The Active and Activity-Based Learning Connection
ABLConnect is a teaching resource database that compiles active learning strategies from Harvard faculty and teaching fellows, so that you can use them in your classes. These activities get students engaged and thinking.
Tips On Being a Moderator
- 10 Tips on Moderating a Panel Discussion"A good panel discussion needs a referee. The moderator’s job is to be the voice of reason, the champion for the audience and, if necessary, the inquisitor who probes beneath the surface for compelling comments."
- Mastering Moderation"Running a successful program is more than just naming the names; it means being an integral part of the proceedings."
Using Powerpoint Effectively
Tips on avoiding common mistakes during a presentation, as well as keeping the audience engaged.
Books on Teaching
See also: HOLLIS
On Course by Call Number: Widener, WID-LC LB2331 .L245 2008ISBN: 9780674028067Publication Date: 2008-05-30You go into teaching with high hopes: to inspire students, to motivate them to learn, to help them love your subject. Then you find yourself facing a crowd of expectant faces on the first day of the first semester, and you think “Now what do I do?” Practical and lively, On Course is full of experience-tested, research-based advice for graduate students and new teaching faculty. It provides a range of innovative and traditional strategies that work well without requiring extensive preparation or long grading sessions when you’re trying to meet your own demanding research and service requirements. What do you put on the syllabus? How do you balance lectures with group assignments or discussions-and how do you get a dialogue going when the students won’t participate? What grading system is fairest and most efficient for your class? Should you post lecture notes on a website? How do you prevent cheating, and what do you do if it occurs? How can you help the student with serious personal problems without becoming overly involved? And what do you do about the student who won’t turn off his cell phone? Packed with anecdotes and concrete suggestions, this book will keep both inexperienced and veteran teachers on course as they navigate the calms and storms of classroom life.
What Helps Students Learn? A Discussion with Harvard Undergrads
Teaching with Clickers
- Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Peer Instruction video
- Charles, 11/2010. Clickers and Quality of Teaching blog posting regarding a Harvard Gen Ed course that uses clickers.
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- Pedagogical Uses of Clickers in Library Instruction: a Summary of Recent Scholarship (Ramona Islam,Most of the cited references are hyper-linked for your convenience.