External links

The following is a selection of sites on the topic which you might find useful. Links are listed alphabetically and there is no implied order of merit or quality in the listing. If you come across any dead links or you have any links you would like to share with other readers please let us know.

• Assessment of Teaching Portfolios
  An account of the use of teaching portfolios for probation and promotion decisions at Loughborough University, UK. The criteria for assessment in making these decisions are given in some detail.
• Documenting your teaching: Creating a Teaching Portfolio
  Notes from the University of Stanford, USA.
• Electronic Portfolio Development
  Useful information, ideas and links on electronic portfolio development from Helen Barrett at the University of Alaska. Although the focus is on the school level there is some material on higher education and many of the ideas can be applied at any level of education.
• Guide to Teaching Portfolios and Their Role in Promotion and Tenure
  The University of Western Australia guide to teaching portfolios with an emphasis on their use for staff appraisal in promotions and tenure. Criteria for various levels of performance for promotion at UWA are described in some detail.
• Improving College Teaching
  An article by Peter Seldin on the use of teaching portfolios for the improvement of teaching.
• Multimedia Approach to Profiles and Portfolios: Interactive Guidance (MAPPING)
  The purpose of this project is to create a package of computer-based, multimedia, interactive resources that will assist staff in Scottish Higher Education Institutions who wish to develop an academic portfolio. This will also include producing complementary resources to support education and staff developers in their role of providing guidance to other staff in the process of creating a portfolio.
• Preparing a Teaching Portfolio: A guidebook
  A comprehensive guide from the University of Texas at Austin, USA.
• The Teaching Portfolio
  Resources developed by the Gwenna Moss Teaching & Learning Centre at the University of Saskatchewan.
• Teaching Portfolios
  Contains useful information on writing one's teaching philosophy. From Iowa State University, USA.
• Teaching Portfolios
  A detailed handbook covering all aspects of teaching portfolios from the Centre for Effective Teaching and Learning at the University of Texas at El Paso, USA.   
• Teaching Portfolios
  Links to various resources on teaching portfolios from the Centre for Professional Development at Macquarie University, Australia.   
• Teaching Perspectives Inventory (TPI)
  The TPI is aimed at helping you collect your thoughts and summarize your ideas about teaching. It can be useful in examining your own teaching as well as helping clarify the teaching views of other people. The TPI is quick to complete online and to automatically score your results. You may also choose to print out a profile sheet to help you visualize and interpret your scores.