Resources and Links

Job Aids

Job Aids are short booklets on specific instructional topics. They are available in printable PDF format or in hard copy at SE12-203. The job aids listed below were all revised in 2010 to include techniques for online courses where appropriate.

Development

• Writing Learning Outcomes
• Preparing Lesson Plans

Delivery

• Starting Off on the Right Foot
• Preparing and Using Student Handouts
• Increasing Student Motivation
• Making Large Lectures Interactive
• Managing Student Behaviour
• Designing and Using Visuals
• Effective Use of Group Work
• Using Questions Effectively

Assessment

• Creating a Rubric
• Developing Checklists and Rating Scales
• Developing Written Tests
• Assessing Your Teaching Effectiveness
• Classroom Assessment Techniques

Links

Here is a list of links to online educational resources that support teaching and learning:

• Knowledge Base
• Getting Results. An excellent, free, online, open access course for new instructors produced by the National Science Foundation 
• Power Point in the Classroom. This is a free, self-paced training program on the effective use of Power Point, from beginner to advanced. Try it out!
• Multimedia Educational Resources for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)
• Ask ERIC Virtual Library
• The Chronicle of Higher Education