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Here is the complete list of online resources relating to all Guidelines:

Guideline: 1
University of Minnesota, Center for Teaching and Learning - Active Learning
http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/resources/guides/active.html
Honolulu Community College University of Hawaii – Active Learning
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/active.htm
Cornell University – Classroom Structures which Encourage Student Participation
http://www.clt.cornell.edu/campus/teach/faculty/Materials/ClassroomStructures.pdf
Cornell University – Getting Students Involved in the Classroom
http://www.clt.cornell.edu/campus/teach/faculty/Materials/GettingStsInvolved.pdf
UC Davis - Active Learning
http://trc.ucdavis.edu/TRC/ta/tatips/activelearning.pdf
Guideline: 2
University of Warwick Centre for Academic and Professional Development – Linking Research and Teaching
http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/services/cap/landt/rbl/
The Nexus Project, CEDIR, University of Wollongong.
http://cedir.uow.edu.au/nexus/link.html
University of Sydney – Research-Led Teaching and the Scholarship of Teaching
http://www.itl.usyd.edu.au/RLT/
TELRI (Technology Enhanced Learning in Research-led Institutions)
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/ETS/TELRI/
LTSN Generic Centre – Linking Teaching with Research in the Disciplines
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/genericlink/index.htm
Guideline: 3
University of Waterloo, Teaching Resources and Continuing Education (TRACE) Tip Sheet – Motivating Students: Creating an Inspiring Environment
http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infotrac/tips/motivatingstudents.pdf
Honolulu Community College University of Hawaii – Break the Ice
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/breakice.htm
Barbara Gross Davis, University of California Berkeley – Tools for Teaching: Motivating Students
http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/motivate.html
Guideline: 4
University College Dublin, Good Practices in Teaching and Learning – Learning Journals and Logs, Reflective Diaries
http://www.ucd.ie/teaching/goodPracticeT&L_sub/learningJournalsLogs.html
Oxford Brookes University, Oxford Centre for Learning and Staff Development – Encouraging Reflective Learning
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsd/4_resource/reflective.html
The Higher Education Academy – Guide for Busy Academics: Learning through Reflection
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources.asp?process=full_record§ion=generic&id=69
Escalate LTSN Education Subject Centre – Phil Race, Evidencing Reflection: Putting the 'w' into Reflection
http://www.escalate.ac.uk/resources/reflection/
UWA – Alternative Modes of Teaching and Learning: Reflective Journals
http://www.csd.uwa.edu.au/altmodes/to_delivery/reflective_journal.html
Guideline: 5
PennState University, Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence – Introduction to Planning a Class Session [See: Getting the Big Picture: What Do Your Students Already Know?]
http://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/pdf/Introduction_to_Planning_a_Class_Session.pdf
PennState University, Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence – An Introduction to Classroom Assessment Techniques [See discussion on background knowledge probes and misconception/preconception checks]
http://www.schreyerinstitute.psu.edu/Resources/class_assessment.asp
University of Minnesota, Center for Teaching and Learning – What They Don't Know Can Hurt Them: The Role of Prior Knowledge in Learning
http://www1.umn.edu/ohr/teachlearn/resources/guides/dontknow.html
Critical Issue: Building on Prior Knowledge and Meaningful Student Contexts/Cultures
http://www.ncrel.org/sdrs/areas/issues/students/learning/lr100.htm
Do You Know Where Your Students Are? Classroom Assessment and Student Learning, 1993, Speaking of Teaching, vol. 4, no.2.
http://ctl.stanford.edu/Newsletter/do_you_know.pdf
Guideline: 6
Western Washington University, Innovative Teaching Showcase – Authentic Learning: What Does It Really Mean?
http://pandora.cii.wwu.edu/showcase2001/authentic_learning.htm
Kennesaw State University, English Department: Contextual Learning and Teaching – Developing Post-Secondary Options: A Contextual Lesson Plan for the Secondary English Classroom [Designed for high-school students but has some useful suggestions]
http://www.kennesaw.edu/english/ContextualLearning/2003/HeatherHooks/
Bridget Murray, 1999, “Connecting Course Content with Students’ Lives,” APA Monitor Online, vol.30, no.11.
http://www.apa.org/monitor/dec99/ed2.html
Guideline: 7
Barbara Gross Davis, University of California Berkeley – Tools for Teaching: Encouraging Student Participation in Discussion
http://teaching.berkeley.edu/bgd/participation.html
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Center for Teaching and Learning – Instructional Roles: The Relationship between Student and Teacher
http://ctl.unc.edu/hir4.html
Guideline: 8
UWA Teaching with Diversity Checklist
http://www.csd.uwa.edu.au/tl/99TDChecklist.htm
Honolulu Community College University of Hawaii – Diversity and Complexity in the Classroom: Considerations of Race, Ethnicity, and Gender
http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/diverse.htm
UNSW Disability Guidelines for Academic Staff Preparing Courses
http://www.secretariat.unsw.edu.au/acboardcom/minutes/coe/disabilityguidelines.pdf
Flinders University, Teaching and Learning at Flinders – Inclusive Teaching
http://www.flinders.edu.au/teach/t4l/inclusive/index.php
University of Oklahoma – Ideas on Teaching: Responding to Student Diversity
http://www.ou.edu/idp/tips/ideas/quick15.html
Guideline: 9
Learning Styles (Richard Felder, North Carolina State University)
http://www.ncsu.edu/felder-public/Learning_Styles.html
University of Waterloo, Teaching Resources and Continuing Education (TRACE) Tip Sheet – Understanding Your Learning Style: The Soloman-Felder Index of Learning Styles
http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infotrac/tips/understandingyourlearningstyle.pdf
University College Dublin, Good Practices in Teaching and Learning – Personal Learning Styles
http://www.ucd.ie/teaching/goodPracticeT&L_sub/personalLearningStyles.html
University of Oxford, Institute for the Advancement of University Learning – Suzanne Shale and Keith Trigwell, Paper 2: Student Approaches to Learning
http://www.learning.ox.ac.uk/files/Student%20Approaches%20to%20Learning.pdf
VARK: A Guide to Learning Styles
http://www.vark-learn.com/english/index.asp
Guideline: 10
UWA, Centre for the Advancement of Teaching and Learning – Basic Guide to Writing Student Learning Outcome Statements
http://www.catl.uwa.edu.au/current_initiatives/obe/outcomes
UNSW Course Handout Template
http://www.ltu.unsw.edu.au/content/userDocs/UNSWCourseOutlineTemplate14Feb2006_007.pdf
Higher Education Academy – Guide for Busy Academics: Using Learning Outcomes to Design a Course and Assess Learning
http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/resources.asp?process=full_record§ion=generic&id=252
University Of Tasmania – Unit Outline
http://www.utas.edu.au/tl/supporting/developing/unitoutline/index.html
University of Central England in Birmingham –UCE Guide to Learning Outcomes
http://www.ssdd.uce.ac.uk/outcomes/
Guideline: 11
Phil Race, 1996, A Fresh Look at Independent Learning
http://www.lgu.ac.uk/deliberations/eff.learning/indep.html
Oxford Brookes University, Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development – Independent Learning: Some Ideas from the Literature
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsd/2_learntch/independent.html
University of Washington, Catalyst website – Teaching: Encourage Responsibility for Learning
http://catalyst.washington.edu/help/teaching_guides/responsibility.html
Stuart W. Bennett, 2001, Designing Independent Learning Material for the Physical Sciences
http://www.physsci.ltsn.ac.uk/Publications/PracticeGuide/guide3.pdf
Guideline: 12
University of New South Wales - Graduate Attributes Toolkits
http://www.ltu.unsw.edu.au/content/course_prog_support/toolkits_grad_atts.cfm?ss=0
Generic Capabilities of ATN University Graduates
http://www.clt.uts.edu.au/ATN.grad.cap.project.index.html
Griffith University - The Griffith Graduate
http://www.gu.edu.au/centre/gihe/griffith_graduate/home.html
University of Sydney – Graduate Attributes Project
http://www.itl.usyd.edu.au/GraduateAttributes/
University of Queensland – Mapping and Embedding Graduate Attributes
http://www.tedi.uq.edu.au/Teaching/GradAttributes/index.html
Guideline: 13
The TLT (Teaching, Learning and Technology) Group
http://www.tltgroup.org/about/index.html
Washington University, Teachnology Webagogy
http://staff.washington.edu/rells/teachnology/index.html
Australasian Journal of Educational Technology
http://www.ascilite.org.au/ajet/ajet.html
University of Warwick, Centre for Academic Practice – Educational Technology: Resources
http://www.warwick.ac.uk/ETS/Resources/Index.htm
UNSW Learning and Teaching (formerly EDTeC) – Teaching Quality Principles and Guidelines for the Application of Educational Technology
http://www.edtec.unsw.edu.au/inter/dload/tqual/default.html
Guideline: 14
Flinders University – Teaching Strategies: Group Work
http://www.flinders.edu.au/teach/t4l/teaching/groupwork.php
SkillCity
http://skillcity.iaaf.uwa.edu.au/about.htm
Griffith University – Resource Pack for Teaching Students’ Teamwork Skills
http://www.griffith.edu.au/centre/gihe/griffith_graduate/toolkit/index.htm
Eastern Kentucky University, Teaching and Learning Center – Cooperative Learning
http://www.tlc.eku.edu/tips/cooperative_learning/
Guideline: 15
UQ TEDI – About Assessment
http://www.tedi.uq.edu.au/teaching/assessment/index.html
Flinders University, Teaching for Learning – Assessment
http://www.flinders.edu.au/teach/t4l/assess/index.php
Oxford Brookes Centre for Staff and Learning Development – Purposes and Principles of Assessment
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsd/2_learntch/briefing_papers/p_p_assessment.pdf
Oxford Brookes Centre for Staff and Learning Development – Selecting Methods of Assessment
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsd/2_learntch/briefing_papers/methods_assessment.pdf
University of Melbourne, Centre for the Study of Higher Education – Assessing Learning in Australian Universities
http://www.cshe.unimelb.edu.au/assessinglearning/index.html
Guideline: 16
Oxford Brookes University, Oxford Centre for Staff and Learning Development – First Words on Teaching: Giving Feedback to Students
http://www.brookes.ac.uk/services/ocsd/firstwords/fw21.html
Flinders University, Teaching for Learning – Giving Feedback
http://www.flinders.edu.au/teach/t4l/assess/feedback.php
RMIT – Feedback to Students
http://www.lts.rmit.edu.au/renewal/assess/faq_feedback.doc
University of Waterloo, Teaching Resources and Continuing Education (TRACE) Tip Sheet – Receiving and Giving Effective Feedback
http://www.adm.uwaterloo.ca/infotrac/tips/receivingandgivingeffectivefeedback.pdf



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