PART-TIME FACULTY RESOURCE SITES

-The following links will take you to web sites which you may help you answer questions you have regarding teaching at the university level. Below each link is a summary of what to find on that page.

• Funderstanding: About Learning
  A comprehensive resource with information about many aspects of learning, including theories, influences, history, emotional intelligence, and more.

• Neuroscience: Learning and Memory
  A good resource for information about conditioning and nature vs. nurture.

• LD Online
  An entire web site dedicated to learning disabilities, with in-depth information, ask an expert, first-hand experiences, and lots more.

• Teaching Strategies Online
  Information for parent, educators, and interested students about teaching strategies and more.

• The Rise of Experimental Psychology
  An excellent article about the rise of epistemology and consciousness since the 17th century.

• Applied Cognitive Psychology
  The official journal of the Society for Applied Research in Memory and Cognition, with articles about learning processes, conditioning, and information processing.

• Learn.com
  Countless online courses on subjects ranging from learning disabilities and memory to speed-reading and computer programming.

• Index of Learning Styles Questionnaire
  Not sure what your learning styles are? This online questionnaire might help determine them.

• Instructional Design & Learning Theory
  Brenda Mergel examines the history of learning theories in instructional design and asks, "Is there one best theory for instructional design?"

• Curriculum: What Should be Learned?
  Funderstanding presents seven different theories of curriculum: Outcome-Based Education (OBE), Core Curriculum, Whole Language, Character Education, Multiculturalism, Tech-Prep and Paideia.

• Tips, Tricks, and Techniques
  Links to tips, trick and techniques for rapid instructional design from Thiagi include the use of templates and "How to Design a Course in Seven Days."

• Online Student Retention, Team Teaching, and Creating a classroom environment