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Instructional Methods

Instructional Methods and Pedagogy

First Step: Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education (http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/7princip.htm)
Developed by researchers reviewing over fifty years of research on teaching and learning in college. Subsequent publications include Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as a Lever (http://www.tltgroup.org/programs/seven.html) and the more interactive Seven Principles Website and Library with examples (http://www.tltgroup.org/Seven/Home.htm).


Practical Strategies for Teaching Computer Mediated Classes (http://ifets.ieee.org/periodical/vol_2_2001/discuss_summary_jan2001.html):
Eighteen higher education faculty members comment in writing to a target article by Brent Muirhead of the University of Phoenix Online. The article and discussions are supported by faculty experiences, 30 references (some online), and many links to educational sites. Six enumerated lists of things you can do are presented in the text and comments. This is an incredible resource from IEEE's Educational Technology group.

Getting Students to Participate Online:
Texas A&M’s Dr. Bill Klemm’s advice about online collaboration, conferencing and listservs. See particularly: http://resources.blackboard.com/scholar/general/pages/ictraining/Eight_Ways_Engage_Conferences.pdf.

Increasing Student Collaboration Online (http://www.tltgroup.org/resources/Collab_Distance.html)
Strategies for increasing student learning with e-mail lists without increasing your workload.

Using Instructional Technology (http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itcon.html):This well-organized site covers everything from theories and philosophy, to current research and best practices. Despite the name, this site is an incredible resource even if you are not adding instructional technology to your course. To read even more, see: http://carbon.cudenver.edu/~mryder/martin.html.


See also: Money for Educational Technology | Staying Current and Getting Answers

Return to the main site at http://clla.tamu.edu/technology/