Canisius College

EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS

SITES OF SPECIAL INTEREST


EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS:

Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities (links to all 28 Jesuit Higher Educational Institutions)

College of St. Benedict and St. John's University - Learning Enhancement Service

Cornell University - Office of Instructional Support

Harvard University Bok Center

Iowa State University - Center for Teaching Excellence

Kansas State University - Center for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning

Kansas State University CATL - Active Learning Links

Louisiana State University Centers for Excellence in Teaching and Learning

Maricopa Community Colleges

North Carolina Teaching and Learning with Technology Collaborative

San Francisco State University

Stanford University - Center for Teaching and Learning

University of California at Irvine

University of Colorado at Boulder

University of Delaware - Center for Teaching

University of Illinois - Office of Instructional Resources

University of Iowa

University of Iowa - Center for Teaching - Teaching Golas Inventory

University of Kansas - Center for Teaching Excellence

University of Kansas - Comprehensive list of links to Faculty Development Centers Worldwide

University of Massachusetts at Amherst - Center for Teaching

University of Michigan - Center for Research on Teaching and Learning

University of Oregon - Teaching Effectiveness Program


SITES OF SPECIAL INTEREST:

FLAG - Field Tested Learning Assessment Guide of the National Institute for Science Education (NISE) at U. Wisconsin-Madison

Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching (MERLOT)

National Institute for Science Education (NISE) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison

Ohio State University publication: "How Students Learn"

Ohio State University publication: "Effective Teaching"

Professional and Organizational Development Network (POD)

TLT Group of the AAHE (see also Flashlight Program)

Turnitin - Plagarism Prevention

What kind of teacher are you?

COURSE ASSESSMENT RESOURCES:

Bridgewater SU:  samples and templates for rubrics:
http://www.bridgew.edu/AssessmentGuidebook/chapter6.cfm#examples

Bucknell U:
http://www.bucknell.edu/x5188.xml

Central Michigan University:  site that describes assessment activities for a number of majors and programs, from Business to English:
www.provost.cmich.edu/assessment/College%20Programs/Database.html 

National Communication Association rubrics for oral communication:
http://www.natcom.org/Instruction/assessment/Assessment/AssessMenu.htm

North Carolina State U: links (most are live) to a number of on-line resources for assessment, from templates to rubrics; from institutional plans to discipline standards:
http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/assmt/resource.htm 

Seattle University Assessment plan:  a well-developed set of plans for assessment at all levels of the institution, including Jesuit and Ignatian values:
http://www.seattleu.edu/assessment/

Skidmore College’s Assessment Handbook:
http://www.skidmore.edu/administration/assessment/handbook.htm

UMass – Amherst Course-based assessments:
www.umass.edu/oapa/oapa/publications/online_handbooks/course_based.pdf

UMass – Amherst Program-based assessments:
www.umass.edu/oapa/oapa/publications/online_handbooks/program_based.pdf

U of Wisconsin-Madison Assessment site:  offers very specific descriptions of direct and indirect measures and how to use them:
http://www.provost.wisc.edu/assessment/manual/