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Course descriptions and helpful strategies for engaging the adult learner as well as useful study tips and guides

This article discusses ways that the instructor can facilitate and guide metacognitive processes in students, by both asking questions and prompting students to ask themselves questions in future learning. I think this would be useful for anyone going forward who hopes to play an active role in making their students better learners.

This article discusses ways that the instructor can facilitate and guide metacognitive processes in students, by both asking questions and prompting students to ask themselves questions in future learning. I think this would be useful for anyone going forward who hopes to play an active role in making their students better learners. 

This document serves as an official guide for the implementation and maintenance of all CPE programs. Those wishing to offer CPE programs for credit will need to seek accreditation, which this document provides a guide for as well.

This website is a great resource aimed for learners and teachers of any kind, created as a free educational public service for anyone to reproduce. It is even translated into 38 different languages! The website includes information under a variety of categories: learning and studying; internet; project and time management; writing and vocabulary; thinking and evaluation; reading and research; and math and science. Topics range from strategies for creating a test, to stress management, to information about learning techniques. Many of them even contain multimedia components to enhance learning (for example, see "Thinking Critically").

While this instructor guide was written specifically for teachers at Furman University, it provides a lot of good information for teaching in general including instructions on how to get prepared to teach. It includes information on determining objectives, choosing course materials, outlining course procedures, and choosing methods of instruction-all things that are taken into consideration when creating a lesson plan.

Even if you had plenty of practice writing lessons during your teacher training, it's hard to be prepared for the avalanche of lesson planning you'll have to do once your first year of teaching begins. To rev up the learning curve, here are eight questions to "think aloud" as you prepare lessons.

"Overwhelmingly, students enjoy CBL and think that it enhances their learning. The empirical data taken as a whole are inconclusive as to the effects on learning compared with other types of activity. Teachers enjoy CBL, partly because it engages, and is perceived to motivate, students. CBL seems to foster learning in small groups though whether this is the case delivery or the group learning effect is unclear."

This is a great resource describing the different teaching styles and outlining pros and cons of each approach.

Provides an overview of the flipped classroom model, including research supporting its use, important concepts for successful implementation, and links to more information. A variety of other topics are also featured on the website, including collaborative teaching, team-based learning, problem-based learning, etc.

Google Book access to the guide for team based learning in health professions by the "founder" of TBL Larry K. Michaelsen

This website discusses different aspects of an audience that a speaker should evaluate when giving a presentation. It emphasizes the importance of performing a thorough audience analysis, rather than delivering a self-centric presentation.

This is an article by a public speaker and speech evaluator about audience analysis. It breaks down the audience analysis in three parts and provides some really good questions you can ask yourself when you are trying to analyze your audience. The next article in the series is also really helpful because it shows you how to conduct an audience analysis.

University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching. This website has tons of resources on how to prepare a instructor guides and lesson plans.

A lesson plan is the instructor's road map of what students need to learn and how it will be done effectively during the class time.

From the Center for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan

A website from the University of Delaware which guides an educator on some key planning points for a demonstration. It was very clear and easy to understand. This website also provides a checklist to help instructors design their demonstrations.

This is a WONDERFUL packet on how to be a successful facilitator when conducting a problem-based learning group. It explains the proper ways to plan, implement and evaluate during group sessions.

This website has a useful check list for making a lesson plan and also has sample lesson plans

Complete Guide to Psychology for Students, Educators & Enthusiasts. Find psychology articles, student resources and learn about the theories and perspectives that have shaped the discipline. Does a great job of breaking down all the different theories in ways that can be easily understood!

A brief description of developing a general lesson plan.

This website provides a nice overview of team-based learning (TBL) concepts and the structure of TBL in the classroom. It also provides a little more detail on the theory behind TBL and a couple of references of TBL in the literature.