2004)
Preparatory Readings
FAQs II.  (a) Active Learning vs. Covering the Syllabus; (b) Dealing with Large Classes
Felder & Brent (1999)
Active Learning: Getting Students to Work and Think in the Classroom
Stanford University's Center for Teaching and Learning (1993)
Materials in the Workshop Handout
Cover page

Beating the Numbers Game: Effective Teaching in Large Classes (Felder, 1997)
Classtalk in two Distinctly Different Settings (Webking, n.d.)
Michael Ruiz's Review of Engaging Large Classes: Strategies and Techniques for College Faculty
Tom Pusateri's and Tim Lenz's PowerPoint slides
Jennifer Peluso's Handout
Robin Jordan's Web site
Active Learning
Classroom Performance System ("Clickers")
Other Resources on Teaching Large Classes
Australian University Teaching Committee Project:  Teaching Large Classes
Learning and Teaching Support Network (United Kingdom): A Briefing on the Assessment of Large Groups
Pennsylvania State University:  Teaching Large Class Sections
University of Maryland:  Large Classes: A Teaching Guide
University of Western Ontario:  Teaching Large Classes Web Site
 

Blackboard Discussion, Groups and Grading Tools

(October 8, 2004)

Nancy Rubin, Alison Marcoff, presenters
(with assistance from Sarah Cline)
Instructional Designers, Instructional Technology Support Services itss@fau.edu

PowerPoint presentation
Adobe PDF handout
Other Resources
Illinois Online Network
Conferencing Strategies for Teaching at a Distance
General Conferencing Strategies
Specific Conferencing Strategies
Asynchronous Discussions

How to Mark-Up Students' Text Electronically
Collaborative/Cooperative Learning
eModerators
Role of the Online Instructor/Facilitator
American Society for Training and Development:  Learning Circuits
We Learning: Social Software and E-Learning

Blogger
Home Page
Blogging in the Classroom

 Indiana University South Bend
Weblogs in Higher Education
Rhetorica
Professors who Blog
 
Getting Students Beyond Google:  Promoting Information Literacy (November 12, 2004)

Tom Pusateri
PowerPoint Presentation

Psychology:  Example of Reaction Paper

Human Resource Management:  Thesis Manual and PowerPoint Presentation Template

Amanda Roberts
Information Literacy and the Literature Assignment
The Research Journal
Annotated Bibliography

Susan Sutterland
Critically Appraised Topic
American Psychological Society:  Teaching Tips
Faculty-Librarian Collaboration
Additional Links to Resources
(click on the link to Information Literacy)
 

Visit by John Gardner (January 28, 2005)

Executive Director, Policy Center on the First Year of College

Power Point slides and Tom Pusateri's edited transcripts from Dr. Gardner's keynote address

Tom Pusateri's notes during Dr. Gardner's meeting with FAU constituents

 
"My Students Can't Write:  What Can I Do?" (January 19, 2006)
Jeffrey Galin and Tom Pusateri
PowerPoint Presentation
 

ONLINE RESOURCES ON SCORING RUBRICS

Authentic Assessment Toolbox
provides examples of standards and rubrics from several disciplines
Multimedia Mania 2004 Rubrics! (scoring rubric for multimedia projects)
Online tool for developing scoring rubrics:  Rubistar

University of Duquesne's Center for Teaching Excellence newsletter
Grading Rubrics (starting on Page 2)
Writing Effective Essay Questions and Grading them Effectively (starting on Page 1)

 
Updated: December 2006