| Teaching Resources |
| Books @ Nutting - Select Bibliography |
| Journals The library subscribes to the following journals. All are available in paper and some are available electronically through the catalog and require passwords. A staff member will log you on. |
| Campus Technology |
| Chronicle of Higher Education |
| Computers and Composition |
| Connection |
| The New England Journal of Higher Education |
| T.H.E. journal: technological horizons in education |
Another way to find journals on teaching methods, instruction, etc., is to click http://libraries.maine.edu/mainedatabases/ejournals.htm (found on the Library Home Page, full-text articles, E-Journals@MARVEL). Change Title begins with to Title contains all words and type education (or try typing instruction). There are more than 250 journals available in full text through the MARVEL databases using this search. If you have a specific title in mind, type it. For more help on database searching, see http://library.mma.edu/datainfo.htm. If off campus, you'll need to configure the proxy settings http://library.mma.edu/proxy.htm. |
| Links The following websites index hundreds of teaching and instructional links with topics ranging from designing a course to engaging students to improving student writing. |
| The Teaching Professor |
Educate, engage and inspire are the directives behind these blogs addressing topics such as faculty development, generational differences and tenure. |
| Pearson's Strategies for Success | The eight page issues focus on topics including "Building Essential Skills," "Helping Students Retain What They Learn" and "Laboratory Learning Strategies." Tested and approved by one of MMA's own. |
University of Hawaii Faculty Development Teaching Tips Index |
Extensive list of links organized by subject |
No subject index, browse or try a word search (Edit, Find in This Page) |
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University of Washington Center for Instructional Development and Research |
Topics include preparing to teach, understanding / engaging the students and assessing |
Browse the podcast episodes or try a word search |
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Information on course design and management, documenting teaching effectiveness and advising |
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There is a subject guide and the pages are well annotated |
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There are forty statements addressing learning / teaching problems and ideas for solving them |
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About 25 major topics with the subtopics listed underneath |
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| Teaching tips from TRC's newsletter, Teaching Concerns, are grouped by category and cross-referenced |
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| Teach Philosophy 101 | This site provides strategies and resources for faculty members who teach philosophy courses plus materials of general interest for all instructors. Free, user-friendly resources are provided and, because it's an open source license, you may print as many copies as you wish. |
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