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The MERLOT Pedagogy Portal is designed to help you learn about the variety of instructional strategies and issues that could help you become a better teacher. The resources you’ll find in the Pedagogy Portal should apply to teaching a variety of disciplines. This collection of resources should help you answer questions that teachers ask:
- How do I teach large lecture classes effectively?
- How do I engage my students in problem-based learning?
- Do I have to teach adult learners differently than recent high school graduates?
The resources highlighted in this portal were developed by the MERLOT Faculty Development community after several years of exploring other categorization schemes. They correspond to the steps in the teaching process; each major area has specific topics for you to explore. You can also browse the full collection of over 2,500 related materials in the “Faculty Development” Collection.
Teaching Strategies
- Active Learning
- Clicker Use in Class
- Collaborative and Cooperative Learning
- Critical Thinking
- Discussion Strategies
- Experiential Learning
- Games/Experiments/Simulations
- Humor in the Classroom
- Inquiry-Guided Learning
- Interdisciplinary Teaching
- Learner-Centered Teaching
- Learning Communities
- Lecture Strategies
- Mobile Learning
- Online/Hybrid Course
- Problem-Based Learning
- Service Learning
- Social Networking Tools
- Teaching Diverse Students
- Teaching with Cases
- Team-Based Learning
- Team Teaching
- Writing Standards and Assignments
Course Instructional Design
New Pedagogy Materials
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Pedagogies of Care: Open Resources for Student-Centered & Adaptive Strategies in the New Higher Ed Landscape
Pedagogies of Care: Open Resources for Student-Centered & Adaptive Strategies in the New Higher-Ed Landscape offers...
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User-friendly OER Course Design for Remote & Face-to-Face
This is an online presentation by CCCOER that includes slides as well as supplemental material. When faculty start using...
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The Big List of Class Discussion Strategies
When I worked with student teachers on developing effective lesson plans, one thing I always asked them to revise was the...
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Delivering High-Quality Instruction Online in Response to COVID-19
Delivering High-Quality Instruction Online in Response to COVID-19 is a faculty-focused playbook intended to improve...
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Learning to Learn Online
Learning to Learn Online helps you prepare for online learning success by introducing you to the online learning...
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Cultural Dimensions of Learning: Addressing the Challenges of Multicultural Instruction
This article explores research into cultural differences to identify those dimensions of culture that are most likely to...
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Preparing Teachers and Learners for Online Instruction
In response to the COVID 19 pandemic and higher education (as well as K-12 education) moving to online instruction,...
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Our 6 Favorite Flipped Classroom Resources
If you’re a teacher, you’re already well aware that a wave of technology has infiltrated nearly every classroom. Flipped...
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20 engaging flipped learning apps for in the flipped classroom
This digital age makes it more and more possible to flip the classroom. Today, almost 50% of households worldwide own a...
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The Flipped Classroom Guide for Teachers - eLearning Industry
The Flipped Classroom Guide for Teachers: How Does a Flipped Classroom Contribute to Student Learning? Flipped Learning.
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A Beginner's Guide to Flipped Classroom
Learn how to define the flipped classroom, the differences between flipped classroom vs. flipped learning, and more in...
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Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching Guides
The CFT has prepared guides to a variety of teaching topics with summaries of best practices, links to other online...
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Want to Reach All of Your Students? Here’s How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive (Advice Guide)
An easy to read guide covering a variety of ways to make your teaching more inclusive. Topics covered include: Common...
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Getting Under the Hood: How and for Whom Does Increasing Course Structure Work?
In this study, the authors disaggregated student data by racial/ethnic groups and first-generation status to identify...
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Structure Matters: Twenty-One Teaching Strategies to Promote Student Engagement and Cultivate Classroom Equity
A host of simple teaching strategies—referred to as “equitable teaching strategies” and rooted in research on...
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Inclusive Teaching
The authors describe an online, evidence-based teaching guide meant to serve as a resource for science faculty as they...
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5 tools to create an engaging online course
An educator shares her go-to tools for engaging college students in an online course--learn why these tools can help...
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The K. Patricia Cross Academy
We offer free instructional videos and downloadable resources to help educators with improving students' learning as well...
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Foundations in Learner-Centered Design
This open mini-course provides a hands-on, team-based introduction to learner-centered design. Through an exploration of...
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Programmed Learning
Programmed Learning often called Programmed Instruction paved the way for learner-centred and self-paced learning. It is...
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Assessment That Matters: Trending Toward Practices That Document Authentic Student Learning
Following up on its 2009 and 2014 surveys of chief academic officers, the National Institute for Learning Outcomes...
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Assessment: The Bridge between Teaching and Learning
This brief article addresses the role that assessment plays in determining the degree of student achievement. As the...
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Toward Better Teaching: Office Hours With Bonni Stachowiak
A new school year is just around the corner. And that has many higher-ed instructors thinking about ways they could...
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Image Repositories on the Web for Teaching Astronomy
This guide lists and reviews 61 web sites with catalogs of astronomical images that are useful for both formal and...
New Pedagogy Members
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Tony LoganColumbia -
Jeremy JungbluthUniversity at Buffalo
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Jennifer FordUC San Diego
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Rachel RGeorgia Highlands College
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Amber GordonDelaware State University
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Eartha JohnsonDillard University
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Robert AdamsLoras College
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Johan GeertsemaNational University of Singapore
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Jay StocksladerUniversity at Buffalo
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Jenn WicksCollege of the North Atlantic
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Rebecca CorwinBeaumont Health
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Terri BurtonGeorgian College of Applied Arts and Technology
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Nick BennettSyracuse University
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Wendy HancockCity College
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Eric FournierWashington University,Saint Louis
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Louanne BergmanSoutheastern Louisiana University
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Alma MezaRenton Technical College
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Elmien Van AmeromUniversity of Pretoria
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Lana HarknessBATTI
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Justin IbleSelkirk College
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Joel WilliamsSan Jose College Preparatory High School
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Steve HoekstraKansas Wesleyan University
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Hertencia BoweBowe Academic Consulting
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Pamela DoughertyCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
Professional Organizations
- American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance
- American Anthropological Association
- American Association for Colleges of Teacher Education
- American Association for Gifted Children
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
- American Association of Physics Teachers
- American Association of School Administrators
- American Association of School Librarians
- American Association of University Women
- American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities
- American Chemical Society
- American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (ACTFL)
- American Educational Research Association
- American Educational Studies Association (AESA)
- American Federation of Teachers (AFT)
- American Historical Association
- American Library Association
- American Mathematical Society
- American Psychological Association (APA)
- American School Counselor Association
- American School Health Association
- American Speech-Language Hearing Association
- American Statistical Association
- Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI)
- Association for Education Communications and Technology (AECT)
- Association for Experiential Education (AEE) [www.princeton.edu/~rcurtis/aee.html]
- Association for Middle Level Education (AMLE)
- Association for Psychological Science (Formerly American Psychological Society)
- Association for Retarded Citizens
- Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development
- Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
- Association of American Educators
- Association of American Geographers
- Association of Teacher Educators (ATE)
- Children and Adults with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
- Common Core Standards - Pearson Education, Inc.
- Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
- Council for Social Foundations of Education (Provides links to 20 member societies)
- Education in the Professions (AERA Division I)
- ENC Online Resources for Math and Science Education [www.goenc.org]
- International Dyslexia Association
- International Literacy Association
- International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE)
- International Technology Education Association (ITEA)
- Modern Language Association
- Music Teachers National Association
- National Art Education Association
- National Association for Bilingual and Multicultural Education
- National Association for Gifted Children
- National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
- National Association of Biology Teachers
- National Association of Elementary School Principals
- National Association of School Psychologists
- National Association of Secondary School Principals
- National Association of Special Education Teachers
- National Association of State Directors of Special Education
- National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification (NASDTEC)
- National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)
- National Council for History Education
- National Council for Teachers of English
- National Council for the Social Studies (NCSS)
- National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM)
- National Education Association
- National Even Start Association
- National Middle School Association
- National Parent Teacher Association
- National Reading Conference
- National Science Teachers Association
- National Staff Development Council
- National Summer Learning Association
- Organization of American Historians (OAH) [www.oah.org]
- Philosophy of Education Society
- Public Library Association
- Society for Cross Cultural Research
- Society for Research in Child Development
- Society for the Social Studies of Science (4-S)
- Society for the Study of Human Development (lifespan and contextual human development emphasis)
- Society of Professors of Education
- Teachers Applying Whole Language
Journals & Publications
- American Educational Research Journal
- Educational Researcher
- Review of Educational Research
- Journal of Teacher Education
- Child Development
- Scientific data
- Review of Research in Education
- Educational Evaluation and Policy Analysis
- Journal of Research in Science Teaching
- Sociology of Education
- Internet and Higher Education
- Learning and Instruction
- Journal of Human Evolution
- Journal of Educational Measurement
- Computers and Education
- Developmental Review
- Studies in Science Education
- Scientific Studies of Reading
- Journal of Educational Psychology
- Educational Administration Quarterly
Pedagogy on Twitter
- Charting a path toward a more equitable school culture isn't easy—these guidelines for using data can help. 📊
edutopia.org/article/using-…1 hour ago | edutopia
- Is the pandemic a teachable moment? We share a framework @AlexSVenet developed to address this vital issue.
edutopia.org/article/trauma…3 hours ago | edutopia
- Popular This Week: Two colleges are offering students an extra term or two without charge in an attempt to make up… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…5 hours ago | insidehighered
- Promote collaboration, creativity, critical thinking, and more in the physical or digital classroom with these teac… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…6 hours ago | edutopia
- Educators can prepare for the online school year with these tips to help reframe and rethink online instruction.
edutopia.org/article/settin…8 hours ago | edutopia
- Looking to get more kids interested in STEM? @engineerteacher and @TheScienceJedi suggest personalizing it. Find ou… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…10 hours ago | edutopia
- For many teachers, it's much harder to "read the room" in a virtual classroom. Here's a simple strategy you can use… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…12 hours ago | edutopia
- “Whether we are in physical, virtual, or hybrid classes this fall, I plan to be intentionally connecting with stude… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…14 hours ago | edutopia
- Auburn lecturer, who was investigated for his anti-police comments on social media, won't teach… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…14 hours ago | insidehighered
- See how hand signals can help promote *equitable participation* whether class discussions are taking place online o… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…16 hours ago | edutopia
Pedagogy on the Web
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Vijayan's Yoga starts online classes
Aug 08, 2020 09:41 PM PDT
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Allow all CBSE schools to hold online classes: Independent Schools Management Association
Aug 08, 2020 08:11 PM PDT
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New online classes for Asolo Rep
Aug 08, 2020 07:03 PM PDT
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Austin ISD parents hold discussion on what they want to see in return to school plans
Aug 08, 2020 05:45 PM PDT
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No right to education?
Aug 08, 2020 05:22 PM PDT
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Fee protests spread to other pvt schools
Aug 08, 2020 05:00 PM PDT
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Local control for school reopening leads to jumble of plans
Aug 08, 2020 04:48 PM PDT
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Woodland Community College prepares for fall semester
Aug 08, 2020 04:37 PM PDT
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Local Austin preschool offers online classes with international teachers for young children
Aug 08, 2020 03:41 PM PDT
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Many find it stressful to manage kids' online classes
Aug 08, 2020 03:30 PM PDT
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Students begin moving into residence halls excited, concerned about upcoming semester
Aug 08, 2020 01:48 PM PDT
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Local Dance Studio Offers Virtual Lessons
Aug 08, 2020 12:07 PM PDT
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Online Classes by Public Universities: Many students out of the frame
Aug 08, 2020 11:22 AM PDT
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WCU faculty resolution calls for online classes as pandemic continues
Aug 08, 2020 11:00 AM PDT
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Hyderabad: NGO conducts online classes for poor students
Aug 08, 2020 10:03 AM PDT
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Learning to prescribe and instruct exercise in physiotherapy education through authentic ...
Aug 08, 2020 09:56 AM PDT