Resources
UMaine Resources
Test
Scoring Services
(moved to Faculty Development Center)
Contact: (207) 581-1313, 149
Memorial Union
Room Scheduling
Contact: (207) 581-1311, 201
Wingate Hall
The Tutor Program
Contact: (207) 581-2351, 104 Dunn
Hall
IT Department's Faculty Development Center
Fogler Library Faculty Support Services
The Writing Center
University
of Maine System Network for Education and Technology Services
(UNET)
Sponsored
Programs
Learning
Large Workshop Materials
http://www.umaine.edu/counseling/
Need to know where to refer your students who may be feeling a bit
stressed out from exams and the holidays? Visit the Counseling
Center's site to find out what is available. They also offer a
free on-line depression screening.
http://catalog.umaine.edu/
Click on "Academic Policies" on
the left, and find all the information you need on the grading
system, enrollment status, academic standing appeal policy,
examination policies, course repeat policy, the final exam
schedule, etc. There is a lot of information here for you and for
you to pass on to your advisees.
http://www.umaine.edu/it/help/
This new site developed by Instructional Technology, is
something I personally have waited for, for a long, long time. At
this site you can click on the area that best describes your
problem and you will be brought to even larger menus to help you
narrow down your problem.
Plagiarism. The University
of Maine subscribes to TurnItIn, software which will help you
detect plagiarized work (see
http://www.umaine.edu/it/fdc/pages/turnitin.php
located on the Faculty Development Center Web site).
Indiana
University also
offers a pamphlet on-line through their Writing Tutorial Services,
"Plagiarism: What It Is and How To Avoid It."
Resources for Teaching
Arie Bodek and Priscilla
Auchincloss from the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the
University of Rochester developed a
Web site containing "Notes and Suggestions for Teaching
Assistants." Effective teaching guidelines and procedures are
emphasized. This site would be particularly suited for those
teaching lab courses, and offers a section on "Advice Regarding
Communication Difficulties."
The Berkeley
Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence: A
comprehensive list of links for teaching guidance and ideas from
Barbara Gross Davis, Lynn Wood, and Robert C. Wilson.
Teach
Philosophy 101
website developed at Villanova University is intended for
new faculty and TAs who are teaching introductory courses in
Philosophy or other disciplines. The website is designed to
follow the thought process of teaching a course and provides
materials and strategies.
Teaching and Learning Links: A long list of links, which
offer a variety of choices as specific as "teaching tips," and as
general as the Stanford Center for Teaching and Learning.
The National
Forum for Teaching and Learning on-line edition--just
like the printed version--offers readers "stimulating insight[s]
[regarding] ways of helping students reach the highest levels of
learning." This URL provides access to the feature article, which
is Incivility in the Classroom this month.
Office of Instructional Consultation at the University of Santa
Barbara: Another list of good tips—each tip is linked to
a bulleted list, which makes for a quick, informative read—or a
list of links that allows you to refine your search. Topics range
from What Constitutes Good Teaching? to
Instructional Uses of the Internet.
Regional Resources
Center for
Teaching, University of Southern Maine
New England Faculty Development Consortium
The Scholarship of Teaching
Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching,
an independent institution devoted to strengthening teaching and
learning in colleges and schools.
Center for
Teaching Development, University of California, San Diego.
This Web site has an online discussion forum, a TA handbook, and a
list of services. Their newsletter, "The Center Mentor," is
online, and there are many categories of links including copyright
resources, federal funding agencies, meta-indexes of WWW teaching
sites, online journals and forums, other centers for teaching
development, teaching tips, and Web-based education packages.
There are also a number of fact sheets offered for such topics as
the first day of class, women TAs, and teaching portfolios.
Teaching Excellence Center,
Rutgers University, New Brunswick Campus.
This is a very complete and extensive Web site. One section, "Index
to Learning Styles," offers a host of surveys, questionnaires, and
handouts which can either be viewed or filled out online or
downloaded and printed out. Currently they have five slide
presentations available to view.
Coulter Faculty Center for
Excellence in Teaching and Learning, Western Carolina University.
This site includes downloadable templates for lessons and syllabi,
and tutorials for lesson planning and syllabus development. Among
the list of publications are a faculty forum, responses to this
faculty forum, notes and quotes, and teaching tips.
Teaching
Effectiveness Program, University of Oregon.
This site has a very extensive section on effective assessing,
complete with graphics and links to other centers' assessment
techniques. A comprehensive page on teaching with technology,
interviews with instructors about their teaching practices, as
well as a FAQ sheet for troubleshooting in the classroom. You can
also fill out an online form to receive their newsletter "The
Lizard."
Grayson
H. Walker Teaching Resource Center, University of Tennessee at
Chattanooga. This Web site offers a
lot of information in the form of online tutorials and workshops.
The resources include titles such as : "Faculty Peer Evaluation
Strategies," "Lecturing with Style!" and "How Do I Know They're
Learning Anything?--Test Design." The virtual workshop titles
include: "Concept Mapping and Curriculum Design," "Teaching
Portfolios Information," and "Cooperative Learning." Lastly, they
have a page of information on evaluating group projects fairly.
A Berkeley
Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence.
This well planned site has a wealth of information from
"Encouraging Class Discussion," "Inviting Criticism of Your Own
Ideas," "Knowing If the Class Is Understanding You," to
"Developing an Impressive Introductory Large Lecture Course,"
"Having an Interesting Presentation Style," and many others. You
may also want to visit "Tools for Teaching" (Davis, B.G., Jossey-Bass,
1993). Most chapters are clickable: "Motivating Students,"
"Grading Practices," "Creating a Syllabus," "Helping Students
Write Better in All Courses," and more.
