Faculty Resources

In addition to the resources listed on this page, the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence will maintain a Resource Room (G105) in the Sister Helen Sheehan Library stocked with books, journals, and videos focused on teaching and learning. Members of the University faculty and staff are welcome to browse or borrow the items.

Please check this page frequently as we add more resources designed to aid your teaching.

Focal Issues

   Discussions and Statistics Regarding Student Learning

• Education Sector, College Rankings Reformed (doc.)

• Outflanking the Ranking Industry
  Trinity President Patricia McGuire's article on college rankings that appeared in the January 2007 issue of Trusteeship magazine (PDF).

• NPEC (National Post secondary Education Cooperative)
  Post secondary data and information that support policy development at the federal, state, and institution levels.

• NCES (National Center for Education Statistics)
  Post secondary data and information that support policy development at the federal, state, and institution levels.

   Assessment

• Academic Affairs
  The Office of Academic Affairs supervises the planning, delivery, and assessment of all academic and co-curricular programs offered at Trinity.

• Assessment at CELT, Iowa State University
  A collection of assessment strategies from a variety of colleges and  universities on topics such as; student outcome assessment, formative assessment, and others.

  American Association of Colleges and Universities AAC&U is the leading national association concerned with the quality, vitality, and public standing of undergraduate liberal education. This site has numerous resources for assessment in higher education.

• Internet Resources: Alternative Assessment in Higher Education Web resources for learner-centered approach to assessment.

• Authentic Assessment Toolbox
  A how-to hypertext on creating authentic tasks, rubrics and standards for measuring and improving student learning.

• Best Practices in Higher Education
  Sponsored by the University of Delaware this collection of links covers best practice topics including; active learning, collaborative learning, problem-based learning, and more.

   Teaching Writing: Resources for Faculty

• Online Writing Lab, Purdue University
  Contains resources for writing across the curriculum, and writing in the disciplines.

• Reasons to Write in a Content Class. Ferris State University
  Guidelines for designing writing assignments to fit your purposes and help you meet your educational goals.

• Helping Students Write Better in All Courses
  The ideas that follow are designed to make writing more integral to your courses and less onerous to you and your students.

• Writing Studio Duke University, Writing for Specific Disciplines
  Short guides for writing in specific disciplines.

   Student Diversity and Teaching

• Diversity Web
  Interactive resource for Higher Education. This site is designed to serve campus practitioners seeking to place diversity at the center of the academy's educational and societal mission.  

   Web-Enhanced and Online Teaching

• Distance Education Clearinghouse
  A comprehensive and widely recognized web site bringing together distance education information from Wisconsin, national, and international sources.

   Transitions for Adult Learners

• Transition to College
  Learn about adult literacy education including English language learning, numeracy, and adult education.

• National College Transition Network
  An article on Strategies to Facilitate Reading Comprehension in College Transition Students