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Teach Better

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Useful Pdfs to Improve Teaching

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Kansas State University

Characteristics of the Superior College Teacher (2 pages)

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23 Practical Strategies to Help New Teachers Thrive (46 pages)

Ivan Shibley (Penn State)

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Tom Drummond (North Seattle Community College)

The Best Practices in College Teaching (11 pages)

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Effective Strategies to Improve College Learning (15 1-page essays)

MaryEllen Weimer, et al. (Penn State)

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Tips for First-time College Teachers

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How to be a Great Teaching Professor

Get CRAZY:
 - Care for students
 - Real world relevance
 - Actual experiences
 - Zeal
​ - You

Mark Wolters (Illinois)

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An  Syllabus Template
(with annotated explanations)

• Blog            • Editable MS Word Version  

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Teaching Challenges 

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Online Teaching 

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National Institute for Digital Learning (Useful Forum Page)

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147 Practical Tips for Teaching Online

Donald E. Hanna, et al. (Wisconsin)

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10 Fundamentals for Online Faculty

Tony Bates (Contact Nord)

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Ice-Breakers for Online Classes

Five Ice-breakers:
 1) Profile questions
 2) Flipgrid
 3) Course soundtrack
 4) Bingo board
​ 5) Self-meme

Erika Romero (Illinois State)

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Sushmitha Kolagani (CommLab India)

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John Boyer (Virginia Tech)

Teaching Large Classes

1. Use avatars 
2. Use tent cards
3. Use "Cold Calling" and no "Opt-outs"
4. Use a QQC strategy
5. Give the lecture last

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Teaching (Really) Large Classes
​(Very) Well

John Boyer (Virginia Tech)

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Having Fun and
​Having a Lasting Impact

273 Cool Ideas to Engage Your Class

#4 Cliffhanger lecturing
#6 Word cloud guess
#12 Turn my back
#62 Ask the winner
#104 Human flashcards
#119 Mystery numbers
​#179 Follow an expert
#236 Who am I?
​#256 Fishbowl

Kevin Yee (South Florida)

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Teacher Inspiration at the Movies

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 Teaching for a Long-term Impact

John Shank (Dartmouth)

​"Teach them to succeed for wherever they will be
​in 10 or 20 years." 

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Hosting Students Outside of School

Some thoughts (and useful guidelines) after having had students over to 100s of dinners, receptions, parties, music jams, game nights, and graduations .  .  .

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Both photos credited to Touchstone Pictures (Dead Poets Society - 1989)

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