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We have done our best to cite the sources of all of our materials in either this section or on the references page. In some cases it was very difficult to find to originators of certain thoughts so we noted the last resource that we could trace.

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Articles & Books

     
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  2. Altman, H. (1989). "Syllabus Shares What the Teacher Wants," The Teaching Professor 3(5), 1-2.
  3. Altman, H. B. and Cashin, W. E. (1992). "Writing a Syllabus," Idea Paper No. 27, Manhattan, KS: Center for Faculty Evaluation and Development, Kansas State University.
  4. Angelo, T.A. & Cross, P.K. (1993). Classroom Assessment Techniques (2nd ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  5. Association of American Colleges and Universities. National Panel Report. (2002, July). Greater expectations for undergraduate education. report on a national task force. Retrieved Oct. 15, 2002 from www.greaterexpectations.org/pdf/GEX.FINAL.pdf
  6. Bairan, A. and B.J. Farnsworth, "Oral Exams: An Alternative Evaluation Method," Nurse Educator, 1997,6-7. De Charruf, L.F., "Oral Testing," Mextesol Journal, 8(2), Aug 1984,63-79.
  7. Banta, T.W. and J.A. Schneider, "Using Locally Developed Comprehensive Exams for Majors to Assess and Improve Academic Program Quality," Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association (70th, San Francisco, CA, April 16-20, 1986).
  8. Barr, R. B., & Tagg, J. (1995, November/December). From teaching to learning: A new Paradigm for undergraduate education. Change, 27, 12-25.
  9. Barrett, H.C. (1994). Technology-supported assessment portfolios. "Computing Teacher," 21 (6),9-12. (EJ 479 843)
  10. Bartsch, R. A., & Cobern, K. M. (2003). Effectiveness of PowerPoint presentations in lectures. Computers & Education, 41, 77-86.
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  12. Birdsall, M. (1989). Writing, Designing, and Using a Course Syllabus, Boston: Office of Instructional Development and Evaluation, Northeastern University.
  13. Bloom, B. S., Engelhart, M. D., Furst, E. J., and Krathwohl, D. R. (1956). Taxonomy of Educational Objectives: Cognitive Domain, New York: McKay.
  14. Bradburn, Norman (1979). Improving Interview Method and Questionnaire Design. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
  15. Bruner, J. (1966). Toward a theory of instruction. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
  16. Burton, E. and R.L. Linn, "Report on Linking Study--Comparability across Assessments: Lessons from the Use Moderation Procedures in England. Project 2.4: Quantitative Models to Monitor Status and Progress of Learning and Performance", National Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing, Los Angeles, CA, 1993.
  17. Collison, G., Elbaum, B., Haavind, S., and Tinker, R. (2000). Facilitating Online Learning: Effective Strategies for Moderators, Madison, WI: Atwood Publishing.
  18. Comeaux, P. (2005). Assessing online learning. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company.
  19. Darling-Hammond, Linda. Jacqueline Ancess, and Beverly Falk. Authentic Assessment in Action. New York:Teachers College, Press, 1995.
  20. Davis, B. G. (1993). Tools for Teaching, San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.
  21. DeZure, D. (2000). Learning from change. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing.
  22. Diamond, R. M. (1997). "Forward" in Grunert, J., The Course Syllabus, Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc.
  23. Dobson, Ann (1996). Conducting Effective Interviews: How to Find out What You Need to Know and Achieve the Right Results, Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
  24. Dressel, J.H., "The Formal Oral Group Exam: Challenges and Possibilities-The Oral Exam and Critical Thinking," Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the National Council of Teachers of English (81st,
    Seattle, WA, November 22-27, 1991).
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  26. Ewell, P. (2001). Editorial: Listening Up. Change 33(3) 4
  27. Fink, L. D. (2001). Higher-level learning: The first step toward more significant learning. In D. Lieberman, & C. Wehlburg (Eds.), To improve the academy (pp. 113-129). Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Company, Inc.
  28. Finkeistein, E. (November 2003). 44 tips and tricks to help turbo charge your PowerPoint presentation. Presentations.com. Retrieved February 6, 2004, from http://www.presentations.com/ presentations/ technology/ article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=2056785
  29. Fitzpatrick, Jody L. and Michael Morris, Eds., Current and Emerging Ethical Challenges in Evaluation, San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass, 1999.
  30. Frey, B., & Birnbaum, D. J. (2002). Learners’ Perceptions of the Value of PowerPoint in Lectures. ERIC Document Reproduction Service: ED467192
  31. Gabbenesch, B. S. (1992). "The enriched syllabus: To convey a larger vision," The National Teaching and Learning Forum, 1(4), 4 - 5.
  32. Gardiner, L. F. (1994). Redesigning higher education: Producing dramatic gains in student learning. Washington, D.C.: . Graduate School of Education and Human Development, The George Washington University.
  33. Gronland, N. E. (1991). How to Write and Use Instructional Objectives, New York: Macmillan.
  34. Hart, D. (1994). Authentic assessment: a handbook for educators. Menlo Park, CA: Addison-Wesley.
  35. Hartley, J., and Davies, I. K. (1986) Note-taking: A critical review. Programmed Learning and Educational Technology, 15, 207.
  36. Henderson, M.L., "Types of Classroom Tests: Essay Tests and Oral Exams," American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 48(3), Fall 1984, 290-292.
  37. Hester, E. J. (1989, Feb.). "Taking meta-cognitive moments," The Teaching Professor 12(2), 2.
  38. Hoffman, R. (n.d.) Text Readability. Retrieved November 3, 2004, from http://edtechfm.sdsu.edu/bhoffman/type/
  39. Hodges, D. (1998). Portfolio: A self-learning guide. Barrington, IL.
  40. Hutchinson, S. & Coulthard, G. (2002). Microsoft Office XP. Boston, MA: McGraw-Hill Irwin.
  41. Johnson, G. R. (1988). Taking Teaching Seriously, College Station, TX: Center for Teaching Excellence, Texas A & M University.
  42. Johnson, W. D. (1991). Student-student interaction: The neglected variable in education. Educational Research, 10(1), 5-10.
  43. Johnson, D. W., Johnson, R. ., & Smith, K. A. (January/Febuary 2000). Constructive controversy: The educative power of intellectual conflict. Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 32, (1), 28-37.
  44. Jonassen, D., Peck, K., and Wilson, B. (1999). Learning with technology: A constructivist perspective, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.
  45. Kafai, Y., & Resnick, M. (1996). Constructionism in practice. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
  46. Kiewra, K.A. (1985). Providing the instructor's notes: An effective addition to student note taking. Educational Psychologist, 20, 33-39.
  47. Krueger, Richard (1998). Developing Questions for Focus Groups, Vol 3. University Paper series on Quantitative Applications in the Social Sciences, Newbury Park, CA: Sage.
  48. Lincoln, Y. S. and E. G. Guba (1985). Naturalistic Inquiry. Newbury Park, CA, SAGE Publications. Miles, M. B. and A. M. Huberman (1984). Qualitative Data Analysis. Beverly Hills, Sage Publications.
  49. Lopez, C.L., "Assessment of Student Learning," Liberal Education, 84(3), Summer 1998,36-43.
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  51. Matlin, M. W. (2002). Cognitive psychology and college-level pedagogy: Two siblings that rarely communicate. In D. F. Halpern, & M. D. Hakel (Eds.), Applying the science of learning to university teaching and beyond. (pp. 87-103). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  52. Maxwell, W. E. (1998). Supplemental instruction, learning communities and students studying together. Community College Review (Fall), retrieved December 20,2005 from findarticles.com
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  57. Nelson, J. "Implementing Oral Exams as Part of the School Exam System. In: New Approaches in the Language Classroom: Coping with Change. Proceedings of the National Modern Languages Convention (2nd, Dublin,
    Ireland, January 31-February 1, 1986). 22, Jul/Aug.
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  59. Palloff, R. M., & Pratt, K. (1999). Building learning communities in cyberspace: Effective strategies for the online classroom. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
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  61. Paulson, L.F., Paulson, P.R., & Meyer, C. (1991) What makes a portfolio a portfolio? "Educational Leadership,"48(5), 60-63. (EJ 421 352)
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  63. Potts, Bonnie. (1993). Improving the quality of student notes. ERIC Document Reproduction Service: ED366645.
  64. Putnam, L., & Groves, P. (n.d.). Tips for Effective Presentations. Retrieved November 3, 2004, from http://www.columbia.edu /cu/psychology/200bc/present.html
  65. Reiser, R., and Dempsey, J. (2002). Trends and issues in instructional design and technology, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.
  66. Rogers, Gloria and Timothy Chow, "Electronic Portfolios and the Assessment of Student Learning," Assessment Update, Jossey-Bass Publisher, January-February 2000, Vol. 12, No.1, pp 4-6, 11.
  67. Rubin, S. (1985, Aug. 7). "Professors, students, and the syllabus," The Chronicle of Higher Education, 56.
  68. Ryan, Alan G. "Towards Authentic Assessment in Science via STS." Bulletin of Science, Technology & Society. 1994, v 14, n 5/6, p 290.
  69. Schweizer, H. (1999). Designing and Teaching an On-line Course. Needham Heights, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
  70. Shea, M. A. (1990). Compendium of Good Ideas on Teaching and Learning, Boulder, CO: Faculty Teaching Excellence Program, University of Colorado.
  71. Simonson, M., Smaldino, S., Albright, M., and Zvacek, S. (2000). Teaching and learning at a distance: Foundations of distance education, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill.
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  73. Sorcinelli, M. D., Austin, A. E., Eddy, P. L., & Beach, A. L. (2006). Creating the future of faculty development. Bolton, MA: Anker Publishing Co.
  74. Sternberg, R. J., & Grigorenko, E. L. (2002). The theory of successful intelligence as a basis for instruction and assessment in higher education. In D.F. Halpern, & M.D. Hakel (Eds.), Applying the Science of Learning to University Teaching and Beyond. New directions for teaching and learning (45-54). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
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  79. Watkins, R. (2005). 75 E-learning Activities: Making online courses more interactive. San Francisco, CA: Wiley/Jossey-Bass/Pfeiffer.
  80. Weimer, M. (2002). Learner-centered teaching. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
  81. Wiggins, G., and McTighe, J. (1998). Understanding by design, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Merrill Prentice Hall.

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  1. All Things in Moderation
  2. Center for Innovation, Teaching, and Research - Western Illinois University
  3. Cornell Center for Learning & Teaching
  4. Distance Education Clearinghouse
  5. eLearning Guru
  6. Glossary of Instructional Strategies
  7. Knowledge Weavers
  8. Passionate:Creating passionate users
  9. Rose Colored Glasses
  10. University of Leeds Staff and Departmental Development Unit
  11. University of Minnesota Digital Media Center
  12. Virtual Resources Site for Teaching with Technology

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