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Welcome to our new Resources page! You'll find the resources organized based upon the principles of Integrated Course Design as described in L. Dee Fink's seminal work Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach in Design College Courses.

According to Fink, an integrated course specifies clearly communicated Learning Goals for the students, provides Feedback and Assessment so that both the student and instructor can understand their progress, and delivers Teaching and Learning Activities that support suceeding at the assessment and achieving the goals. All these design choices are informed by the Situational Factors in play, those things that impact the course but over which we have no control.

In addition to sections for each locus in Fink's model, we've added sections on Teaching Technologies and general Professional Development.

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Situational Factors

EDvice: Context Matters: Considering Situational Factors in Course Design

Agile Pedagogy

Classroom Technology

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

First Gen Students

Hybrid and Blended classes

International Students

Large classes

Learning preferences

Mental Health and Wellness

Motivation to learn

Online Learning 

Plan ahead 

Teaching in Times of Conflict

Teaching Students Abroad

Students with Developmental Disabilities

Trauma-Informed Teaching

"What Is Technological Pedagogical Content Knowledge?"

Feedback and Assessment

EDvice: Looking for Evidence in all the Right Places: Aligning Assessments with Goals

Academic integrity

Assessment cycle

Assignment design

Canvas

  • See Canvas Quizzes and Exams in Teaching Technologies section

Developing grading criteria

Feedback

Online learning

Participation

Rubrics

Teaching & Learning Activities

EDvice Exchange: The Heart of the Course: Learning Activities!

Accessibility

Accommodations

Active learning

Belonging

Checking for readiness to move on

Class climate and etiquette

Class planning

Collaborative learning and group work

Critical thinking

Content creation

  • Workshop recording: Creating Engaging Multimedia for Learning

Cultural Competence

Diversity and Inclusion in the Classroom

Information literacy

Integrated Course Design

Integrative Learning

Lecture/presentation skills

Mental Health and Wellness (student)

Metacognition

Motivation and Engagement

Open pedagogy

Participation

Reading

Student communication

  • see Class climate, above.

Student Support Resources

Syllabus

Teaching in the Disciplines

Writing instruction

Zoom

  • see Using Zoom in the Teaching Technologies section
Professional Development

CAT Services

Faculty Commons

Faculty conference

Peer Review

Reflective teaching

Self-care and mindfulness for faculty

Student Feedback Forms

Books on teaching and learning

  • CAT Lending Library (available at our offices on the first floor of the TECH Center)
  • Best Books for New Instructors
  • Introduction to Rubrics: An Assessment Tool to Save Grading Time, Convey Effective Feedback, and Promote Student Learning 2nd Edition
  • Inspired College Teaching: A Career-Long Resource for Professional Growth 1st Edition
  • What the Best College Teachers Do
  • Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
  • The Art of Changing the Brain: Enriching the Practice of Teaching by Exploring the Biology of Learning Tools for Teaching
  • Developing Learner-Centered Teaching: A Practical Guide for Faculty
  • Learner Centered Teaching
  • How Learning Works: Seven Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching
  • Classrooms Without Fear: A Journey to Rediscover the Joy of Teaching
  • Discussion as a Way of Teaching: Tools and Techniques for Democratic Classrooms 1st Edition
  • The Courage to Teach: Exploring the Inner Landscape of a Teacher's Life
  • Off-Track Profs: Nontenured Teachers in Higher Education
  • Developing Learner-Centered Teaching: A Practical Guide for Faculty Presentation
  • Zen Design: Simple Design Principles and Techniques to Enhance Your Presentations (Voices That Matter)
  • Becoming a Critically Reflective Teacher
  • A Faculty Guide to Addressing Disruptive and Dangerous Behavior
  • The Skillful Teacher

Not finding the thing you need? The CAT can help! Email us or make an appointment for an one-on-one consultation and we'll get you what you need.

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