Teaching

EDUCAUSE Library Items for Teaching

Making Mastery Work: A Close-Up View of Competency Education

November 1, 2012

“Making Mastery Work: A Close-Up View of Competency Education” highlights the work of ten schools participating in the Proficiency-Based Pathways Project (PBP). Led by the Nellie Mae Ed…

Unleashing the Potential of Technology in Education

August 1, 2012

The long-promised technology revolution in education is now possible—but hardly inevitable. Educators and policymakers must act today to unleash the potential of technology to improve instruc…

Cultivating Change in the Academy: 50+ Stories from the Digital Frontlines at the University of Minnesota in 2012

July 9, 2012

Cultivating Change is an eBook designed to stimulate discussion about what’s possible as well as generate new vision and academic technology direction. It serves as a means for faculty, ins…

Learning From Online

December 7, 2009

Can learning how to teach online make professors better teachers in the classroom? Can learning how to teach online make professors better teache…

NASULGC-Sloan National Commission on Online Learning Benchmarking Study: Preliminary Findings

November 9, 2009

The goal of the benchmarking activity is to begin the process of identifying some of the key factors that lead to “successful” online programs at public colleges and universities.  To date, …

Half-Learned Lessons

October 9, 2009

Ten years after the National Center for Academic Transformation began course redesigns, early adopters applaud learning outcomes but remain ambivalent about the cost reduction. …

Med School, High Tech

July 23, 2009

New medical schools are launching curriculums with more use of simulation and more social science -- and many established schools are moving in that direction, too. …

Pedagogical & Technological Support for Active Learning Classrooms

July 22, 2009

A survey to determine the pedagogical and technological supports available within the active learning classroom (ALC) environment was sent June 1, 2009. The invitation for survey responses (inclu…

A National Action Plan for Addressing the Critical Needs of the U.S. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education System

October 30, 2007

The United States possesses the most innovative, technologically capable economy in the world, and yet its science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education system is failing to …

An absolutely riveting online course: Nine principles for excellence in web-based teaching

November 19, 2008

This article explores excellence in web-based teaching. Drawing on the views of experts in the field and the perspective of their own years of experience, the authors compiled a list of 9 princip…