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Pedagogical Resources

Syllabus

• CCET Syllabus Checklist (version August 2012)
• Special Syllabus Rules (version August 2012 - there may be others, check with your department)
• Template Syllabus (.doc, updated July 2010 - superseded by syllabus checklist)
• Emergency Preparedness Instructions

First Day of Class

• First Day of Class at LMU
• Reference list
• FAQ - New Faculty

Taxonomies for Learning

• Dee Fink's Taxonomy of Significant Learning
• Bloom's Taxonomy

Course Design

• Dee Fink's Self-Directed Guide to Designing Courses for Significant Learning
• Carnegie Mellon's "design & teach a course" Website

Teaching Self Assessment Tools

• Teaching Goals Inventory (online version),
  see Angelo, T.A., Cross, K.P. (1993), Classroom Assessment Techniques
• Teaching Perspectives Inventory

Effective Teaching

• Statement on Effective Teaching at LMU
• Feldman's Dimensions of Teaching
• Interactive Teaching Techniques (online version HERE)

Student Judicial Affairs and Support Services

• Judicial Affairs Website
• Community Standards Booklet
• Judicial Affairs Brochure
• Sexual Assault Reporting and Resources Brochure
• Disruptive & Threatening Student Behavior Brochure
• Student Psychological Services Website
• Faculty & Staff Guide to Student Psychological Services
• Academic Resource Center Website

Inclusive Pedagogies

• One page handout: 22 Ways to Create an Inclusive Classroom
• Links to Additional Web Resources on Inclusive Pedagogies
• Annotated Bibliography of Resources on Inclusive Pedagogy

Student Use of Mobile Devices 

• Wilfried Laurier University - Sample Syllabus Statements
• University of Michigan - CRLT Occasional Paper 30

Other Resources

• 11 Ways to Improve your Students' Writing (.doc)
• Notes from 4-2-09 Education of the Whole Person: Student Panel on Effective Teaching
• Faculty Focus: Teaching Mistakes from the College ClassroomNew Faculty Orientation
• Chronicle: "Summer Prep for New Teachers"

New Faculty Orientations

• Full-Time Faculty Summer 2012
• Part-Time Faculty Winter 2013

Also see the Faculty Reources website, in particular the Faculty Resource Guide.