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Maria Struble, Director
Assistant Professor, Politics and Government

Address:
Kelley 204
Western State Colorado University 
600 N. Adams
Gunnison, CO 81231
Phone:
(970) 943-3024
Email: 
mstruble@western.edu 

 

Faculty Resources

The following list of websites for learning and teaching centers was suggested by Peter Filene in The Joy of Teaching

Syllabi Development Sites

http://www.clt.cornell.edu/campus/teach/faculty/TeachingMaterials.html
The Cornell University website has a syllabus template with great instructions.  There is also a section on designing new courses.

http://www.abacon.com/nietzel/syllabus.html
This site provides an overview of the intent and purposes of a syllabus.

http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Sheridan_Center/
This Brown University Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning site includes syllabus development advice among other things.

http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/index.html
This University of Minnesota Center for Teaching and Learning Services site has a nice syllabus tutorial plus copies of the Teaching Professor.

Teaching Strategies Sites

http://www.crlt.umich.edu This Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching site has a whole section of teaching strategies plus specific sections for resources for each discipline.

http://www.umass.edu/cft/
This University of Massachusetts Center for Teaching site provides suggestions for effectively using readings in courses.

http://ctl.unc.edu
This University of North Carolina CTE site offers advice on what to do on your first day of class.

http://www.vanderbilt.edu/cft/
This Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching site has a specific section on inclusive teaching strategies.

General Faculty Development Resources

http://www.developfaculty.com/online/index.html Faculty development resources on a variety of topics from academic integrity to writing learning objectives. Provided by Faculty Development Associates.

http://www.developfaculty.com/tips.html Also provided by Faculty Development Associates is this "tip of the week" area. For some looking at this once/week may be less daunting than looking through the entire list of helpful topics.