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Dec. 3 at 4:00 pm:
Short Course: Teaching Diverse College Students: Insights from Intercultural Rhetoric Research that All University Instructors Need to Know
Short Course: Teaching Diverse College Students: Insights from Intercultural Rhetoric Research that All University Instructors Need to Know
Dec. 8 at 11:00 am:
Making the Grade: Test-taking Strategies
Making the Grade: Test-taking Strategies
Dec. 8 at 7:00 pm:
Making the Grade: Test-taking Strategies
Making the Grade: Test-taking Strategies
Dec. 9 at 10:30 am:
Making the Grade: Test-taking Strategies
Making the Grade: Test-taking Strategies
Jan. 6 at 8:00 am:
Professional Development Institute
Professional Development Institute
Jan. 7 at 8:00 am:
Professional Development Institute
Professional Development Institute
More events ...Master Teacher Initiative Teaching Tips
Collapse Tips ListWelcome to the Master Teacher Initiative Teaching Tips. Please click on the folders, below, to view the list of teaching tips. To view a complete tip, click on the title of the teaching tip.
Academic IntegrityBrainstorming Course Vision, Goals and Outcomes: A few thoughts on brainstorming activities to perform before designing and developing a new course, or redesigning and redeveloping an existing course. 
Creating an Effective Syllabus: This tip gives an overview of how to create a standard syllabus plus four helpful links to web sites on syllabus designing.
Creating Course Topics, Assignments & Activities: How to divide a course in to topical units with supporting assignments and activities.
Designing Homework: This tip provides some suggestions for designing homework assignments that will help students to get the most out of your class.
Developing a Course Syllabus and Class Policies: A short primer on introducing your course and class policies to your students.
Developing Course Learning Objectives: A brief "How To..." for establishing course learning objectives.
Developing Evaluation Rubrics: An introduction to evaluation rubrics and links to samples, templates and tools.
Developing Your Presentation of Course Content: Brief description of the variety of means by which course content can be presented that will beef up the standard lecture.
Getting Students to Read the Class Syllabus: This tip gives a few ideas for getting students to actually read the course syllabus.
MERLOT: A FREE Online Course Design Community: A brief review of—and link to—MERLOT, a free online resource for higher education teaching materials.
Six Tips for Handling Grade Complaints: A list of suggestions to include in the syllabus and first day class discussion regarding grades and grade complaints.
So...You've Never Taught "That" Class Before!: Exploring some "Do's" & "Don'ts" for developing and teaching a new course.
Title 508: Compliance with ADA: An overview of Title 508 of the Americans with Disabilities Act.
What is an Instructional Designer?: A brief description of what a professional Instructional Designer does.