Instructional Websites for Faculty

General Resources |
Online Publications for Faculty |

Accessibility | Accreditation | Assessment |
Cooperative and Collaborative Learning |
Critical Thinking |
Distance Learning/ Distributed Learning |
Educational and Information Technology |
English as a Second Language (ESL) |
Faculty Development |
Information Literacy |
Plagiarism |
Service Learning |
Teaching Techniques |
Technical Education/ School to Work |

21st Century Literacies
URL: http://www.kn.att.com/
Information, media, multicultural, and visual literacies created by the Pacific Bell/UCLA Initiatives. Currently the AT &T Knowledge Newtwork Explorer. [06/08]
American Association for Higher Education (AAHE)
URL: http://www.aahperd.org/aahe/
"AAHE encourages, supports, and assists health professionals concerned with health promotion through education and other systematic strategies." [06/08]
Center for Instructional Development and Research (CIDR)
URL: http://depts.washington.edu/cidrweb/resources/cidrmaterials.html
[06/08]
Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE)
URL: http://www.case.org/
Information on “managing relationships to increase an educational institution’s support from key outside constituents, including alumni, friends, government policy makers, media, and community and philanthropic entities of all types”. [06/08]
DeLiberations: Deliberations on teaching and learning in higher education
URL: http://www.city.londonmet.ac.uk/deliberations/
Resources, articles, case studies, and links. [06/08]
EdGate
URL: http://www.edgate.com/
"...a suite of Web-based learning solutions that are secure, flexible, practical, user-friendly, and aligned to teaching standards." [06/08]
The Educator's Reference Desk
URL: http://www.eduref.org
Resources, lesson plans, links to online education information. Information Institute of Syracuse. (creators of ERIC) [06/08]
ERIC (Educational Research Information Center)
URL: http://www.eric.ed.gov/
“Free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials, and if available, links to full text”. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. [06/08]
Faculty Development Associates
URL: http://www.developfaculty.com/
"...offers workshops and consultation “to improve accountability outcomes of instructional programs.” Website of author and educator Dr. Richard E. Lyons. [06/08]
Faculty Development Associates: Online Resources
URL: http://www.developfaculty.com/online/index.html
A-Z Online resources from “academic integrity” to “writing learning objectives.” [06/08]
GEM: Gateway to 21st Century Skills
URL: http://www.thegateway.org/
"Consortium effort to provide teachers with quality materials and tools found on federal, state, university, non-profit and commercial Internet websites." NEA - National Education Association affiliate. [06/08]
Greater Expectations: A New Vision for Learning as a Nation Goes to College
URL: http://greaterexpectations.org/
"2002 report detailing findings and recommendations by a national panel of top private and public educators and community leaders after a two year study analyzing higher education in the United States." AACU, Association of American Colleges and Universities. [06/08]
Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning
URL: http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Sheridan_Center
Online publications on teaching and learning. Brown University. [06/08]
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) [06/08]
URL: http://nces.ed.gov
National Teaching and Learning Forum (NTLF) [06/08]
URL: http://www.ntlf.com/
New England Board of Higher Education (NEBHE) [06/08]
URL: http://www.nebhe.org/index.html
TLT Group: Teaching, Learning, and Technology
URL: http://www.tltgroup.org
" not-for-profit corporation committed to improving teaching and learning (with technology), especially in higher education."
College, university subscriptions required for full content. [06/08]
Teaching Tips Index
URL: http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm
Tons of great information from fellow instructors, other sources. University of Hawaii. [06/08]

Sloan-C View: Perspectives in Quality Online Education
URL: http://www.sloan-c.org/publications/view/index.asp
"...useful information about online learning, commentaries about the field and pointers to more details about the work of the Sloan Consortium." Free registration required. [06/08]

Accessibility and Microsoft
URL: http://www.microsoft.com/enable/?gssnb=1
Microsoft's site for computer accessibility for people with disabilities. [06/08]
Accessibility Tools Network
URL: http://www.eclipse.org/actf/
Referred by the "Bobby" tools: " ACTF is a framework that serves as an extensible infrastructure upon which developers can build a variety of utilities that help to evaluate and enhance the accessibility of applications and content for people with disabilities." [06/08]
Best Information on the Net: Disability Resources
URL: http://library.sau.edu/bestinfo/Disability/disindex.htm
Excellent listing. [06/08]
Bobby
Discontinued as of February, 2008. See the note at Watchfire, an IBM company. [06/08]
CAST: Center for Applied Special Technology
URL: http://www.cast.org
"...innovative, technology-based educational resources and strategies based on the principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL)." [06/08]
Handspeak™
URL: http://www.handspeak.com/
Dictionary of video clips of American Sign Language signs. [06/08]
Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Products
URL: http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/keyboard.aspx
From Windows VISTA through Office 97, find the keyboard shortcuts you need. [06/08]
National Center on Accessing the General Curriculum
URL: http://www.cast.org/publications/ncac/index.html
Practical approaches for improved access to the general curriculum. [06/08]
World Wide Web Consortium
URL: http://www.w3.org/
Develops specifications, guidelines, software, and tools to lead the Web to its full potential as a forum for information, commerce, communication, and collective understanding. [06/08]

College-Wide
NEASC
URL: http://www.neasc.org
New England Association of Schools and Colleges. [06/08]

Program-Specific
ABET
URL: http://www.abet.org
Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology. [06/08]
ACOTE
URL: http://www.aota.org/Educate/Accredit.aspx
Accreditation Council for Occupational Therapy Education. [06/08]
CAAHEP
URL: http://www.caahep.org
Commission on Accreditation of Allied Health Education Programs. [06/08]
NATEF
URL: http://www.natef.org/
National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation. [06/08]

American College Personnel Association (ACPA)
URL: http://www.myacpa.org/
“provides information on higher education trends, research journals and publications, connections, and resources”. [06/08]
ACT
URL: http://www.act.org
ACT is an independent, not-for-profit organization that provides more than a hundred assessment, research, information, and program management services in the broad areas of education and workforce development. ACT = American College Testing Program. [06/08]
EBI: Educational Benchmarking, Inc.
URL: http://www.webebi.com
“offers comprehensive assessment services to higher educational institutions” -paper or online surveys.
ETS: Resources for Higher Education
URL: http://www.ets.org/hea
" To advance quality and equity in education by providing fair and valid assessments, research, and related services. ETS = Educational Testing Service. Check the ETS homepage for tests.
ERIC (Educational Research Information Center)
URL: http://www.eric.ed.gov/
“Free access to more than 1.2 million bibliographic records of journal articles and other education-related materials, and if available, links to full text”. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. [06/08]
Field-Tested Learning Assessment Guide (FLAG)
URL: http://www.flaguide.org/intro/intro.php
"a resource for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) instructors." [06/08]
NCHEMS: National Center for Higher Education Management Systems
URL: http://www.nchems.org
"to improve strategic decision making in higher education." [06/08]
Noel Levitz Centers
URL: http://www.noellevitz.com
"helps campuses and systems reach and exceed their goals for enrollment." [06/08]
Harcourt Assessment
URL: http://harcourtassessment.com
Formerly Psychological Corporation, now part of Pearson. See Pearson in this list. [06/08]
Pearson
URL: http://harcourtassessment.com/
[06/08]

None available.

Center for Instruction and Research Technology (CIRT): Educational Resources
URL: http://www.unf.edu/dept/cirt/links/inst_tech.htm
University of North Florida. [07/08]
Distance Education at a Glance
URL: http://www.uidaho.edu/eo/distglan.html
University of Idaho offers 13 Guides for providing Distance Ed. [07/08]
Distance-Educator.com
URL: http://www.distance-educator.com/
Resources, articles for educators. [07/08]
Mentoring Distance Learners
URL: http://library.neit.edu/mentor1.pdf
Article from Distance Education Report, Patricia Zeeb, April, 2000. [07/08]
NACOL (North American Council for Online Learning)
URL: http://www.nacol.org/
"...a learning landscape that promotes student success and lifelong learning." [07/08]
ojdla: Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration
URL: http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla/
" peer-reviewed electronic journal offered free each quarter over the World Wide Web." [07/08]
USDLA: United States Distance Learning Association
URL: http://www.usdla.org
"... serves the needs of the distance learning community by providing advocacy, information, networking and opportunity." [07/08]

Office of Educational Technology (OET)
URL: http://www.ed.gov/Technology/
Government information relating to education such as Research, Reports, Grants from the Department of Education. [06/08]
EDUCAUSE
URL: http://www.educause.edu
Transforming Education Through Information Technologies. [06/08]
International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
URL: http://www.iste.org/
"provides leadership and service to improve teaching, learning, and school leadership by advancing the effective use of technology... Home of the National Educational Technology Standards (NETS), the Center for Applied Research in Educational Technology (CARET), and the National Educational Computing Conference (NECC). [06/08]
techLEARNING
URL: http://www.techlearning.com/
Articles and resources for technology teaching. [06/08]

CAL: Center for Applied Linguistics
URL: http://www.cal.org/
Free online resources related to language and culture. Formerly ERIC. [07/08]
CAELA: Center for Adult English Language Acquisition
URL: http://www.cal.org/caela/esl_resources/
Adult ESL resources. [07/08]

Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD)
URL: http://www.ascd.org/
Includes online tutorials on a wide variety of topics related to teaching. [07/08]
NEFDC: New England Faculty Development
URL: http://www.nefdc.org/
"...our mission the enhancement of the teaching and learning process in colleges and universities, through the professional development of faculty and administrators." [07/08]
POD: Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education
URL: http://www.podnetwork.org
POD is dedicated "... to improving teaching and learning in post-secondary education." [07/08]

Information Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education
URL: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/standards/informationliteracycompetency.cfm
Descriptions of materials available from ACRL, Association of College & Research Libraries that define Information Literacy and set the standards. [07/09]

Academic Honesty Policy
From the New England Tech Student Handbook. [06/08]
Center for Academic Integrity
URL: http://www.academicintegrity.org/
Rutland Institute of Ethics, Clemson University, South Carolina. [06/08]
Cheating 101: Internet Paper Mills
URL: http://www.coastal.edu/library/presentations/mills2.html
Extensive list of sites to get term papers -plagiarized, of course. Coastal Carolina University, Kimbel Library.
[Last update 2006, still valid, 06/08]
Plagiarized.com: The definitive guide to Internet Plagiarism
URL: http://www.plagiarized.com/
Articles, tips, news -- good source material. [06/08]
Plagiarism.org: Learning Center
URL: http://www.plagiarism.org/
"... to help people all over the world prevent plagiarism and restore integrity to written work." [06/08]
Plagiarism Resource Site
URL: http://www.plagiarism.phys.virginia.edu/links.html
Links to plagiarism information, including detection software (dated). From Louis A. Bloomfield, University of Virginia Physics Professor. Site not updated since 2004, but many good resources. [06/08]
Plagiary: Cross disciplinary studies in plagiarism, fabrication and falsification
URL: http://www.plagiary.org/
Plagiary is a new scholarly journal. Back issues full-text online from 2006. Papers and perspectives. [06/08]

Higher Education Research Institute
URL: http://www.heri.ucla.edu/
“...to inform educational policy and promote institutional improvement through an increased understanding of higher education and its impact on college students. [07/09]
National Service-Learning Clearinghouse
URL: http://www.servicelearning.org/
Online resources about “integrating meaningful community service with instruction.” [07/08]

National Service-Learning Clearinghouse Library

URL: http://www.servicelearning.org/library/journals/

Listing of online availability of journals devoted to service. Some have free full-text available online. [07/09]

Tool kits
URL: http://www.servicelearning.org/library/lib_cat/fulltext.php

Teachers: Action without Borders
URL: http://www.idealist.org/teachers/servicelearning.html
Profiles of 45,000 plus nonprofit institutions around the world. [07/08]

The Active Learning Site
URL: http://www.active-learning-site.com/index.html
"This site supports the scholarship of teaching by providing research-based resources designed to help faculty use active learning successfully in college and university classrooms." [07/08]
Inclusive Teaching Strategies
Center for Instructional Development and Research, University of Washington. [07/08]
LDRC: Learning Disabilities Resource Community
URL: http://www.ldrc.ca/projects/projects.php?id=26
Learning to Learn: Thinking and Learning Skills. University of Toronto. Free registration required. [07/08]
Syllabus Tutorial
URL: http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/syllabus/
The Center for Teaching and Learning Services, University of Minnesota. [07/08]

ACT Online
URL: http://www.acteonline.org
"The Association for Career and Technical Education (ACTE) is the largest national education association dedicated to the advancement of education that prepares youth and adults for careers." [07/08]
Center for Occupational Research and Development [CORD]
URL: http://www.cord.org/
"CORD is a national nonprofit organization providing innovative changes in education to prepare students for greater success in careers and higher education." [07/08]
ETA Library: U. S. Department of Labor: Employment and Training Administration
URL: http://wdr.doleta.gov/
"The Employment and Training Administration (ETA) has produced a wealth of information related to America's workforce system." [07/08]
History of Science Society
URL: http://www.hssonline.org
"...world's largest society dedicated to understanding science, technology, medicine, and their interactions with society in historical context." [07/09]
INTUTE
URL: http://www.intute.ac.uk/
"Intute is a free online service providing access to the very best web resources for education and research." British site, very good subject resource section. [07/09]
ITEA: International Technology Education Association
URL: http://www.iteaconnect.org
"professional organization for technology, innovation, design, and engineering educators." [07/08]
National Research and Dissemination Centers for Career and Technical Education (CTE)
URL: http://www.nccte.com
Formerly National Center for Research in Vocational Education (NCRVE). "improve the engagement, achievement and transition of high school and postsecondary CTE students through technical assistance to states, professional development for CTE practitioners and dissemination of knowledge derived from scientifically based research." [07/08]
SkillsUSA
URL: http://www.skillsusa.org/
SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled work force. [07/08]
Society for Philosophy and Technology
URL: http://www.spt.org/
"an independent international organization that encourages, supports and facilitates philosophically significant considerations of technology." [07/08]
Society for the History of Technology
URL: http://www.historyoftechnology.org/
"formed in 1958 to encourage the study of the development of technology and its relations with society and culture." [07/08]