Effective Practices

Authentic Learning Experiences

Authentic learning experiences are opportunities for students to learn in the most developmentally appropriate conditions to the actual experience.

• 2016 Team Sunergy Solar Car Challenge - Appalachian State University
  • More on Team Sunergy
• Authentic Assessment - North Central College
• The Active Classroom - Hong Kong Institute of Education
• Authentic Learning - Curtin University
• Authentic Learning for the 21st Century- EDUCAUSE

Teaching Ideas

• 78 Strategies for Teaching Large Classes - UW Whitewater
• Critical Thinking: Concepts and Tools
• Principles of Teaching - Carnegie Melon University
• First Day of Class - Vanderbilt University
• Last Day of Class - Kennesaw State University
• Sternberg's Triarchic Theory of Intelligence
• Teaching That Makes Sense
• Optimize Student Learning - UC Berkeley
• We Had to Learn Ourselves - Faculty Focus

Online/Hybrid Courses

Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online
Blended and Online Learning - Vanderbilt University

Effective Practices

• Best Practices - National Education Association (NEA)
• Assessment and Feedback - UNC Charlotte
• Brainstorming
• • Brainstorming - UNC Chapel Hill
  • Brainstorming - Penn State University
  • Groupthink – The New Yorker (January 20, 2012)
  • Your Team Is Brainstorming All Wrong - Harvard Business Review
• Building Inclusive Classrooms - UNC Charlotte
• Characteristics of Highly Effective Teaching and Learning - KY Dept. of Education
• Characteristics of Meaningful Learning - University of South Florida
• Collaborative Learning: Group Work - Cornell University
• Faculty Focus
• High Impact Educational Practices - AACU
  
• How to Lead a Discussion - Stanford Teaching Commons
  
  • Designing Effective Discussion Questions - Stanford Teaching Commons
• It's the Little Things That Count in Teaching - Chronicle of Higher Education
• Promising Practices - University of Washington
• Learning Organizers
• Learner-Centered Teaching - Kennesaw State University