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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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