Pedagogy and Teacher Training
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A collection of online training resources covering pedagogy and developing practical skills for teaching and assessing your course, both online and face to face.
written material on general pedagogy topics
A short note on Strategies for Teaching: different teaching styles and approaches (Yale University)
Another introduction to Styles and Strategies of Teaching (Central Florida University)
A new series about Transforming Teaching and Learning (Journal: Inside Higher Education)
An excellent source of resources about Graduate Education (Vanderbilt University)
Guides and training for all levels of faculty (Center for Educational Innovation, Buffalo University)
Expert strategies to design an online course (University of North Carolina/Lenoir-Rhyne University)
Incorporating Design Thinking into your course (Harvard Graduate School of Education)
written material on assessment and feedback
Formative assessment and feedback discussion and guidelines (University of Edinburgh)
The importance of formative assessment in effective teaching (TeacherHead.com blog post)
Excellent to-the-point articles on giving effective feedback and increasing students' assesssment literacy (University of Portsmouth)
online courses
Coursera course on University Teaching (University of Hong Kong) Course outline available HERE
Coursera course on Higher Education Assessment: Practices and Philosophy (Erasmus University)
Coursera course on Teaching Science to beginner and advanced students (University of Zurich)
Coursera course on Teaching Science in Laboratories: developing best practice (University of
Amsterdam)
LinkedInLearning short course on Blended Learning: mixing online material and in-class teaching
LinkedInLearning short course on Project-based Learning: using real world challenges to deepen understanding
Kumamoto University Teacher Training Course (Japanese language only)
online videos
What does good university teaching look like? Nominees for THE best teaching awards discuss their approach to good teaching. (5:25) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=km0b5RIr9Dk
Videos from MIT Open Courseware course on Teaching College-Level Science and Engineering (MIT)
https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/id1198669648
Teaching tools and techniques video series (Center for Educational Innovation, Buffalo University)
Introduction to Pedagogy. Explains four current theories of learning. (8:40)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcpwEoW1uY8
Learning Theory and Online Course Design. How should I design and teach my course for the learning objectives of my students? (14:16) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0VbdZFdrXeA
Course Design Principles for Online courses. 'Backwards Design' (5:46) (California State University)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E12H1NUDkT0
Best Practice in Online Teaching (56:30) (Instructional Design Center, Northern Illinois University)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZLNZUrH_08
Teaching and Mentoring Graduate Students (2:04) A short commentary. (University of Chicago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2FmhvQBEAcc