External Teaching-Related Professional Development Opportunities

Below you will find additional professional development opportunities external to CTRL and AU that you might take advantage of in addition to CTRL programming.

Feel free to schedule a consultation with a CTRL Teaching & Learning Specialist to discuss these options and decide what might be appropriate to support your goals.

Online Courses & Trainings

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs)

Inclusive Teaching: Supporting All Students in the College Classroom

A free six-week fully online course for instructors from all disciplines to explore the principles of inclusive teaching and learn how to apply them in your classroom to support diverse learners. Developed by Columbia University’s Center for Teaching and Learning and featuring experts from various institutions.

Inclusive STEM Teaching Project

A free six-week fully online course designed to advance the awareness, self-efficacy, and ability of STEM faculty, graduate students, and staff to create inclusive learning environments and develop as reflective, inclusive practitioners. Created through a large NSF grant by a team of STEM faculty and educational developers from various institutions.

Online Tutorials

The Cutting Edge Course Design Tutorial

Listservs, Blogs & Article Repositories

Faculty Focus: Brief, practical articles about all aspects of higher education teaching and learning from faculty and teaching and learning experts.

Inspiring Minds (from Harvard Business Publishing): Motivating and practical advice on student engagement, inclusion, and classroom management, relevant to business school teaching and teaching in general.

Teaching: A weekly newsletter to receive in your email from the Chronicle of Higher Education with insights to improve teaching and learning

The Educator Advocate: A resource library comprised of tools and knowledge to empower educators in online learning environments

The Learning Scientists: A compilation of blog posts, videos, and other downloadable materials to help make scientific research on learning more accessible to students, teachers, and other educators.

The Scholarly Teacher: Brief articles, teaching tip infographics, and essays from students to encourage critical thinking and reflection on teaching and learning.

Tips for Teaching Professors: A weekly blog to receive in your email with resources, teaching tips, best practices, and professional development opportunities for faculty.

Books

This list is by no means extensive, but a strong start. These books do a great job of taking the research from a variety of fields including education, psychology, sociology, anthropology, and neuroscience, to provide practical tips and inspiration for your teaching.

If you want to know more about applying the science behind learning in your teaching…

  • How Humans Learn (2016) Eyler
  • How Learning Works (2010) Ambrose et al.
  • The Spark of Learning: Energizing the college classroom with the science of emotion (2016) Cavanagh
  • The Art of Changing the Brain (2002) Zull

If you want reflections, frameworks, and critical analyses of diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice in higher education…

  • From Equity Talk to Equity Walk (2020) Brown, McNair et al.
  • Radical Hope (2020) Gannon
  • Teaching to Transgress (1994) hooks
  • What Inclusive Instructors Do (2020) Addy et al.

If you want support around course design…

  • Creating wicked students: Designing courses for a complex world (2018) Hanstedt
  • Reach Everyone Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Ed (2018) Tobin, et al.
  • Developing Learning-Centered Teaching: A Practical Guide for Faculty (2009) Blumberg
  • Designing and Assessing Courses and Curricula (2008) Diamond
  • Creating Significant Learning Experiences (2013) Fink

If you want strategies to support learning…

  • Teach Students How to Learn (2015) McGuire
  • What the Best College Teachers Do (2004) Bain
  • Collaborative Learning Techniques: A Handbook for College Faculty (2015) Barkley et al.

Podcasts

Dead Ideas in Teaching & Learning: Hear faculty discuss “dead” ideas in teaching and learning — those that many believe are true, but aren’t. This podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify.

Faculty Focus Live:10-15 minute episodes created to bring instructors energy, inspiration, and creative strategies that they can use in their everyday teaching. This podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify.

Teaching in Higher Ed: A podcast to “explore the art and science of being more effective at facilitating learning” and “share ways to increase our personal productivity.” Categories include digital pedagogy, students, work/life balance, and general teaching. There are several episodes specifically about course design and assessment. This podcast is also available on Apple podcasts, Google podcasts, and Stitcher.

The Key:Hear candid conversations with higher ed newsmakers on how colleges and universities are coping with the pandemic and recession — with a special focus on equity and lower-income students. This podcast is also available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, Stitcher, and Spotify.