External links

The following is a selection of sites on the topic which you might find useful. The links have not been placed in any particular order and there is no implied order of merit or quality in the listing. If you come across any dead links or have any links you would like to share with other readers, please let us know.

For the New Lecturer

The web sites of many staff development units include resources for the new lecturer. A world-wide list of units can be found at Educational and Staff Development Centres in the Deliberations site. The following are a selection of sites with detailed and comprehensive resources online.

• A Brief Summary of the Best Practices in College Teaching
  Covers lectures and small group learning situations divided into twelve main areas by the author.
• A Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence Suggestions on teaching from more than 150 faculty at the University of California, Berkley, USA.
• A Handbook for Teaching Assistants
  Although targeted at teaching assistants, this Handbook from Queen's University, Canada, should be of value to all new lecturers. It has a welath of information on a whole range of topics.
• Instructional Design
  'Researching and implementing strategies around the ability to learn' - part of the excellent Online Psychology Resources website. Follow the link from the their home page to access.
• Educational Development Resource Centre
  This is a WWW service from the Hong Kong Polytechnic University to higher education, providing resources for teaching development, student learning, staff development, educational research, Web teaching - and more. There are over 500 links to resources of interest to educators at the site.
• Humour in the Classroom
  Links to various sources of information on humour in the classroon provided by the Center for Teaching Excellence , Tufts University, USA.
• Preparing Future Faculty Programme
  This site provides information on an US initiative that provides experiences that will allow graduate students to learn about the roles and responsibilities of faculty members at the each institution which is a partner to the programme.
• Teaching Advice
  Large list of links to various topics such as Teaching Tips, Lecturing, Group Learning and Assessment. From the Centre for Professional Development at Macquarie University, Australia.
• Teaching at Stanford
  A comprehensive on-line handbook (revised 1998) for teaching staff and teaching assistants at Stanford University, USA. Covers the range of topics generally found in in-service programmes.
• Teaching Assistant Program
  From Michigan State University, USA, this site provides links to a handbook for teaching assistants and the online version of a newsletter for TAs with some useful articles.
• Teaching Tips
  Comprehensive resource for the beginning lecturer from the Teaching and Learning Center, University of Nebraska, USA
• Teaching Tips
  Internal publications and external links to resources likely to be useful to the new lecturer from the Center for Teaching Excellence Iowa State University, USA. Includes links to resources on the First Day and other useful items.
• Resources for teachers
  A selection of teaching tips produced by the Educational Development Unit at Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
• Teaching Tips
  A comprehensive range of teaching tips and links to a wide variety of topics from Illinois University Centre for the Advancement of Teaching, USA.
• Teaching Tips and Resources
  Links to a wide range of materials on teaching and learning which are likely to be especially useful to the beginning teacher in higher education. From the Centre for Teaching and Learning at Washington State University, USA.
• 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.
• Teaching Large Classes project (2001)
  A project funded by the Australian Universities Teaching Committee (AUTC)

Professional Development, general
(Peer Coaching, Scholarship of Teaching, etc.)

• Explorations in Learning & Instruction: The Theory Into Practice Database
  The online database contains brief summarizes of 50 major theories of learning and instruction. These theories can also be accessed by learning domains and concepts. The site includes links to related web resources.
• Gateway for Research Supervision
  This gateway links to websites throughout the world which offer information and advice pertinent to the practice of research degree supervision. A comprehensive search facilty is provided.
• Peer Coaching: An innovation in teaching
  A paper at a 1996 online conference organised by a community college in Hawaii.
• Peer Feedback on Teaching
  A downloadable form for peer feedback from the University of Western Australia.  
• Teaching as Scholarship
  The Searle Center for Teaching Excellence at Northwestern University, USA.
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
  Links to internal support for SoTL work at Illinois State University (USA), links to other sites about SoTL, and materials or links to examples of SoTL work.
• The Peer Review of Teaching
  A project of the American Association for Higher Education with links to various resources.
• Training, Managing and Supporting Sessional Teaching Staff 
  A project funded by the Australian Universities Teaching Committee  (AUTC)