The following are links* to online faculty resources and websites:
*Please note: Staff Development is not responsible for the content and functionality of external websites/links
"The Quad-A Tutoring Methodology:
Supercharging Tutoring Effectively in Traditional and Online Modalities"
A QCC White Paper by Timothy LaFountaine, former Communication Skills Center
Learning Manager, that details the Quad-A Tutoring Method, a process which helps
to ease the "tutoring anxiety" that many students face:
The
Quad-A Tutoring Methodology
"Microsoft Office 2010 Video Tutorials"
Browse various YouTube video tutorials regarding the Microsoft Office 2010
suite products, available on the official Microsoft Office YouTube channel:
http://www.youtube.com/user/officevideos
"Microsoft Office
2007 Interactive Tutorials"
An online, self-paced instruction resource for Microsoft Office 2007:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/training/default.aspx
"'Did You Know?' YouTube Video Series"
A
"Shift Happens" video series about "the future of the world,
statistically-speaking", originally created by Karl Fisch, Scott McLeod and
XPlane:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHWTLA8WecI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMcfrLYDm2U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHmwZ96_Gos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ILQrUrEWe8
"A Fair(y) Use Tale: A Short Film
by Eric Faden"
A short parody video (exclusively using clips from Disney©
works) explaining copyright law and "fair use", as prepared by the Media
Education Foundation (MEF) - Challenging Media:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_jC4FNDo
"SAM 2007
Implementation Workshops"
Live, online training in Skills Assessment Manager (SAM) 2007, provided by
Course Technology:
http://www.course.com/events/samwebinars.cfm
"Faculty
Development Associates"
An online resource for workshops and professional development initiatives:
http://www.developfaculty.com/
http://www.developfaculty.com/online/index.html
"QCC Service
Learning"
The QCC Service Learning website/portfolio:
http://www.servicelearning.qccportfolio.net
"Adjunct
Success"
A website dedicated solely to the professional development of part-time
professors:
http://adjunctsuccess.net/index.php
"Appreciative
Inquiry in Higher Education"
A compilation of Appreciative Inquiry resources:
http://www.po-mo.us/ai/index.html
"Rubrics"
A compilation of resources that provide examples of higher education rubrics:
http://www.usd.edu/teachered/rubricscontents.html
"Getting Results"
A 6-module, professional development course for community
college educators:
http://www.league.org/gettingresults/web/
"Seven Principles
of Good Teaching Practice"
A resource for developing good teaching practice in the classroom and
through distance education:
http://www.agron.iastate.edu/nciss/kingsat2.html
"Seven Principles
for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education"
A resource that provides good practice teaching expectations:
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/7princip.htm
"Difficult
Behaviors in the Classroom"
A resource that provides tips and possible responses for managing challenging student behaviors:
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/behavior.htm
"Ideas to
Encourage Student Retention"
A resource that provides 63 ideas "for faculty use in dealing with
retention/attrition":
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/studretn.htm
"Strategies for
Dealing with Troublesome Behaviors in the Classroom"
A resource that offers tactics for dealing with difficult student behaviors
- what to do and what not to do:
http://www.ntlf.com/html/pi/9710/strat.htm
"The National
Teaching and Learning Forum"
An online publication for sustaining conversations about teaching and
learning:
http://www.ntlf.com/html/sd/about.htm
"It Works for Me,
Online!"
A resource that provides tips for online and web-enhanced teaching:
http://pod.nku.edu/pdfs/doug/worksForMe.pdf
"Community College
Research Center (CCRC)"
A resource devoted to conducting research on major issues in higher
education relevant to community colleges:
http://ccrc.tc.columbia.edu/
"On the Cutting
Edge"
An online professional development resource for Geoscience faculty:
http://serc.carleton.edu/NAGTWorkshops/
"Quality Matters"
An inter-institutional, peer-based approach to quality assurance and the
continuous improvement of online education:
http://www.qualitymatters.org/
"ROI: Rubric for Online Instruction"
A website designed to answer the question, "What does a high quality online
course look like?":
http://www.csuchico.edu/celt/roi/index.shtml
"Instructional Design Tips for
Online Learning"
A resource that offers tips for online organization and instructional design,
delivery, assessment, and evaluation:
http://www.csuchico.edu/tlp/onlineLearning/rubric/instructionalDesignTips.pdf
"Teaching for Inclusion"
Diversity in the college classroom:
http://ctl.unc.edu/tfitoc.html
"National Endowment for the
Humanities"
Guidelines for Landmarks of American History and Culture - Workshops for
community college faculty:
http://www.neh.gov/projects/landmarks-college.html
http://www.neh.gov/grants/guidelines/landmarkscc.html
"Instructional Consulting"
Teaching, technology, and diversity workshops and online resources provided by the
Indiana University School of Education:
http://www.indiana.edu/~icy/diversity.html
"Teacher Talk"
Tips for creating a peaceful classroom:
http://education.indiana.edu/cas/tt/v2i3/peaceful.html
"Academic Integrity"
A classroom management resource:
http://www.baruch.cuny.edu/facultyhandbook/taylor_letter.htm
"Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching (CELT)"
Compilations of materials presented at the Society for Teaching and Learning in
Higher Education (STLHE) conferences:
http://www.stlhe.ca/resources/celt/
"Center for Teaching and Learning"
Online workshops and tutorials from the University of Minnesota:
http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/tutorials/index.html
"Good Talk About Good Teaching"
Improving teaching through conversation and community:
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1254/is_n6_v25/ai_15451388/print
"Academic Integrity and Classroom
Management: Civility/Incivility in the College Classroom"
Online instructional resources regarding disruptive classroom behavior:
http://www1.provost.msu.edu/facdev/instructionalresources/ClassManagement/civility-incivility.asp
"The New England Resource Center for
Higher Education (NERCHE)"
A center for inquiry, research, and policy that focuses on community,
collaboration, and change:
http://www.nerche.org/
"A Guide to the Teaching Portfolio"
A handbook from the University of New Hampshire that is a general guide to
developing and organizing a teaching portfolio:
http://www.cs.tufts.edu/~ablumer/portfolio.html
"Teaching Portfolio Resources"
Various resources for developing a teaching portfolio, provided by the Center
for Instructional Development and Research at the University of Washington:
http://depts.washington.edu/cidrweb/resources/portfoliotools.html
"Teaching Portfolios"
Online models, examples/samples of teaching portfolios:
http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/TAC/toolbox/portfoli/examples.html
"The Teaching Portfolio"
A resource for developing a teaching portfolio, provided by the Gwenna Moss
Centre for Teaching Effectiveness at the University of Saskatchewan:
http://www.usask.ca/gmcte/portfolios/
"What is a Teaching Portfolio? A
Primer"
A teaching portfolio development resource from the Center for Faculty
Development at Union University:
http://www.uu.edu/centers/faculty/resources/portfolio.htm
"Teaching Portfolios"
A teaching portfolio development resource from the Center for Teaching at
Vanderbilt University:
http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/resources/teaching_resources/reflecting/portfolio.htm
"Teaching and Learning with the
Net Generation"
An article featured in the April/May 2007 issue of Innovate: Journal of
Online Education:
http://innovateonline.info/index.php?view=article&id=382
"Brigham Young University Faculty
Center Newsletter"
The Focus on Faculty Newsletter, provided by Brigham Young University:
http://fc.byu.edu/opages/reference/focusonfaculty.htm
"Promising Syllabus"
Ken Bain's Promising Syllabus - the kind of syllabus that highly effective
teachers develop - a resource from Montclair State University:
http://www.montclair.edu/center/promisingsyllabushr/default.htm
http://www.montclair.edu/center/promisingsyllabus.pdf
"Tips and Thoughts On Improving
the Teaching Process In College - A Personal Diary"
An online book publication by Joe Ben Hoyle, David Meade White Distinguished
Teaching Fellow at the University of Richmond, that contains "essays on teaching
in college and methods by which the educational process might be made more
efficient and effective":
http://www.richmond.edu/~jhoyle/documents/Book-Teaching-X.doc.pdf
"Beginning a Teaching Statement"
A webpage from the University of Notre Dame devoted to assisting faculty in the
philosophy of developing a teaching statement:
http://kaneb.nd.edu/workshops/TeachingStatement.html
"iTeach: 2006-2007 Scholarship of
Teaching Speaker Series"
A video and podcasting series from UC Riverside in support of teaching
excellence:
http://iteach.ucr.edu/how.php?content=stss/spotlight06.html
"Designing and Managing Multiple
Choice Questions"
A useful handbook from the University of Cape Town, South Africa, about
implementing Multiple Choice Questions:
http://web.uct.ac.za/projects/cbe/mcqman/mcqman01.html
"Explorations in Learning &
Instruction: The Theory Into Practice (TIP) Database"
A database that contains compilations and summaries of major theories of
learning and instruction:
http://tip.psychology.org/index.html
http://tip.psychology.org/backgd.html
http://tip.psychology.org/theories.html
"Wiley InterScience Journals - New
Directions for Teaching and Learning"
A special journal issue about "Enhancing Learning with Laptops in the
Classroom":
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/110433465/issue
"Team-Based Learning: The Power of
Teams for Powerful Learning"
A website from the University of Oklahoma about the benefits and effectiveness
of team-based learning:
http://www.ou.edu/pii/teamlearning/
"Combating Classroom Misconduct
(Incivility) with Bills of Rights"
A paper, submitted for publication, in the proceedings of the 4th Conference of
the International Consortium for Educational Development, presented by Linda B.
Nilson and Nancy S. Jackson of Clemson University:
http://www.uottawa.ca/services/tlss/iced2004/pages/doc/nan.doc
"Ocean County College Campus
Civility"
The Ocean Count College Civility Statement, definition and featured
civility-related events:
http://www.ocean.edu/campus/PAR/civility.htm
"Middlesex Community College
Strategic Plan"
An outline of the Strategic Plan 2007-2010 goals and objectives of Middlesex
Community College:
http://www.middlesex.mass.edu/StrategicPlanning/2007-2010%20GoalsObjectives%20June%202007.pdf
"We're Not Your Colleagues"
An article from the Chronicle of Higher Education discussing "why adjunct
faculty members don't feel they are part of their academic departments":
http://chronicle.com/jobs/news/2008/07/2008072101c.htm
"Price of Gas Fuels Tough Choices
for Adjuncts"
An article from the Chronicle of Higher Education discussing how "the
cost of gasoline has made the art of juggling two or more teaching jobs at
different institutions all the more difficult for many adjunct faculty members":
http://chronicle.com/weekly/v54/i44/44a00102.htm
"Will Adjuncts Pay to Be
Certified?"
An article from Inside Higher Ed concerning adjunct certification:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/08/07/adjuncts
"For Adjuncts, Progress and
Complexities"
An article from Inside Higher Ed:
http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2008/08/11/adjuncts
"We're So Glad You Asked: Maryland
Adjuncts Speak Out On Status, Needs and Opinions"
An article, by M. Linda Martinak, et. al, published in The Journal of
Continuing Higher Education:
http://www.itc.csmd.edu/mcapd/Fall06JCHE_MartinakArticle.pdf
"The AT&T Professional Development
Academy for Community College Faculty"
The Professional Development Academy for Community College Faculty, established
by the Center for Occupation Research and Development (CORD) through a grant
from the AT&T Foundation, "offers online, interactive professional development
courses for two-year college faculty in an environment that is interactive and
engaging":
http://www.cord.org/att-professional-development-academy-for-community-college-faculty/
"Proposal For an Adjunct Faculty
Development Program at a Community College"
This pilot-program proposal "lays out the development and implementation of an
adjunct faculty development program ... to develop a paradigm for the teaching
of part-time teachers in community colleges":
http://www.newfoundations.com/CurrProjects/Williams709.html
"NorthEast Regional Computing
Program"
Quinsigamond Community College is a member of the NorthEast Regional Computing
Program (NERCOMP), and with our membership, we receive professional development
opportunities put on by Special Interest Groups (SIG):
http://www.nercomp.org/
"C/W MARS Libraries in Central MA"
An "automatic" library catalog search that retrieves nearly 180 books, post
1990, related to college teaching, available in the QCC Alden Library:
Central/Western Massachusetts Automated Resource Sharing
"C/W MARS Libraries in Central MA"
An "automatic" library catalog search that retrieves videos (VHS tapes only),
post 1990, related to college teaching, available in the QCC Alden Library:
Central/Western Massachusetts Automated Resource Sharing
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