Education Resources

Assessment | Copyright | General Teaching | Instructional Design |
Online Course Material | Online Interaction & Communication | Organizations | Plagiarism | Resources for Evaluating Web Sites | Teaching with Technology 

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Assessment

• GW Course Assessment Toolkit Provides a framework for establishing assessment in your courses.
• Program Assessment for Academic Program Reviews A tool for GW academic programs to evaluate goals in terms of learning outcomes
• Field Tested Learning Assessment Guides Assessment guides for math, engineering, and technology instructors.
• Universal Design for Learning Curriculum design method that makes course information more accessible to wider variety of learners, while simultaneously encouraging high-level academic achievement.

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Copyright

• Fair Use Harbor Information about copyright law for faculty.
• Copyright Information Copyright Information from the Office of the Vice President and General Counsel (PDF document).
• Digital Millenium Copyright Act Overview Learn about copyright legislation regarding Internet use.

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General Teaching

• GW and Consortium Libraries Conduct research in the various GW libraries and across the Washington Research Library Consortium.
• ALADIN Library Catalogs Conduct research in the various GW libraries and across the Washington Research Library Consortium.
• Disability Support Services Discover resources that allow students with disabilities to participate fully and successfully in their university experience.
• GW Faculty Handbook (PDF)
• Online Tutorials From the University of Minnesota. Helpful scenario role-plays for GTAs, in video and written transcript format.
• Teaching Style Inventory (PDF) From the University of Texas. Self-test to gauge personal teaching styles and preferences.
• Dealing with Difficult Behavior Tips on how to respond effectively in various classroom scenarios.

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Instructional Design

• A Trainers Toolbox of Templates, Outlines, and Briefing Donald Clark provides a variety of templates; of particular interest to instructors is the "Lesson Plan Template" .
• Instructional Design for Online Learning From the University of Pittsburgh. Includes information on assessment, teaching strategies, and new paradigms and research.
• Instructional Design Models From the University of Colorado, Denver. Information on modern and postmodern models.

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Online Course Material

• Merlot MERLOT is the Multimedia Educational Resouce for Learning and Online Teaching. Browse a collection of peer-reviewed on-line learning material for higher education.
• World Lecture Hall Collection of lectures and lecture handouts.

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Online Interaction & Communication

• Tips for Monitoring Interaction by Duncan MacDonald
• Steps to Achieving Successful Discussion
• Resources for Moderators and Facilitators of Online Discussion
• Asynchronous Learning Networks A website and on-line journal about asychronous educational websites.

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Online Journals and Reading

• The Journal on Excellence in College Teaching - Miami University of Ohio.
• Journal of College Science Teaching - National Science Teachers Association.
• "Deliberations" forum - London Metropolitan University.
• Arete - American University.
• Inventio An on-line journal about teaching and learning sponsored by George Mason University.

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Organizations

• Educause EDUCAUSE is an international, nonprofit association whose mission is to help shape and enable transformational change in higher education through the introduction, use, and management of information resources and technologies in teaching, learning, scholarship, research, and institutional management.
• EDUCAUSE Information Resources Library EDUCAUSE Publications.
• IATS The International Alliance of Teacher Scholars.
• The TLT Group and TLT at GWU The goal of the TLT group is to help educational institutions improve teaching and learning by making more sensible use of technology.
• POD Network The Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education (POD) fosters human development in higher education through faculty, instructional, and organizational development.
• Center for Occupational Research and Development (CORD) Tools for preparing students; resources, strategies, professional development for educators.

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Plagiarism

• The GW Office of Academic Integrity Find out more about The Office of Academic Integrity at GW and the processes for handling plagiarism.
• The Center for Academic Integrity Antiplagiarism information from The Center for Academic Integrity.
• Anti-Plagiarism Strategies for Research Papers by Robert Harris. Article on preventing and detecting plagiarism.
• The Instructor's Guide to Internet Plagiarism Check out the "Dead giveawayS" section.
• Avoiding Plagiarism Good information from the respected Purdue Writing Center for students. Includes exercises.
• Academic Integrity and the WWW View this online PowerPoint presentation for more information on integrity and the WWW (Best viewed in Internet Explorer).
• Papermills From the library at Coastal Carolina University.
• Deterring Plagiarism in Higher Education - Compendium of links on plagiarism from Oxford Brookes University.

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Resources for Evaluating Websites

• Bibliography on Evaluating Web Resources From the University of Vermont. Includes many interesting links and, most importantly, links to example web sites.
• Evaluating Web Sites From the University of Maryland at College Park. This site has a checklist you can give your students.

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Teaching with Technology

• Distance Learning Programs at GW Learn more about Distance Learning resources at GW.
• Distance Education Clearinghouse From the University of Wisconsin.
• Campus Technology Magazine "Useful information on technology to enhance edcuation".
• Web-Based Learning Group from George Mason University.
• Working the Web for Education by Tom March.
• WebQuests and More by Tom March.

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