General Resources
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OneHE: Free ResourcesThis British-based site provides a page with free resources and activities for a variety of classroom interactions.
Book Titles
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13 Ideas That Are Transforming the Community College World
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Call Number: eBook (click title)Community colleges are undergoing a historic transformation, driven by research, foundation support, and national leadership. This book brings together experts from key organizations to explore the major ideas shaping their future. -
All the Classroom's a Stage: Applying Theater Principles to Teaching Techniques
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Call Number: LB1027 .F53 2020Reveals how teachers can integrate exciting theater techniques to the craft of teaching and enhance their ability to engage and motivate students. -
Becoming a Successful Community College Professor: Navigating a Changing Academic World
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Call Number: LB1738 .S45 2025This book mentors aspiring and current community college faculty, covering hiring, teaching strategies, student needs, and institutional culture. Through faculty interviews and practical guidance, it explores equity, engagement, and navigating the evolving academic landscape. -
College Teaching: Practical Insights from the Science of Teaching and Learning
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Call Number: LB2331.F632 2016This book mines the science of teaching and learning for strategies to help college professors align every aspect of their teaching. -
College Teaching at Its Best: Inspiring Students to Be Enthusiastic, Lifelong Learners
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Call Number: LB2331 .P344 2019A practical guide for professors who are interested in being more effective teachers. -
Convergent Teaching: Tools to Spark Deeper Learning in College
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Call Number: eBook (click title)Higher education must prioritize teaching as a professional practice that fosters learning and growth for all students. Through research-backed strategies, convergent teaching connects students' cognition, emotions, and identities, offering practical insights for educators, administrators, and policymakers. -
The Course Syllabus: A Learning-Centered Approach
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Call Number: LB2361.G78 2008A well-crafted syllabus helps students understand course goals, expectations, and evaluation criteria while supporting their learning. This book explores the evolving role of the syllabus in engaging diverse students, integrating technology, and fostering lifelong learning. -
Critical Teaching Behaviors: Defining, Documenting, and Discussing Good Teaching
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Call Number: LB2838 .B27 2023 & eBook (click title)The Critical Teaching Behaviors (CTB) framework offers a holistic means of documenting and assessing teaching effectiveness by including a variety of evidence and perspectives, and a comprehensive feedback and documentation toolkit incorporates more of the instructor's perspective on their own teaching into the evaluation process. -
The Elements of Teaching
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Call Number: LB1025.3 .B35 2017Effective teaching is more than technical skill, it is an art blending intellect, ethics, and emotion. This book explores essential qualities like authority, imagination, and compassion, offering insights for educators at all levels. -
The Essentials of College Teaching: A Guide for New and Adjunct College Instructors
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Call Number: LB2331 .J66 2024 & eBook (click title)Most teaching guides focus on tenure-track faculty, while adjunct instructors, who make up the majority of U.S. faculty, often lack professional development support. This book provides essential guidance for new and adjunct college instructors, helping them navigate teaching challenges and improve their skills. -
First-Class Teaching: 10 Lessons You Don't Learn in College
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Call Number: LB1715 .E44 2023Focuses on encouragement for teachers paired with actionable strategies that can be used to improve areas of struggle such as classroom management, student engagement, student relationships, lack of planning time, and more. -
Geeky Pedagogy: A Guide for Intellectuals, Introverts, and Nerds Who Want to Be Effective Teachers
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Call Number: LB2331 .N424 2019 & eBook (click title)A funny, evidence-based, multidisciplinary, pragmatic, highly readable guide to the process of learning and relearning how to be an effective college teacher. -
Great College Teaching: Where It Happens and How to Foster It Everywhere
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Call Number: LB2331 .C325 2023Explores exemplary teaching in U.S. higher education and offers strategies for fostering teaching improvement across institutions. Drawing on extensive research, it highlights best practices, equity-based teaching, and institutional policies that support faculty development and student success. -
Handbook of Research on Learning and Instruction
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Call Number: LB1060 .H34575 2017This handbook compiles updated research on learning and instruction, including new technologies and instructional methods. Its diverse contributions make it a valuable resource for students, researchers, and practitioners in the field. -
The Happy Professor: How to Teach Undergraduates and Feel Good About It
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Call Number: LB2331 .C648 2019Written by Bill Coplin, who has 50+ years of undergraduate teaching experience, this book is a self-help manual so that undergraduate professors in all fields can test out his suggestions and ideas for themselves. College professors will be much happier because their actions will meet the needs of their students and society. -
Infusing Critical Thinking into Your Course: A Concrete, Practical Approach
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Call Number: LB2395.35 .N55 2021This book provides practical strategies for teaching critical thinking, including defining it clearly, explaining its importance, and designing assessable learning outcomes. It offers concrete methods for integrating critical thinking into any course and using varied activities to help students practice and improve these skills. -
The Missing Course: Everything They Never Taught You About College Teaching
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Call Number: LB1778 .G655 2019 & eBook (click title)A field guide for scholars to become effective teachers, based on the latest research in teaching and learning. It provides practical insights on active learning, course design, and student-centered teaching strategies to enhance student success. -
A Pedagogy of Kindness
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Call Number: LB2331 .D426 2024Articulating a fresh vision for teaching, one that focuses on ensuring justice, believing people, and believing in people, this how-to offers evidence-based insights and draws from the author's own rich experiences as a professor to provide practical tips for reshaping syllabi, assessing student performance, and creating trust and belonging in the classroom. -
Planning with Purpose: A Handbook for New College Teachers
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Call Number: LB2331 .R62 2021In this book, experienced educators share methods, materials, and classroom management strategies to guide and support first-year teachers. -
The Spark of Learning: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion
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Call Number: LB2331 .C37 2016 & eBook (click title)Informed by psychology and neuroscience, Cavanagh argues that in order to capture students' attention, harness their working memory, bolster their long-term retention, and enhance their motivation, educators should consider the emotional impact of their teaching style and course design. -
Syllabus: The Remarkable, Unremarkable Document That Changes Everything
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Call Number: LB2361 .G45 2020This book explores the importance of the syllabus as a key document in academic life, offering guidance on how to create a meaningful, student-centered syllabus. It reimagines the syllabus as a living document that fosters a community of practice, focusing on what students will do and how the syllabus can shape their learning experience. -
Taking College Teaching Seriously: Pedagogy Matters!
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Call Number: eBook (click title)This book emphasizes the critical role of faculty in improving student learning and presents a model of professional development that supports reflective teaching practices. It highlights the importance of collaboration, technology, and ongoing self-assessment to enhance teaching effectiveness and student outcomes. -
Teaching Across Cultural Strengths: A Guide to Balancing Integrated and Individuated Cultural Frameworks in College Teaching
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Call Number: eBook (click title)This comprehensive guide addresses the continuing gaps in our knowledge about the role of culture in learning and offers an empirically-based framework and model, together with practical strategies, to assist faculty in transforming college teaching for all their students through an understanding of and teaching to their strengths. -
Teaching College: The Ultimate Guide to Lecturing, Presenting, and Engaging Students
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Call Number: LB2331.E644 2017This practical guide is designed for early-career instructors looking to improve student engagement and teaching effectiveness. It offers actionable strategies, including active learning techniques and syllabus tips, inspired by marketing and K-12 education, to help instructors create engaging lessons and foster student participation. -
Teaching Complex Ideas: How to Translate Your Expertise Into Great Instruction
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Call Number: LB2331 .W398 2019Integrating insights from learning science with practical guidelines and stepwise approaches, Teaching Complex Ideas helps educators masterfully translate their expertise into easy-to-understand, interesting, and memorable instruction. -
Thinking Like a Lawyer: A Framework for Teaching Critical Thinking to All Students
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Call Number: LB1590.3 .S372 2020 & eBook (click title)Critical thinking is crucial for student success, but it is often not taught to its fullest potential. This approach offers a practical framework for teaching critical thinking, helping students develop the skills, habits, and mindsets of lawyers to tackle complex problems and thrive in a global marketplace. -
To My Professor: Student Voices for Great College Teaching: What College Students Really Say about Their Instructors: With Advice from Master Educators and Teacher Trainers
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Call Number: LB2331.M53 2016The book includes statements, notes and social media comments by students describing experiences wonderful and painful, uplifting and unbelievable. -
What the Best College Teachers Do
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Call Number: LB2331.B34 2004Great teaching is rooted not in what teachers do, but in how they understand the subject and value human learning. The best educators deeply know their subjects, engage and challenge students, and inspire passion for learning. This book, based on a fifteen-year study, provides insights into the qualities that make teachers memorable, offering valuable lessons for both new and experienced educators.
