Faculty Development Programs at Michigan State University

Online Instructional Resources

A selected, annotated collection of links
for university instructors

We’ve reviewed hundreds of instructional resources on the Web and selected particularly useful sites to create this comprehensive Online Instructional Resources website.

These diverse teaching and learning resources were reviewed, organized, and annotated to create ten major categories subdivided into 86 subcategories. Each subcategory is arranged to give instructors both basic and advanced information on each topic.

Teaching in the Disciplines is a new resource that is designed to complement the general and cross-disciplinary resources in the rest of the Online Instructional Resources website.

The first set of disciplinary resources that is currently available focuses on the social sciences and aligns with departments in the College of Social Science. Disciplines related to the College of Engineering and the College of Agricultural and Natural Resources will follow. We will continue to add sections as they have been developed.

The website is under active construction. It may take a year or more to provide resources on all the disciplines represented in our University. If you have a request for information about a topic not included here, or if you have a suggestion for a link that we should consider including, please email us at facdevel@msu.edu. We are checking these links and adding updated resources every semester. We welcome your input and feedback.

To view subtopics, click each topic

1 Learners and Learning

	1.1	Cognitive, Moral, and Emotional Development of Students
	1.2	Dealing with Students in Crisis
	1.3	Learning Styles/Teaching Styles/Multiple Intelligences
	1.4	Millennial Learners
	1.5	Motivating Students
	1.6	Teaching Students Study Skills/How to Learn
	1.7	Theories of Learning/How People Learn

2 Curriculum/Instructional Design

	2.1	Course Design/Assignment Design
	2.2	Curriculum Design
	2.3	Learning Communities
	2.4	Syllabus Design

3 Teaching with Technology

	3.1	Assessing Online Resources
	3.2	Developing the Course Website
	3.3	E-portfolios
	3.4	Integrating Instructional Technology into your Courses
	3.5	Online Teaching
	3.6	Using the Internet for Instruction

4 Teaching Methods

	4.1	Active Learning
	4.2	Asking and Answering Questions
	4.3	Best Practices
	4.4	Capstone Courses
	4.5	Case-based Teaching
	4.6	Civic Engagement
	4.7	Clinical Teaching
	4.8	Cooperative/Collaborative/Team Learning
	4.9	Creating an Effective Learning Climate
	4.10	Discussions
	4.11	Experiential/Out-of-class Learning
	4.12	First Day(s) of Class
	4.13	Humor
	4.14	Integrative Learning
	4.15	Interdisciplinary Teaching and Learning
	4.16	Learner-centered Teaching
	4.17	Lectures and Large Classes
	4.18	Liberal Education
	4.19	Mentoring Graduate Students
	4.20	Prior Knowledge and Misconceptions in Learning
	4.21	Problem-based Learning (PBL)
	4.22	Service Learning
	4.23	Studio Teaching
	4.24	Teaching Critical Thinking
	4.25	Teaching for Creativity
	4.26	Teaching Disciplinary Thinking
	4.27	Teaching First Year Students
	4.28	Teaching Graduate Students
	4.29	Teaching in a Time of Crisis
	4.30	Teaching in Labs
	4.31	Undergraduate Research
	4.32	Writing Across the Curriculum/Using Writing

5 Multiculturalism/Diversity/Inclusive Classrooms

	5.1	Inclusive Teaching Methods
	5.2	Incorporating Multicultural Content into Your Teaching
	5.3	Teaching for Diverse Populations

6 Assessment

	6.1	Classroom Assessment Techniques (CATs)
	6.2	Formative and Summative Evaluation
	6.3	Institutional and Programmatic Student Outcomes Assessment
	6.4	Multiple-Choice Tests
	6.5	Poster Presentations
	6.6	Rubrics
	6.7	Student Portfolios
	6.8	Testing and Grading

7 Classroom Management/Academic Integrity

	7.1	Academic Integrity/Plagiarism
	7.2	Civility/Incivility in the College Classroom
	7.3	Classroom Management and Managing Controversy
	7.4	Dealing with Difficult Students

8 Documenting and Evaluating Teaching

	8.1	Evaluating Teaching Effectiveness
	8.2	Midterm Student Feedback (MSF)
	8.3	Reflective Practice
	8.4	Student Ratings
	8.5	Teaching Philosophy Statement
	8.6	Teaching Portfolios

9 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

9.0

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

10 Teaching in the Disciplines - Social Sciences

		Teaching in the Disciplines is a new resource that is designed to complement the general and cross-disciplinary resources in the rest of the Online Instructional Resources website. The first set of disciplinary resources that is currently available focuses on the social sciences and aligns with departments in the College of Social Science. Disciplines related to the College of Engineering and the College of Agricultural and Natural Resources will follow. We will continue to add sections as they have been developed.
	10.1	Social Sciences - General Resources
	10.2	Anthropology and Archaeology
	10.3	Criminal Justice
	10.4	Economics
	10.5	Family and Child Ecology
	10.6	Gender and Women's Studies
	10.7	Geography
	10.8	History
	10.9	Interdisciplinary Studies in Social Science
	10.10	Political Science
	10.11	Psychology
	10.12	School of Labor and Industrial Relations
	10.13	Social Work
	10.14	Sociology
	10.15	Urban and Regional Planning

11 Teaching in the Disciplines - Engineering

		Teaching in the Disciplines is a new resource that is designed to complement the general and cross-disciplinary resources in the rest of the Online Instructional Resources website.
	11.1	Teaching Resources for All Engineering Disciplines
	11.2	Discipline-Specific Engineering Education Resources
	11.3	Resources for Undergraduate Engineering Students
	11.4	Michigan State University Engineering Resources

To view all 86 subcategories at once, use the Table of Contents.

We welcome your feedback about this new website. Send comments to: facdevel@msu.edu

Compiled and annotated for the Office of Faculty and Organizational Development by Lois Rosen, Ph.D., Instructional Consultant.