Faculty Resources

Teaching and Course Design

• Creating Significant Learning Experiences: An Integrated Approach to Designing College Courses — L. Dee Fink
• Improving College Teaching: Strategies for Developing Instructional Effectiveness — Maryellen Weimer
• Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors — Linda B. Nilson and Todd D. Zakrajsek
• How Learning Works: Eight Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching — Marsha C. Lovett, Michael W. Bridges, Michele DiPietro, Susan A. Ambrose, and Marie K. Norman

Student Engagement and Relationship-Rich Teaching

• Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College — Peter Felten and Leo M. Lambert
• Small Teaching: Everyday Lessons from the Science of Learning — James M. Lang

Assessment and Feedback

• Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers — Angelo & Cross

Artificial Intelligence and Educational Technology

• Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning, Second Edition — José Antonio Bowen and C. Edward Watson

Inclusive and Student-Centered Teaching

• Teaching and Learning in Further Education: Diversity and Change — Prue Huddleston, Lorna Unwin
• Contemplative Practices in Higher Education: Powerful Methods to Transform Teaching and Learning — Daniel Barbezat, Mirabai Bush

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

• Enhancing Learning Through the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning — Kathleen McKinney
• Academic Search Complete (EBSCOhost)
  Academic Search Complete is a scholarly, multi-disciplinary full-text database, with more than 8,500 full-text periodicals, including more than 7,300 peer-reviewed journals. In addition to full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for more than 12,500 journals and a total of more than 13,200 publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings, etc. The database features PDF content going back as far as 1887.
• ERIC
• Education Research Complete
• Teacher Reference Center

Faculty Development and Professional Growth

• Teaching and Learning from the Inside Out: Revitalizing Ourselves and Our Institutions — Margaret Golden
• The Purdue University Online Writing Lab
  This Online Writing Lab from Purdue University is the premier online reference for learning how to research, write, and document research papers. They offer excellent examples of APA format.
• What the Best College Teachers Do — Ken Bain

Recommended Journals and Publications

Teaching and Learning Scholarship

• International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education
• Journal on Excellence in College Teaching
• Teaching in Higher Education
• Innovative Higher Education
• Journal of Faculty Development
• College Teaching
• The Journal of Higher Education

Higher Education News and Perspectives

• The Chronicle of Higher Education
• Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Continue Your Research

The Nathan W. Collier Library provides additional resources to support teaching, scholarship, research, and professional development.