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Teaching Resources for Graduate Students

Teaching Resources for Graduate Students

Pedagogical Resources


Online Modules


  • Objective: You will learn what a teaching philosophy statement (TPS) is, and be prepared to develop your own.

  • Objective: You will be able to analyze and adapt a variety of learning scenarios to encourage and promote student learning.

  • Objective: You will be able to use three taxonomies of learning that will help you think about your goals, plan your teaching and learning activities, and scaffold your students' learning towards these goals.

  • Objective: You will be able to identify the six facets of understanding.

  • Objective: You will be able to write goals and student learning outcomes for your course.
    • Introduction to Backward Design
    • Goals and Student Learning Outcomes

  • Objective: You will be able to select aligned assessments for your course.  
    • Assessment: Stages and Strategies
    • Designing Commonly Used Assessments
    • Introducing Authentic Assessment
    • Minimizing Cheating
    • The Course Map

  • Objective: You will be able to implement and maintain a welcoming environment for your students, and select active learning activities, both of which will support your student learning outcomes.
    • Establishing a Community of Learners
    • Utilizing Active Learning Strategies
    • Using the Flipped Approach
    • Selecting Course Materials
    • Consulting & Collaborating with a Librarian
    • Course map: Aligning Learning Activities to Learning Outcomes

  • Objective: You will be able to review your course for quality.

  • Objective: You will demonstrate competency in developing a syllabus.

  • Objective: You will be able to use assessment data to inform course and/or programmatic development and improvement