Teaching College

Welcome to the former website for the Virginia Community College System's Regional Centers for Teaching Excellence.  This collection of ideas on college teaching has been repurposed to preserve good ideas for educators.

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Teaching for Retention

bulletacademic support centers
bulletacademic advising
bulletactive learning
bulletcase studies and problem-based learning 
bulletProblem-based learning
bulletMentoring
bulletInternal and External Criticism
bulletconstructivism 
bulletgroup/pair/collaborative learning
bulletemail uses
bulleticebreakers
bulletBrainstorming
bulletFirst Step in a Writing Task
bulletName Cards -- Learning Names  
bulletStudent Poll
bulletGreat Expectations
bulletPuzzles 
bulletScavenger Hunts 
bulletTime Management
bulletscoring lectures
bulletIs Your Lecture Interesting?
bullethome vs. college
bullethomework on the web
bulletstudy grid with grid as a Word document
bullet10 Traditionally Black Colleges (TBCUs)
bullet1998 Hesburghs
bulletTreisman
bulletlearning week
bulletthe first six weeks in retention
bulletone-to-one sessions with students
bulletAnderson
bulletStudent Success (Karen Erickson)
bullettests
bulletgrading
bulletUsing the Syllabus as a Retention Tool
bulletspicing up a syllabus
bulletsyllabus parts that matter most (a study)
bullet sample ENG 112 syllabus spiced
bulletImproving Tests
bulleta "think-aloud protocol"
bulleta publisher-provided test bank
bulleta form for getting instructional feedback about an exam from a peer and from students
bulletsome observed ways that students think as they process test questions
bulletmotivation
bulletactive learning
bulletsustaining interest
bulletonline discussion
bulletquestions
bulletteaching sequence
bulletsharing classrooms
bulletprojects
bulletstrategies
bulletservice learning
bulletan article on service learning approaches in different disciplines
bulletVA COOL Symposium at JMU
bulletDr. Robert Franco on service learning
bulletteacher research 
bullettesting 
bulletwebsite uses and computers
 
bulletMajor Presentations of VCCS Regional Centers for Teaching Excellence
bulletStephen Brookfield at Northern Virginia
bulletBrookfield at NVCC 2
bulletBrookfield at NVCC 3
bulletBrookfield at NVCC 4
bulletBrookfield at NVCC 5
bulletStephen Brookfield in Richmond
bulletReview of Brookfield's Critically Reflective Teaching
bulletLaura Powell (DCC) on Brookfield
bulletJames Eison
bulletWarm-Up
bulletMotivation
bulletDiversity
bulletDeep Learning
bulletCollaboration
bulletGiving Feedback
bulletRoger Mackey
bulletDeb Ulmer
bulletHoward Gardner at Northern Virginia
bulletJames Anderson on Retention
bulletKaren Erickson for Student Success
bulletChancellor Glenn DuBois on the Hidden Qualities of Great Teachers at Tidewater Community College
 
bulletTeaching Resources
bulletresults of a poll of JSRCC adjunct
bulletbest teaching moments
bulletcomposite results on teaching excellence
bullet reading
bullet subscription ideas
bullet Readings on Constructivism: (Colorado University website)
bulletsamples from the ASHE-ERIC series
bullet Redesigning Higher Education:Producing Dramatic Gains in Student Learning
bullet Active Learning: Creating Excitement in the Classroom
bullet Other books about college teaching
bullet Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher by Stephen D. Brookfield (San Francisco: Jossey-Bass)
bulletConcepts and Choices for Teaching: Meeting the Challenges in Higher Education by William M. Timpson and Paul Bendel-Simso (Madison, WI: Atwood-Magna)
bulletDistance Learners in Higher Education: Institutional Responses for Quality Outcomes. Edited by Chere Campbell Gibson. (Madison, WI: Atwood Publishing Diversity Series, 1998.) 
bulletFirst Steps to Excellence in College Teaching (Madison, WI: Atwood-Magna)
bullet inquiry learning and inquiry training video
bullet critical thinking
bullet multiple intelligences webliography
bullet service learning
bulleta service learning project at Harcum College
bullet Where's the Learning in Service Learning?
bulletcollaborative/cooperative learning webliography
bulleta learning paradigm
bulletHibbison's hints on teaching online
bulletA Webliography on Selected Teaching Issues
bulletEssential Reading for College Faculty Developers
bulletBooks for College Teaching webliography
bulletTeaching Vignettes
bulletA Series of Instructional Design Decisions
bulletCharting
bulletGender Equity
 
bulletOut of the Box (Grant) Ideas (relocated to a different website; just click the buttons there)

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