Teaching Tools
Sample Syllabi
Syllabus Template
Core Curriculum Competencies for Syllabi
Definitions of Core Competencies
Sample Grading Rubrics
Grading Criteria Rubric (from SU English Dept. website)
OCA #1 - Journey Through a Cell
OCA #2 - Disease Report
OCA #3 - Disease Fact Sheet
http://rubistar.4teachers.org
IG Grading Rubric
Discussion Forums Rubric
Helpful Teaching Tools
The Shepherd University Center for Teaching and Learning Library
Turnitin.com
Shepherd University's Scarborough Library
MERLOT (MultiMedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)
Learning Styles Survey - VARK questionnaire
Learning Styles Survey - NCSU questionnaire
Faculty Development Teaching Tips Index
Cornell University's Center for Learning and Teaching
TLT Group Resources and Services
Tips for Enhancing Creativity in the Classroom
Biology Labs Online
The Carnegie Foundation
Social Psychology Network
Health Science Information Service
Using RefWorks and Zotero
Classroom Ice Breakers
CAEL Linking Learning and Work
Universal Design for Learning
http://www.theyearoflivingsabbatically.com/great-teaching-strategies
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
MERLOT (MultiMedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching)Journal Outlets for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning http://www.uww.edu/LEARN/journalsotl.php
Selected Scholarship on Teaching and Learning at Illinois State University http://sotl.illinoisstate.edu/downloads/pdf/Gauisus_Online.pdf
Tools for the Online Classroom
Publishers and E-Books
Shepherd University Book Store
The Faculty Center (Provided by MBS, SU’s University’s Largest Textbook Supplier )
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching
Routledge Taylor & Francis Group
StudyTactics
Pearson Prentice Hall
McGraw Hill
Evaluation Tips
If you would like to be evaluated by a colleague, please contact Shannon Holliday (shollida@shepherd.edu or 5461) at the Center for Teaching and Learning, let her know the time and location of your class and she will schedule this.
Peer Classroom Visitation Evaluation Form