Autumn Quarter classes begin on Wednesday, September 7th, 2011. These resources will help instructors prepare for the start of what is often a particularly hectic quarter:
The Course Design section of the Teaching Commons offers resources on developing a course, constructing a syllabus, and choosing course materials.
Need help navigating the various websites and technology resources that are available to faculty? Check out the page on Campus Connection for information on accessing your course schedule and roster. For those using Desire2Learn (D2L), this website is the only place to find DePaul's official tutorials and quickguides.
The latest Teaching Commons video series, DePaul Faculty Oral Histories, provides a range of experiences, insights, and strategies from faculty members, including clips on preparing to teach.
Friday, August 26, 2011
Friday, July 1, 2011
Spotlight on Teaching & Learning: July Edition
Tired of spending entire evenings looking for the perfect YouTube clip to show in class? PBS has just released LearningMedia, a free and easily searchable media library with over 14,000 resources for teachers at all levels.
ProfHacker offers some tips for those teaching evening classes in "When Teaching Goes Past Your Bedtime."
The Center for Research on Teaching and Learning at the University of Michigan provides a collection of resources that deal with incivility in the classroom.
The University of Venus blog gathers inspiring thoughts from educators around the country in "What We Love About Higher Ed."
ProfHacker offers some tips for those teaching evening classes in "When Teaching Goes Past Your Bedtime."
The Center for Research on Teaching and Learning at the University of Michigan provides a collection of resources that deal with incivility in the classroom.
The University of Venus blog gathers inspiring thoughts from educators around the country in "What We Love About Higher Ed."
Monday, June 13, 2011
Summer Course Planning
Summer is a great time to plan new courses or revise existing ones, so here are some particularly useful course design resources:
The files listed on our Syllabus Boilerplates page allow faculty to easily copy and paste required/recommended syllabus statements from existing Word documents.
The Chronicle offers a helpful breakdown of four major learning models, which are important to consider when writing new assignments or considering learning objectives.
When it comes to actually writing learning outcomes in your syllabus, Articulate Your Learning Objectives from Carnegie Mellon University offers extremely helpful and concrete advice.
It can be difficult for teachers to know when they should be at a certain stage in their course design process, so this suggested course design calendar offers a flexible set of guidelines to help stay on pace before (and during) Autumn Quarter.
The files listed on our Syllabus Boilerplates page allow faculty to easily copy and paste required/recommended syllabus statements from existing Word documents.
The Chronicle offers a helpful breakdown of four major learning models, which are important to consider when writing new assignments or considering learning objectives.
When it comes to actually writing learning outcomes in your syllabus, Articulate Your Learning Objectives from Carnegie Mellon University offers extremely helpful and concrete advice.
It can be difficult for teachers to know when they should be at a certain stage in their course design process, so this suggested course design calendar offers a flexible set of guidelines to help stay on pace before (and during) Autumn Quarter.
Tuesday, May 17, 2011
The End of the Quarter (and Year!)
As we near the end of Spring Quarter 2011, we're also putting the finishing touches on Academic Year 2010-11. These resources will help instructors get through the next two weeks and begin planning for next year:
Try adding customized questions to your online teaching evaluations.
Design tests and quizzes that assess student learning and also motivate them to engage with the material.
Be sure to submit grades through Campus Connection. As a number of faculty members have asked recently, releasing grades in D2L is not the way to record official course grades.
It's never to early to start thinking about your courses for Academic Year 2011-12. This might involve revising your syllabus, rethinking your course goals, or designing new assignments.
Try adding customized questions to your online teaching evaluations.
Design tests and quizzes that assess student learning and also motivate them to engage with the material.
Be sure to submit grades through Campus Connection. As a number of faculty members have asked recently, releasing grades in D2L is not the way to record official course grades.
It's never to early to start thinking about your courses for Academic Year 2011-12. This might involve revising your syllabus, rethinking your course goals, or designing new assignments.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Spotlight on Teaching & Learning: May 2nd Edition
It's the beginning of the month, which means that a new Teaching Carnival is now available on ProfHacker!
A Prezi by Brandon Lutz called "60 in 60: Web 2.0 Tools" highlights 60 websites and applications that teachers can use to enrich their courses.
Faculty Focus offers some quick, practical tips for facilitating better discussions in class.
A Northwestern professor's post on the University of Venus blog offers a unique perspective on the quarter system
A Prezi by Brandon Lutz called "60 in 60: Web 2.0 Tools" highlights 60 websites and applications that teachers can use to enrich their courses.
Faculty Focus offers some quick, practical tips for facilitating better discussions in class.
A Northwestern professor's post on the University of Venus blog offers a unique perspective on the quarter system
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