Faculty Resources

Teaching Tools

Instructional Design

Robust instructional design is the foundation for success of any course, whether it is taught on campus, online, through videoconferencing or videobased courses (videocassette), or as a mixture of teaching modalities. Creating a course with appropriate goals and objectives, as well as creating well-formed student assessment and interaction techniques based on the course objectives, virtually guarantees student learning in the selected cognitive domains. Review the following links for helpful information on Instructional Design in your courses:

• Instructional Systems Design: one of the most comprehensive design sites available
• Eshleman's Instructional Design Tips
• Tips from Blackboard on Instructional Design

Teaching & Learning Styles

Did you know that your teaching style and your students' learning styles are interrelated? How does having a lecture-oriented teaching style affect a student with a learning style that is predominantly visual? Learn how teaching and learning styles relate to course processes here.

• Bloom's Taxonomy
• Learning Styles & Multiple Intelligences and a Learning Style Assessment from NC State
• Teaching Styles from Indiana State University

 Preparing & Managing Student Assignments

Explore the many forms of student evaluation available to you to use today, including interactive and technology based classroom activities.

• Class Discussion Techniques
• Teaching Tips, Modes, and Suggestions from HCC: this site is full of helpful information on teaching. Particularly noteworthy are the two red modules with links discussing "Teaching Techniques" and "Instructional Assessment Techniques". Also includes examples syllabus templates for campus-based and online class formats.
• Create crossword puzzles, quizzes, worksheets, and more at Discovery School's site
• Research on Assessment in Higher Education from the Deliberations group
• Integrating Technology into Your Classroom
• Grading Student Papers Using the Reviewing Tool in MS Word

Accessibility & Disabilities

Equal opportunities for all students is both an ethical and legal issue today. Students should be allowed equal access to all assignments and activities, with proper modifications made when required.

• JSU's Disability Support Services
• Teaching College Students with Disabilities
• GSU's Guidelines for Reasonable Accommodations in the Classroom
• IMS Guidelines for Developing Accessible Learning Applications

Plagiarism, Copyright, & Faculty Ownership

Are your students submitting their own work? Do you have clearance to show that movie, or post that document online? Who owns your course material? Review the information here to learn more.

• Plagiarism in the Classroom
• Copyright Reference Resources
• JSU Faculty Manual Policy on Copyright & Ownership
• The American Library Association's (ALA) approach to the
  TEACH act in Distance Education
• TEACH Act Toolkit includes glossary of common terminology, checklists, guidelines, and more. Create by NC State.
• Faculty Ownership of Course Materials: includes recent articles and example policies from other schools
• Integrate JSU Library into your Blackboard courses. Learn how.

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Last updated: July 23, 2007