Teaching Professor Digital Library

Faculty and staff now have access to a new online professional development resource. The Teaching Professor Digital Library is a growing library of video-based programs to help you address teaching opportunities and challenges. Each video is accompanied by PDF handouts and a transcript. 

Topics include: 

  • What are the three worst mistakes to make in the classroom?
  • How can I promote deep, lasting student learning?
  • How can I connect students' interests to course content?
  • How can I build community in my classroom? 
  • How do I create engaging threaded discussion questions?
  • How do I get more students to participate in class?
  • In blended courses, what should students do online?

 

To activate your Teaching Professor Digital Library subscription, contact us at [email protected] and we will send you the GVSU activation code.

Quality Matters

Through our institutional membership, faculty have access to the Quality Matters rubric, a set of eight research-based standards that can be used to guide online/hybrid course development. Currently, the Quality Matters rubric is used in the Foundations of Online/Hybrid Course Development and QM Teaching Circles.

Sampling of Teaching Professor Digital Library Offerings

Program Title

Category

How Can Gamification Transform the Flipped Classroom?

Student Engagement

Supporting First-Generation and Non-Traditional Students

Student Engagement

Wake Them Up! Engaging Student in the 21st Century Classroom

Student Engagement

What 5 Play-based Activities Can I Use to Create an Active, Learning-centered Class?

Student Engagement

How Can I Use Microactivities to Engage Students and Improve Learning and Retention?

Student Engagement

How We Can Help Our Students Become Better Critical Thinkers, and Why It Matters

Learning and Cognitive Development

What are Five Methods that Help Students Become More Effective Learners?

Learning and Cognitive Development

How Can I Use Mindfulness Strategies to Prepare Students for Learning?

Learning and Cognitive Development

How Can I Encourage the Growth Mindset with Three Simple Tips?

Learning and Cognitive Development

Can We Disagree and Still Belong? Navigating Classroom Conflict

Learning and Cognitive Development

Using Authentic Assessment to Assess Student Learning

Grading and Feedback

Learning Assessment Techniques: How to Integrate New Activities that Gauge What and How Well Students Learn

Grading and Feedback

What Are 7 Ways to Assess Students in an Ungraded Classroom?

Grading and Feedback

How Can I Grade in Less Time with Greater Impact?

Grading and Feedback

How Can I Create Authentic Engagement Through Feedback Dialogue?

Grading and Feedback

Developing Antiracist Competencies in Teaching and Curriculum Design

Course Design

How Can I Write a Course Syllabus That’s Worth Reading?

Course Design

How Can I Implement UDL in the Next 20 Minutes?

Course Design

Reimagining Feedback and Assessment Through Learner-Centered and Growth-Oriented Practices

Course Design

Understanding Open Educational Resources (OER): A Powerful Solution for Both Faculty and Students

Course Design

How Can I Structure Class Discussions to Maximize Student Engagement?

Instructional Strategies

How Can I Alleviate Student Stress and Anxiety in My Class?

Instructional Strategies

Aligning Student and Faculty Perceptions of Rigor

Instructional Strategies

What Interventions Help Students Master Deep Reading and Engage with Assignments?

Instructional Strategies

How Can I Structure Class Discussions to Maximize Student Engagement?

Instructional Strategies

How Can I Prevent Plagiarism in the Artificial Intelligence Era?

Artificial Intelligence

How to Craft Assignments that Outsmart AI Tools

Artificial Intelligence

How Can AI Literacy Help Students Use AI Tools More Efficiently?

Artificial Intelligence

Facing the Future: Educators Discuss Teaching in the Era of ChatGPT

Artificial Intelligence

The Discussion Board and Beyond: How Can I Engage Students Online?

Online Teaching and Learning

How Can I Maximize the First 10 Minutes of Remote Teaching to Spark Student Engagement?

Online Teaching and Learning

Seven Ways to Facilitate Effective Online Discussions

Online Teaching and Learning

How Can I Truly Enjoy Teaching Asynchronous Online Classes?

Online Teaching and Learning

How Can I Make My Video Lectures Effective and Engaging?

Online Teaching and Learning

Three Secrets to Building Diverse and Inclusive Online Learning Environments

Online Teaching and Learning

How Can I Support Neurodivergent Colleagues?

Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

Using OER to Create Inclusive Classrooms

Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

Simple Strategies to Create an Inclusive Classroom for Gender Variant Students

Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

Increasing Inclusion and Interaction: Disabilities in the College Classroom

Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

Build International Student Success with Intercultural Awareness

Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility

Transform Conflict into Collaboration: A Practical Guide for Leaders

Leadership and Administration

How to Effectively Lead Change in Higher Education

Leadership and Administration

The Role of Higher Education in Times of Crisis: Healing Strategies for Educators

Leadership and Administration

Tips for Department Chairs on Navigating Academic Departmental Relationships

Leadership and Administration

Faculty Evaluation and Review: Guidelines for Getting it Right

Leadership and Administration

How to Develop and Maintain a Scholarly Agenda

Faculty Development

What Did We Learn from Pandemic Teaching and What Are We Keeping as We Move On?

Faculty Development

What Can I Do to Manage and Reduce Academic Job Stress?

Faculty Development

Using Student Feedback to Immediately Improve Teaching

Faculty Development

How Can I Move My Teaching Forward at Midcareer?

Faculty Development



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