[ED-TECH] [POD] Teaching & Learning Books / POD Authors

[I KNOW THIS IS FROM A PUBLISHER, BUT THERE SEEM TO BE SOME INTERESTING
TITLES, AND THE AUTHORS ARE ALL POD MEMBERS. Wrv]

From: Professional & Organization Development Network in Higher
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Subject: [POD] Teaching & Learning Books / POD Authors

Bestselling Teaching and Learning Resources by POD Authors From Anker
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ALIGNING FOR LEARNING
Strategies for Teaching Effectiveness
Donald H. Wulff, Wayne H. Jacobson, Karen Freisem, Deborah H. Hatch,
Margaret Lawrence, Lana Rae Lenz, Editors ISBN 1-882982-82-7 / $39.95
Available summer 2005
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LEARNING AND MOTIVATION IN THE POSTSECONDARY CLASSROOM Marilla D.
Svinicki ISBN 1-882982-59-2 / $39.95
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TEACHING AT ITS BEST
A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors Second Edition Linda
B. Nilson ISBN 1-882982-64-9 / $37.95
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THE TEACHING PORTFOLIO
A Practical Guide to Improved Performance and Promotion/Tenure Decisions
Third Edition Peter Seldin ISBN 1-882982-69-X / $32.95
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THE LEARNING PORTFOLIO
Reflective Practice for Improving Student Learning John Zubizarreta ISBN
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ENGAGING LARGE CLASSES
Strategies and Techniques for College Faculty Christine A. Stanley
(editor), M. Erin Porter (editor) ISBN/Prod. Id. 1-882982-51-7 / $39.95
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Excitement in Learning

Thomas L. Friedman writes about a few things that he learned on his "The World is Flat" book tour in the New York Times column, Tuning in to Jon Stewart, and Britney Schmidt, on May 6, 2005. The first thing he learned is that lots of people are getting their news from Jon Stewart on Comedy Central, but that is not a reason to include the article in the Ed-Tech blog.

The second thing he learned is that "there's a huge undertow of worry out in the country about how our kids are being educated and whether they'll be able to find jobs in an increasingly flat world." He argues that the goal of education in today's world is to learn how to learn. He argues that one way to do that is to "is to go ask your friends: 'Who are the best teachers?' Then - no matter the subject - take their courses. When I think back on my favorite teachers, I don't remember anymore much of what they taught me, but I sure remember being excited about learning it."

I know you are passionate about your discipline. I know you are passionate about teaching. Are your students excited about learning?

What do you do to generate student excitement about learning? How do you stimulate your students? How were you stimulated by your teachers and mentors? By example? By experiences? By encouragement? By recognition?

15 things you can do with RSS (it was supposed to be 10, but I got carried away) - Tim Yang's Geek Blog

RSS feeds provide updated lists of news items, blog postings, new email, podcasting recordings, pictures on flickr, and more. This is an article on what RSS feeds can do. Links are provided to instructions. Almost all browsers except Internet Explorer have RSS feed viewing built in.
15 things you can do with RSS (it was supposed to be 10, but I got carried away) - Tim Yang's Geek Blog

Georgia Southern Online Workshops

The Center for Excellence in Teaching at Georgia Southern seems to provide very detailed training on a number of software packages. Their training is online in the form of step-by-step guides and videos. They teach Composer, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, and more. One of their guides shows exactly how to use PowerPoint to create a 3' x 4' poster. Very useful information.

CET Online Workshops

Developing Faculty and Professional Learning Communities (FLCs) to Transform Campus Culture for Learning

FIPSE Project on Faculty Learning Communities runs a summer workshop and has an entire issue of the Jossey Bass series New Directions for Teaching and Learning: Building Faculty Learning Communities that explains the process.

"A faculty learning community (FLC) is a cross-disciplinary group of faculty and professional staff of size 6-15 (8 to 12 is the recommended size) engaging in an active, collaborative, yearlong program with a curriculum about enhancing teaching and learning and with frequent seminars and activities that provide learning, development, interdisciplinarity, the scholarship of teaching and learning, and community building. A participant in a faculty learning community may select a focus course or project to try out innovations, assess resulting student learning, and prepare a course or project mini-portfolio; engage in biweekly seminars and some retreats; work with student associates; and present project results to the campus and at national conferences. Evidence shows that FLCs increase faculty interest in teaching and learning and provide safety and support for faculty to investigate, attempt, assess, and adopt new (to them) methods." (from the Web site below)

FLC CONFERENCES AND TRAINING OPPORTUNITIES:

• National FLC Web Site


• Transforming Learning Across Ohio,, Newark, OH June 14


• The 7th FLC New Developers' Institute, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA, June 23-25, 2005