- Communication
- Conflict Management
- Creativity
- Discussions
- Facilitation
- Presentation Skills
- Problem-Solving
- Teaching Assistants (Handbooks for)
- Teaching Styles
Communication
- Fundamentals of Communication Resource Center - Houghton Mifflin Company
- Links that help instructors who work in communication and public speaking classrooms. The main site has sections that pertain to general communication, speech communication, and public speaking.
- http://college.cengage.com/communication/resources/instructors/fundamentals.html
Conflict Management
- ACR Education Section - Association for Conflict Resolution
- Links to short articles, reports, and other resources to do with conflict management.
- http://www.mediate.com/acreducation/pg3.cfm
Creativity
- Creativity and Innovation Techniques: an A to Z - Mycoted
- Describes over 200 techniques and tools. Techniques are listed alphabetically.
- http://www.mycoted.com/Category:Creativity_Techniques
- Resources for Creativity and Innovation - Creativity Web
- Collection of instructional resources, including books, software, and techniques.
- http://members.optusnet.com.au/~charles57/Creative/index2.html
Discussions
- Discussion: Basic Strategies - Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning, Indiana University Bloomington
- Information about preparing for discussions, problems with discussion, and strategies for building discussion throughout a class section.
- http://citl.indiana.edu/resources_files/teaching-resources1/teaching-handbook-items/discussion.php
- On Questions: Asking Them, Answering Them, and Learning From Them - Brian D. Joseph, Ohio State University
- In this article, the author articulates why he thinks the practice of asking questions is important and reviews some techniques for successful questioning.
- https://kb.osu.edu/dspace/handle/1811/34506
Facilitation
- Active Reviewing Guide to Facilitating Reflection, Debriefing and Transfer
- Monthly newsletter (archives on site) to augment reviewing and facilitation skills.
- http://reviewing.co.uk/index.htm#ez1
- Basic Facilitation Primer (PDF)
- Published by The Human Leadership and Development Division of the American Society for Quality, The Association for Quality and Participation, and The International Association of Facilitators.
- http://www.undg.org/docs/11595/Basic-Facilitation-Skills.pdf
Presentation Skills
- Lecturing - Center for Teaching and Learning, University of California Berkeley
- Resources for delivering a lecture.
- http://teaching.berkeley.edu/lecturing
- Hints for a Great Classroom Presentation - Virtual Humanities Lab, Brown University
- Article with practical advice to help in presentation preparation and delivery.
- http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Italian_Studies/dweb/pedagogy/classroom.php
Problem-Solving
- Problem Solving Techniques - VirtualSalt
- This article presents techniques for problem-solving.
- http://www.virtualsalt.com/crebook4.htm
- CPS Techniques
- Compilation of techniques for problem solving and/or stimulating creativity.
- http://www.winwenger.com/mind.htm
- Systematic Problem-Solving Method - California State University, Long Beach
- This article briefly describes 5 stages of the problem-solving process.
- http://www.csulb.edu/~tstevens/wsps.htm
Teaching Assistants (Handbooks for)
- Instructional Resource Guide for Teaching Assistants (PDF) - Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, UBC
- Teaching Assistant Handbook - Office of Graduate Studies, University of Texas, Dallas
- Faculty Handbook - University of Iowa
Teaching Styles
- Teaching Styles
- Offers a brief introduction to four different learning styles, a comparison of the four styles and a teaching styles quiz for those who would like to get an indication of what their main teaching style is and whether it suits online teaching.
- http://members.shaw.ca/mdde615/tchstyles.htm