Message Number 1455: "from Chapter 2 – The Essentials of Assessment, in the book, Assessment Essentials: Planning, Implementing, and Improving Assessment in Higher Education, second edition, by Trudy W. Banta, Catherine A. Palomba. Published by Jossey-Bass, A Wiley Brand, One Montgomery Street, Suite 1200, San Francisco, CA 94104-4594."
The Readings: Academic Writing section of this resource page includes over half a dozen books with links to Amazon.com listings of them.
In this blog post (2014.09.08), Brian Martin suggested several ways to alleviate the burden of marking essays or accomplishing similar tasks.
This extract from Chapter 6 of Race and Pickford (2017) provides sound advice for post-secondary educators.
Race, Phil, & Pickford, Ruth. (2007). Making Teaching Work: 'Teaching Smarter' in Post-Compulsory Education. London, England: Sage Publications.
This article is an extract from:
Fechter, Sharon Ahern. (1999). Chapter 4, Academic research. In Virginia Bianco-Mathis & Neal Chalofsky (Eds.), <i>The full-time faculty handbook</i> ([n.p.]). London, UK: Sage Publications, Inc.
Though focused primarily on "faculty learning communities ... on two-year college campuses," this article may help a wide range of group types envision benefits and get started.
"Unequivocal" findings are precipitating "strong reactions" (Picking winners and losers, ¶4).
On this page, Boettcher explains, "ten best practices for anyone just getting started in the online environment. Research and experience suggest that these practices contribute to an effective, efficient and satisfying teaching and learning experience for both faculty and students" (para. 2, retrieved 2012.02.03 ["Minor revisions May 2011"]).
Boettcher, J. V. (2012). Ten Best Practices for Teaching Online: Quick Guide for New Online faculty (2006-2012). Retrieved on February 14, 2013, from http://www.designingforlearning.info/services/writing/ecoach/tenbest.html
Bain, K. (2012, January 9). What the Best College Teachers Do: An HETL interview with Dr. Ken Bain. Interviewers: Patrick Blessinger and Krassie Petrova. The International HETL Review. Volume 2, Article 1, http://hetl.org/2012/01/17/what-the-best-college-teachers-do (Suggested citation)
"Your teaching dossier is the instructional equivalent of your curriculum vita. It outlines your record of teaching, your goals and accomplishments, involvement in instructional development, and so on. .... [I]t should present a snapshot of your current teaching activities" (¶3, retrieved 2011.12.02).
Review and Summary of <i>Learner-Centered Teaching</i> by Maryellen Weimer / by Bill Peirce, Coordinator of Reasoning across the Curriculum (c. 2002)
"Your philosophy of teaching statement should reflect your personal values and the needs of your students and your department. At the least, you will want to address four primary questions, usually in this order. / Menu /1. To what end?2. By what means?3. To what degree?4. Why?
HETL Publishiing. (2011.11.01). Learner-centered teaching: An HETL Interview with Dr. Marilla Svinicki. <i>The International HETL Review, 1</i> [ISSN 2164-3091]. Retrieved from http://hetl.org/2011/11/01/learner-centered-teaching/
"The purpose of the two case studies presented here is to describe specific social presence related instructional and support strategies used to foster an atmosphere of support and success for students enrolled in online courses and programs in a large rural university" (Introduction and Background, ¶4).
NYU Prof Vows Never to Probe Cheating Again—and Faces a Backlash; July 21, 2011, 6:13 pm [no overt time zone]; by Marc Parry
This page covers overview, exploration, practice, and self-assessment resources that focus on assessment in project-based learning.
"This is the final issue of the Web 2.0 newsletter" (Editor's note, ¶1).