Case Studies
Examples
Scenarios

Adaptation to the Discipline

References
Specific teaching methods
Key Books

Planning and Using Course Syllabi

Abele, L. (2001). Creating A Syllabus. Retrieved October 29, 2002, from Florida State University Faculty Handbook Web site: http://online.fsu.edu/learningresources/handbook/instructionatfsu/PDF-Chptr3.pdf

Altman, H. B., & Cashin, W. E. (n.d.). Writing a syllabus. Retrieved May 27, 2003 from Honolulu Community College Web site: http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/writesyl.htm

Beaudry, M.L., & Schaub, T.A. (1998). The learner-centered syllabus. Retrieved March 26, 2003, from University of Massachusetts Lowell Web site: http://www.uml.edu/centers/FTC/article.html (main site http://www.uml.edu/centers/FTC/lct.html)

Kitchens, L. E. (n.d.). Writing a syllabus [Electronic version]. Excellence in Teaching Series,1. Retrieved from The Center for Teaching Excellence Web site: http://www.cte.tcu.edu/excellence_in_teaching_series1.htm

Launching A Teaching System- A Higher Level Syllabus (1999). Teaching Tips In A Nutshell, 7(1). Retrieved October 29, 2002, from the University of Colorado at Denver, Office of Teaching Effectiveness & Faculty Development Web site: http://thunder1.cudenver.edu/OTE/nn/vol7/7_1.htm

Quigley, D. (1994). The evolution of an online syllabus. Computers and Composition, 11, 165-172.

Ryan, M., & Martens, G. (1989). Planning a college course: A guidebook for the graduate teaching assistant. Ann Arbor, MI: National Center to Improve Postsecondary Teaching and Learning.

Syllabus Development (n.d.). Retrieved October 18, 2002, from Houghton Mifflin College Web site: http://college.hmco.com/instructors/ins_teachtech_foundations_module_ syllabusdev. html

The Center for Teaching and Learning (2000). Syllabus Development Guide. Retrieved October 18, 2002, from http://devel.ctl.unc.edu/syllabus_guide/overview.html

Selecting and Sharing Course Policies

Websites with a variety of examples (good and bad) of course policies

http://www.theaha.org/teaching/aahe/Kelly/Pew/policies.htm

http://www.ics.uci.edu/~stauro/courses/philosophy.htm

http://www.me.umn.edu/courses/me3281ext/policy.html

http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~mcguire/teaching/policies/

http://www.cs.iastate.edu/~cclifton/teaching/policy.shtml

http://www.spelman.edu/~anderson/teaching/policies.html

http://www.cerias.purdue.edu/homes/spaf/cpolicy.html

http://zia.hss.cmu.edu/miller/teaching/general.html

http://www.inform.umd.edu/EdRes/FacRes/teach/policies.html

Meeting students for the first time (f2f and online)

Erickson, B., & Strommer, D. (1991). Teaching college freshman. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Gross Davis, B. (1993). Tools for teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Inc.

Teaching Effectiveness Program, Academic Learning Services, University of Oregon (1998). 101 things to do the first three weeks. LIZARD newsletter, 44, 1-5. Retrieved June 3, 2003 from http://tep.uoregon.edu/services/newsletter/year97-98/issue44/liz_44.pdf

West, E. (1997). 201 Icebreakers group mixers, warm-ups, energizers, and playful activities: Great for trainers speakers, and group facilitators. City, State: McGraw Hill