Category: Resources


Demystifying Disability: What to Know, What to Say, and How to be an Ally

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Authors: Emily Ladau  Published: September 7, 2021 UTHSC Library People with disabilities are the world’s largest minority, an estimated 15 percent of the global population. But many of us—disabled and nondisabled alike—don’t know how to act, what to say, or how to be an ally to the disability community. Demystifying Disability is a friendly handbook on… Read More

Contemplative Practices in Higher Education: Powerful Methods to Transform Teaching and Learning

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Authors:  Daniel P. Barbezat, Mirabai Bush Published: December 4, 2013 UTHSC Library Contemplative pedagogy is a way for instructors to: empower students to integrate their own experience into the theoretical material they are being taught in order to deepen their understanding; help students to develop sophisticated problem-solving skills; support students’ sense of connection to and compassion… Read More

Robot-Proof: Higher Education in the Age of Artifical Intelligence

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Author: Joseph E. Aoun Published: August 14, 2018 UTHSC Library Driverless cars are hitting the road, powered by artificial intelligence. Robots can climb stairs, open doors, win Jeopardy, analyze stocks, work in factories, find parking spaces, advise oncologists. In the past, automation was considered a threat to low-skilled labor. Now, many high-skilled functions, including interpreting medical… Read More

Teaching College: The Ultimate Guide to Lecturing, Presenting, and Engaging Students

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Author: Norman Eng  Published: March 10, 2017 UTHSC Library Your students aren’t reading. They aren’t engaged in class. Getting them to talk is like pulling teeth. Whatever the situation, your reality is not meeting your expectations. Change is needed. But who’s got the time? Or maybe you’re just starting out, and you want to get… Read More

Teach Students How to Learn: Strategies You Can Incorporate into Any Course to Improve Student Metacognition, Study Skills, and Motivation

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Author: Saundra Yancy McGuire  Published: October 13, 2015 UTHSC Library Human minds are made of memories, and today those memories have competition. Biological memory capacities are being supplanted, or at least supplemented, by digital ones, as we rely on recording—phone cameras, digital video, speech-to-text—to capture information we’ll need in the future and then rely on… Read More

Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology: Teaching, Learning, and the Science of Memory

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Author:  Michelle D Miller  Published: April 1, 2022 UTHSC Library Human minds are made of memories, and today those memories have competition. Biological memory capacities are being supplanted, or at least supplemented, by digital ones, as we rely on recording—phone cameras, digital video, speech-to-text—to capture information we’ll need in the future and then rely on… Read More

Learning That Matters: A Field Guide to Course Design for Transformative Education

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Author: Caralyn Zehnder, Cynthia Alby, Karynne Kleine, Julia Metzker   Published: December 14, 2000 UTHSC Library Our society urgently needs education that motivates, challenges, engages, and affirms all students. No matter their previous successes or failures, every student has enormous learning potential and important contributions to make now and in the future. Such meaningful learning experiences don’t just… Read More

Learning by Doing: A Comprehensive Guide to Simulations, Computer Games, and Pedagogy in E-Learning and Other Educational Experiences

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Author: Richard Dufour, Rebecca DuFour, Robert Eaker, Thomas Many  Published: July 1, 2006 UTHSC Library Have you ever looked out across your students only to find them staring at their computers or smartphones rather than listening attentively to you? Have you ever wondered what you could do to encourage students to resist distractions and focus on the… Read More

Interactive Lecturing: A Handbook for College Faculty

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Author:  Elizabeth F. Barkley, Claire H. Major Published: February 28, 2018 UTHSC Library Have you ever looked out across your students only to find them staring at their computers or smartphones rather than listening attentively to you? Have you ever wondered what you could do to encourage students to resist distractions and focus on the information… Read More

Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom

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Author:  Kelly A. Hogan, Viji Sathy Published: August 1, 2022 UTHSC Library In a book written by and for college teachers, Kelly Hogan and Viji Sathy provide tips and advice on how to make all students feel welcome and included. They begin with a framework describing why explicit attention to structure enhances inclusiveness in both… Read More