UTAL 5000 Resource List Unfortunately
a few of these links were broken in the process of migrating everything from
the old website to the new one, and others now lead to dead sites. If there
is something you are keen to see and you can't get there from my link, send
me a note and I will try to fix the link or send you an alternative
(rsheese@yorku.ca). General Resources
Course Design Guides from other universities Designing a Course
(Waterloo, under CTE Teaching Tips) Planning your Course: A Decision Guide
(Brigham Young) Tips on Course Design (Oklahoma) Seven Principles for Good
Practice in Undergraduate Education Theories of
Learning/Cognition Explorations in Learning & Instruction: 50
Theories Pedagogical Concepts and Theories Visible Knowledge Project
Resources: Glossary Course Design
Outline overhead from Institute Course Design
Worksheet
distributed at Institute – Day 1 Sequence Worksheet distributed at
Institute – Day 1 Final Checklist distributed at Institute
– Day 2 Research on student engagement and perception of
workload Course Goals
Setting goals
within the context of one’s unit Learning
styles information Kolb’s Experiential Learning Model Article on learning styles, conceptions and
research Teaching Styles Inventories Teaching Perspectives Inventory Summary of 5 teaching perspectives Taxonomies of
learning goals Benjamin
Bloom: Cognitive Taxonomy Skill & Affective Taxonomies Lee
Schulman: Taxonomy Full article Dee
Fink: Taxonomy Full article (see
Figures 2.1 & 2.2) Inter/activities and Instructional Strategies Ron Sheese’s notes on the learning environment
metaphor as a guide to the design of activities and assignments Scott Library Subject Research Guides Scott McLaren's tutorial on using search strategies to find library
resources Psychology experiments participation
online
Virtual tours, a
list compiled by Saskatchewan East School District
Characteristics of Active Learning
assignments and activities Example 1, Example 2, Example 3 Aspects of Dialogue Tips on
leading discussions Preparing to Lead Discussion
Groups Structuring
study groups Problem-based learning (PBL) website Assignment Design TRACE Assignment Design Checklist
(University of Waterloo) The University of Kansas Writing
Center’s guide to preparing essay
assignments Some possible types of
assignments Assignment Design Strategies for reducing plagiarism problems York’s
Academic Integrity faculty website
and tutorial Some ways to find a starting point for an essay Feedback and Evaluation Specifying
evaluation criteria Levels of Biggs’ SOLO taxonomy How to create rubrics Guidelines for designing
multiple-choice tests York University grade
definitions Preparing a
syllabus Assessing and Documenting one's teaching |