CATs (Classroom Assessment Techniques at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville

Finding the right CAT for the job

 

Student Assessment Of Learning Gains: This free site is designed for instructors of all disciplines who would like feedback from their students about how the course elements are helping their students to learn. It is offered as a service to the college-level teaching community.

Bloom's Taxonomies (Cognitive, Psychomotor, & Affective)

Developing Learning Objectives (Locally developed Power Point guides process and has examples)

Developing Learning Objectives  I.O.W.A.  Instructional Objective Writing Assistant from School of Civil and Environmental EngineeringGeorgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA...A knowledge-based system that is intended to help instructors write better educational objectives.

Educational Theories The Theory Into Practice Database

Teaching Excellence Centers

 

Mind Mapping

 

Medical Websites of Interest

 

Medical Education Conferences

 

Ice Breakers

 

Medical Multimedia Resources

 

NIH Grant Writing Information

 

Principles of Adult Learning

 

Tools For Teaching

 

Active Learning Strategies

 

Foundation for Critical Thinking

 

How to avoid Death by PowerPoint
 

Teaching Excellence Centers:

http://hsc.unm.edu/som/TED/ 

The University of New Mexico School of Medicine enjoys an international reputation for quality and innovation that is based on the educational skills of its faculty. Teacher & Educational Development (TED), in the Division of Educational Development and Research, plays an integral role in the development of today’s teachers and tomorrow’s medical professionals through a comprehensive program of educational support.

http://medschool.ucsf.edu/academy/faculty_development/index.aspx 

U of San Francisco School of Medicine faculty development site dedicated to helping ALL UCSF faculty members improve their teaching skills, enjoy more fruitful and rewarding teaching experiences, and further develop their career paths as educators

http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/

University of Minnesota Center for Teaching and Learning Services-Critical Thinking Source, Diversity Toolkit, On Line Faculty Handbook, resource page with "Quick Guides," articles, electronic journals, and a section labeled "Other Resources" with about 40 bookmarks of useful sites for educators.

http://www.aamc.org/members/facultydev/start.htm

The AAMC supports faculty vitality through:

• Professional development programs targeted to faculty from early career through senior leadership

• Print and online materials to inform and educate

• Analyses of trends and models of practice for faculty retention, advancement and contributions

• Activities that highlight faculty diversity and gender balance

http://www.teachingforsuccess.com/

Teaching For Success is a positive, top-notch, innovative monthly periodical in electronic format. We have purchased a membership and a new edition will be available each month of the school year. TFS is also a comprehensive faculty teaching skill-development program now in its 14th year.

http://teaching.berkeley.edu/teaching.html

Available at this site, among other things, an online version of: "Tools for Teaching," Davis, B.G., Jossey-Bass; San Francisco, 1993. A compendium of classroom-tested strategies and suggestions designed to improve the teaching practices of all college instructors, including beginning, mid-career, and senior faculty members. The book describes 49 teaching tools that cover both traditional practical tasks--writing a course syllabus, delivering an effective lecture--as well as newer, broader concerns such as responding to diversity on campus and coping with budget constraints.

http://www.byu.edu/fc/pages/fchomepg.html

Brigham Young University Faculty Center with teaching tips, principles, and ideas

http://www.psu.edu/celt/celt.shtml

Penn State Center for Excellence in Learning & Teaching: books, periodicals, articles (good stuff on assessment), annotated bibliographies, and other resource links.

http://www.utexas.edu/academic/cte/resources/practices.html

The University of Texas at Austin Center for Teaching Effectiveness: Improving Educational Practices-Teaching and learning theories, The Changing Nature of the Professorate, and Education Reform.

http://ase.tufts.edu/cae/

Tufts University Center for Academic Excellence: Under "FACULTY SUPPORT" is "Teaching Handbook that links to 13 colleges virtual teaching handbooks. Also is "Teaching & Learning Resources" that references books, articles and web sites.

http://www.providence.edu/cte/

Providence College Center for Teaching Excellence: Contains a great section "On Teaching & Learning," as well as a worldwide resource list for teaching excellence centers.

http://uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/ctl/

University of Wyoming Center for Teaching and Learning: a nice "Resources" section and a good section on "Warming Up the Chill." Also a nice "Writing Center" site that includes APA styles and how to reference www sites.

http://users.edte.utwente.nl/lanzing/cm_home.htm

The Concept Mapping Homepage: Concept mapping is a technique for representing knowledge in graphs. Concept mapping can be done for pretest; review; study; to generate ideas (brain storming, etc.); to design a complex structure (long texts, hypermedia, large web sites, etc.); to communicate complex ideas; to aid learning by explicitly integrating new and old knowledge; to assess understanding or diagnose misunderstanding. It's a great tool to have in your tool box!!

http://www.eiconsortium.org/

Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations to promote high quality research on the application of emotional intelligence in organizations.

http://www.pbs.org/als/agenda/articles/mmmodel.html

The Creating a Learning College Web site: Through this Web site and the Creating a Learning College faculty development series, PBS, Terry O'Banion and the League for Innovation offer a glimpse of the future using 21st century media to offer learner-centered options to educators—and you in using them can test their value and validity for your own learning.

http://www.league.org/welcome.htm

The League is an international service consortium dedicated to catalyzing the community college movement. More than 750 institutions have joined they are partnered with more than 100 corporations. We have access to the League's Digital Publication Library. Call me at 2979 for access code and password.

http://cte.uncwil.edu/

University of North Carolina at Wilmington Center for Teaching Excellence: Great resource for "Teaching Portfolio" and resources about "Plagiarism Prevention." There is also a page titled "CYBRARY LINKS TO TEACHING RESOURCES." "Cybrary" - that's a new one.

http://ctl.uvm.edu/

The University of Vermont Center for Teaching and Learning: good Online Teaching and Learning Resources. There is much to be gained from learning about teaching online. Check out these resources, compiled to help further your knowledge and interest in this possibility.

http://www.oncourseworkshop.com/

Resources to support your efforts for improving student academic success and retention on your campus. New strategies added frequently. Maintained by Skip Downing: e-mail, call toll free: 888-597-6451, or write: On Course Workshop, 9097 Flamepool Way, Columbia, MD 21045

http://www.brainconnection.com/

Games, illusions, brain teasers, brain basics, FREE ONLINE BRAIN COURSE - a great site for helping you understand what stimulates the brain and why. Try something today!

http://www.eslcafe.com/ideas/index.html

Ice breakers, games, quiz ideas -- a virtual "Idea Cookbook" with a plethora of quick and easy ideas for every teacher -- a must see!

http://www.au.af.mil/au/awc/awcgate/awc-lttc.htm

Air Force's Air University Faculty Learning site: Learning, Teaching, & Technology Central (LTTC). Excellent faculty development links with teaching styles, teaching tips, teaching and learning theories, and some fantastic references - a complete package!

http://www.oln.org/teaching_and_learning/theory.php

Ohio Learning Link site outlining "How Learning Happens." Good learning theory site with an extensive list of over 50 theories.

http://www.iup.edu/teachingexcellence/nfo/academic.shtm

This site contains IDEA papers... small works, usually 4-6 pages, concerning a wide variety of Faculty Evaluation and Development issues. It also has a nice feature titled "teaching tip of the week."

http://trc.virginia.edu/Links/Centers.htm -- Teaching and Learning Centers Nation-Wide

http://www.cast.uark.edu/local/tatew/MainSyllabus.html -- Nice page on how to prepare a syllabus

http://www.udel.edu/cte/syllabus.htm -- Good site on designing a learning-centered syllabus

http://www.metamath.com//lsweb/dvclearn.htm -- A decent learning styles inventory for you and your students

http://www.camden.rutgers.edu/Camden/TEC/ -- Teaching Excellence Center at Rutgers University, Camden

http://www.iusb.edu/~ucet/ -- University Center for Excellence in Training at Indiana University, South Bend

http://www.ntlf.com/ -- The National Teaching & Learning Forum

http://condor.stcloudstate.edu/~teaching/ -- Centers for Excellence in Teaching in Learning at St. Cloud University

http://www.teachingforexcellence.com/ -- Teaching for Excellence

http://www.iub.edu/~teaching/handbook_1.shtml -- Teaching Handbook at Indiana University, Bloomington

http://www.developfaculty.com/online/ -- Online Resources at Faculty Development Associates

http://www.teach-nology.com/ideas/ -- teAchnology, The Web Portal for Educators

McNabbs Medical Web Site: Go no further. This is the one. It has practically everything.

Doctor's Guide to the Internet

Physician's Home Page

Centers for Disease Control

National Institute of Health

WebMD

American Medical Association

Medical Matrix

New England Journal of Medicine

American Academy of Family Medicine

The Lancet

American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC)

The AAMC conference is held annually in late October or early November. Every other year it is held in Washington, D.C. The conference will be held in DC this year (2001) on Nov. 2-7. The conference is very large and actually has several conferences/sections within the context of the bigger conference. Examples are: Research in Medical Education (RIME), Special Interest Groups (SIGs), Group on Educational Affairs, etc.

Generalists in Medical Education

The Generalists in Medical Education welcome basic scientists, clinicians, and other educators interested in medical education. They are educators who teach, conduct research, and provide support services in all areas of predoctoral, postdoctoral, and continuing medical education. Specific areas of interest include curriculum and faculty development, testing and evaluation, and student services. At each annual conference, we exchange ideas and knowledge to enhance our professional growth. Each conference offers opportunities to develop understanding of the latest initiatives and innovations in medical education and to explore solutions to educational problems. The conference is held annually in the same city as AAMC and overlaps with it. This year the meeting is on Nov 3 and 4 at the Radisson Barcelo. See the Generalists website at http://www.thegeneralists.org/ for additional information.

Group on Educational Affairs (GEA)

The GEA is part of AAMC and works to promote excellence in the education of physicians. It is comprised of regional groups. The Central Group on Educational Affairs (CGEA) sponsors several educational components of the larger AAMC annual meeting including Special Interest Groups (SIGs), Research in Medical Education (RIME), and Innovations in Medical Education exhibits (IME). The CGEA also has an annual education conference in the Spring in the Central US.

Society of Teachers of Family Medicine (STFM)

STFM has several national conferences annually. Their biggest conference is the annual conference held in the Spring. This conference is attended by family physician educators, medical educators, and behavioral scientists. The conference focuses on the improvement of family medicine training at all levels. Types of sessions include research presentations, seminars, workshops, plenary sessions, lecture discussions, etc.

Another STFM conference focuses specifically on undergraduate family medicine education. It is held annually in January/February.

Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM)

The annual conference of SGIM is similar in format to the annual STFM conference. The 2001 meeting will be held on May 2-4 in Atlanta. See website information at http://www.sgim.org/Publicweb/Meetings/default.htm.

American Educational Research Association (AERA)

This conference has several divisions, one of which is Division I: Education in the Professions. This conference features symposia, roundtables, research presentations, etc.

International Association of Medical Science Educators (IAMSE)

This is a great organization for those interested in the integration of basic and clinical sciences. They conduct an annual conference in July and it is attended by clinicians, basic scientists, and medical educators. To IAMSE web site is located at: http://www.iamse.org/conf_future.htm. This website provides information (e.g. abstracts) from the recently held meeting at Mayo. The 6th Annual IAMSE Association Meeting will be held in Guadalajara Mexico in 2002. The 7th Annnual Meeting will be in Washington DC in 2003 at Georgetown Uninversity SOM and the 8th Annual Meeting will be held at Tulane University SOM in New Orleans.

International Ottawa Conference on Clinical Competence

In 1985, a series of international conferences was started by Ian Hart, M.D. of Ottawa, Canada and Ronald Harden, M.D. of Dundee, Scotland. Now known as the "Ottawa Conference," the aim of these meetings has been to assemble health care educators from around the world. Important goals of this forum are to share educational experiences and to improve evaluation instruments used to train health care professionals.

American Association of  Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine (AACOM)

Held annually, usually three days at the end of June exploring innovation and quality in osteopathic medical education (2006 Annual Meeting Renaissance Harbor Place Hotel, June 22-24, 2006, Baltimore, Maryland)

http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/breakice.htm

Honolulu Community College Ice Breaker Collection: These are just a few of the hundreds of icebreakers. Be creative and design your own variations. Don't be afraid to experiment and try different approaches, and above all, have fun and start that most important first day of class on the right foot!

 

http://www.flora.org/mike/poped/icebreakers.html

Ice breakers help to relax a group and build community before getting into the substance of the workshop.

 

http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/CIPD/sourceguide/environment.htm#Ice-Breakers

Opening communications among students as well as between yourself and students will pay dividends throughout the semester. Exercises which do this are called "icebreakers" and can take many forms...

 

http://www.businesstrainingworks.com/Icebreakers.PDF

Business Training Works: Creative Icebreakers, Introductions, and Hellos for Teachers, Trainers, and Facilitators.

 

http://www.openconcept.ca/index.php/Facilitation/31 & http://www.openconcept.ca/index.php/Facilitation/30

Open Concept "Openers"

 

http://www.littlefallsonline.com/icebreakers.cfm

Little Falls Christian Center: The Top 10 Icebreakers for Meetings and Training Seminars.

 

http://www.topten.org/content/tt.AU20.htm

Coachville Coach Training Resource Center

 

http://www.teach-nology.com/ideas/ice_breakers/

teAch-nology: The Web Portal for Educators

 

http://www.glencoe.com/ps/teachingtoday/weeklytips.phtml/11

Teaching Today: Ice breakers are techniques used during the first class to reduce the tension and to immediately involve the students in the class.

 

http://www.businessfundamentals.com/IceBreakers.htm

Business FUNdamentals: Whether it is a small get together or a large training session, we all want to feel that we have some commonality with our fellow participants. By creating a warm, friendly, personal learning environment, the attendees will participate and learn more.

Medical Multimedia Resources

Online Medical Text Books: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=Books