Resources for Educational Developers:  A Baker’s Dozen

 

Organizations and Conferences

 
1.  The California State University

            Faculty Development Council (FDC) http://www.calstate.edu/ITL/FacDevCoun.shtml

                        FDC semi-annual meetings and listserv

            System Initiatives and Conferences http://www.calstate.edu/

            Institute for Teaching and Learning (ITL) http://www.calstate.edu/ITL/

            Exchanges:  CSU On-line Journal http://www.exchangesjournal.org/

 

2.  The Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education

            Information about the POD Network http://podnetwork.org

POD listserv * or archives http://listserv.nd.edu/archives/pod.html

POD Network News -- quarterly newsletter.  Free with membership.

Annual Conference -- Portland, Oregon, October 26-29, 2006

Essays on Teaching Excellence series (1-page articles) -- order:

https://jacinth.sitesecure.net/podnetwork/publications&resources/teachingessaysform.htm

To Improve the Academy -- annual volumes since 1981. Free with POD membership.

Anker Publishing Company, Inc., Bolton, Massachusetts

            New Faculty Developers’ Institute (2007), site TBA

 

3.  The IDEA Center at Kansas State – On-line Faculty Development Articles

            http://www.idea.ksu.edu/resources/Papers.html

            http://www.idea.ksu.edu/podidea/index.html

           

4.  The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC & U)

            Website:  http://www.aacu-edu.org

Publications:

Peer Review (quarterly journal)

Many other publications (e.g., Greater Expectations report)

Institutes:

6th Annual Greater Expectations Institute – June 21-15, 2006, Snowbird, Utah

 

5.  The National Survey of Student Engagement (NSSE)

      http://nsse.iub.edu/index.cfm

Director:  George Kuh, Indiana University

 

6.  The Lilly West Conferences

            http://www.iats.com/conferences/west2005_info.html (past conference, 3/18-19/06)

            Organizers:  Milt Cox, Miami of Ohio, and Todd Zakrajsek, Central Michigan

 

7.  SoCal POD

            Organizer:  Laurie Richlin, Claremont Graduate School

Publications

 

 

8.  New Directions for Teaching and Learning

Book series since 1980, 102 volumes.  Jossey-Bass Publishers, San Francisco.

http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/WileyTitle/productCd-TL.html

            Complete list of 102 issues:

            http://www.josseybass.com/WileyCDA/Section/id-155518.html

            Editor:  Marilla Sviniki, University of Texas, Austin

 

9.  The Teaching Professor  -- newsletter and conferences

            http://www.magnapubs.com/subscribe/magnapubs_tp.html

            Editor:  Maryellen Weimer, Penn State Burks Lehigh

 

10.  The Tomorrow’s Professor -- free on-line articles

Anyone can subscribe to The Tomorrow’s Professor mailing list:

https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/tomorrows-professor

            Editor:  Rick Reis, Stanford University

 

11.  National Teaching and Learning Forum (NTLF) -- newsletter

            http://www.ntlf.com/

            Editor:  James Rhem

 

12.  Periodicals on College Teaching:  General and Discipline Specific

See POD’s list of periodicals related to college teaching:

http://www.podnetwork.org/publications&resources/list.htm

 

13.  The Journal of Faculty Development

Publishes articles about teaching practice.  New Forums Press.

http://www.newforums.com/store/store.asp?numberpage=1&images=on&display=full&category=21&searchstr=21001&searchfield=itemid

            Editor:  Ed Neal, UNC-Chapel Hill

 

 

* The POD listserv is great for getting immediate answers to your pressing questions.  I just read a listserv request for information regarding the best colors to paint college classrooms.  Shortly, this response came: “Go to http://www.isu.edu/ctl/ and click on the ideal classroom.  There is good research to show benefits of different colors and lighting.”

 

 

 

 

Compiled by Cynthia Desrochers cdesrochers@csun.edu

            FDC Member Session at Regional Symposium

            CSU Dominguez Hills, April 1, 2006

Resource Charts:  The FDC Members Share Best Resources

 

1.  Most Highly Ranked (A Grade) Print Resources

  1. New Directions for Teaching and Learning
  2. The Teaching Professor
  3. The IDEA Center Online Papers/Notes at Kansas State University

 

2.  Most Used Periodicals on College Teaching

  1. To Improve the Academy
  2. Liberal Education
  3. Peer Review
  4. Communication Education
  5. AERA publications
  6. International Society of Technology Education (ISTE) publications
  7. College English
  8. Journal of Chemical Education
  9. Science Teacher
  10. Change

 

3.  Most Used Books on College Teaching

  1. Effective Grading (Walvoord & Anderson)
  2. Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher (Stephen Brookfield)
  3. Discussion as a Way of Teaching (Stephen Brookfield)
  4. Classroom Assessment Techniques (Angelo and Cross)
  5. Understanding by Design (Grant Wiggins)
  6. What the Best College Teachers Do (Ken Bain)
  7. Engaging Ideas (John C. Bean)
  8. Teaching Tips (Bill McKeachie)
  9. Tools for Teaching  (Barbara Gross Davis)
  10. Learning-Centered Teaching (Maryellen Weimer)
  11. Creating Significant Leaning Experiences (Dee Fink)
  12. The Art of Changing the Brain (James Zull)
  13. Experiential Learning (David A. Kolb)
  14. Creating the Future of Faculty Development (Mary Dean Sorcinelli, et al.)
  15. Student Success in College (George Kuh, et al.)

 

4.  Other Often Used Resources

  1. CASTL Web site at Stanford: http://www.carnegiefoundation.org/programs/index.asp?key=21
  2. Instructional Objectives Writing Activity (IOWA) at Georgia Tech
  3. Critical Thinking Web site: http://www.criticalthinking.org/
  4. CSU Rubrics Web site: http://www.calstate.edu/LS/Assessment.shtml
  5. Magna publications (other than The Teaching Professor): http://www.magnapubs.com/