Resources

Books and Videos:
The Library Collection in the area of Education is improving all the time. Recently, the PETE Library was merged directly with the collection so that all of our books can be found through the web-based catalog.

Digital Equipment:
The Technology Learning Center has a great deal of equipment for use in the room and for check-out to faculty and students. You will find a listing at: http://oncampus.richmond.edu/is/tlc/

PowerPoint Tutorials for Students:
Ted Lewellen in Sociology and Anthropology has created two excellent tutorials that help students learn how to use Powerpoint. These tutorials not only tell them how to do things, but also discuss why they would and would not elect to use some of its features. Ted has generously agreed that all faculty can point their students to his site.
Part I The Basics: http://oncampus.richmond.edu/~lewellen/studyaids/powerpoint.htm
Part II Getting Creative: http://oncampus.richmond.edu/~lewellen/studyaids/powerpoint2.htm

Web Resources

Books

How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School
1) The book is available online at http://books.nap.edu/catalog/9853.html and in the UR Library.
2) There is also an on-line miniseries that breaks the major sections into 7 areas and the author discusses those areas. The length of each segment differs between three and a half minutes and 33 minutes, with the entire 7 areas encompassing a little more than 2 hours.
(http://extend.ltc.vanderbilt.edu/module/HPLmini)

Evaluating and Improving Undergraduate Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

This is a report of the NRC, Center for Education and is available online at: http://www.nap.edu/books/0309072778/html/

Multimedia Content (generally available for free download)

World Lecture Hall (http://www.utexas.edu/world/lecture/index.html) contains a large number of online courses across many disciplines.

Global Campus (http://www.csulb.edu/gc/index.html) is a collaborative multimedia database across many disciplines.

Merlot (http://www.merlot.org/) is a collaborative multimedia database across many disciplines. You can submit things to this database and it will go through a peer-review process prior to being accepted.

How Stuff Works (http://www.howstuffworks.com/)
This website is exactly what it says - a place to find out how stuff works.

The Why Files (http://www.whyfiles.org/) The science behind the news.

Digital Library in SMETE (http://www.smete.org)
A collection of science, math, engineering and technology education content and services.

Harvey Project (http://www.harveyproject.org/) is a site for web-based materials in physiology.

Teaching Concepts

Links to a Better Education (http://www.chemistrycoach.com/linkstoa.htm - Links To A Better Education) is a collection of links that directs students to a variety of resources in study skills, test-taking, note-taking, working in groups, etc.

Resources in Science and Engineering Education (http://www.ncsu.edu/effective_teaching/). This is actually the homepage of Richard Felder, a highly respected Chemistry professor who runs workshops across the country on cooperative learning. This site has a number of links on effective practices.

Learning Styles Questionnaire (Barbara Soloman and Richard Felder, NC State) http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSdir/ilsweb.html
Anyone can take this questionnaire online and have your results processed and sent back to you directly.

Organizations

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (http://www.carnegiefoundation.org) This is a huge site with all sorts of great information and other resources. Here are some of the highlights:

Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/CASTL/highered/index.htm

Knowledge Media Laboratory focuses on new media innovations in teaching
http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/KML/

Recent publications
online http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/eLibrary/index.htm
hard copy http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/Publications/index.htm

Carnegie Foundation Forum provides a place to discuss issues of teaching and learning. The Forum topic changes every month and is moderated by an expert in that particular topic. http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/forum

American Association for Higher Education (http://www.aahe.org)
This site also contains plenty of interesting information. Here are the highlights.

Forums on the following topics:
Assessment (http://www.aahe.org/assessment/)
Faculty Roles and Rewards (http://www.aahe.org/FFRR)
Diversity (http://www.aahe.org/diversityprogram.htm)
Service Learning (http://www.aahe.org/service/srv-lrn.htm)
The TLT Group (http://www.tltgroup.org/)
Flashlight Program (Programs - Flashlight Home) This group develops methods to assess the impact of technology on teaching and learning. We have the Current Student Inventory (500 questions) available on campus.

Educause (http://www.educause.edu/)
Educause is the professional organization for campus technology support. Many resources are available from this site, with a few highlights included here.

Constituent and discussion groups (http://www.educause.edu/memdir/cg/cg.html) on a variety of topics, including:
Small Colleges
Library/IT Partnerships
Multimedia
Personal Digital Assistants
Teaching and Learning

The National Learning Infrastructure Initiative (http://www.educause.edu/nlii/) is also a component of Educause that is focused on the use of technology in teaching and learning. An interesting paper on Faculty Development is available on their site (http://www.educause.edu/nlii/meetings/nliifs03/bestpract.pdf).

Project Kaleidoscope (http://www.pkal.org/) is an informal national alliance committed to strengthening undergraduate SME&T education.

The National Institute for Science Education (http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/NISE) is an NSF-funded project that pulls together resources across the sciences and across grade levels. A number of research projects are discussed, including
Systemic Reform
Professional Development
Secondary Teacher Education Project
College Level Innovations in SMET Education (http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/nise/cl1)
Collaborative Learning
Field-Tested Learning Assessment Guide
Learning Through Technology
Advanced Computational Infrastructure Supercomputer Project
Cognitive Studies of Interdisciplinary Action
Graduate SMET Education
The Why Files (http://whyfiles.org)