A Collection of Valuable Teaching Tools and Sites

• Derek Bok Center, Harvard University
• Harriet W. Sheridan Center for Teaching and Learning, Brown University
• Center for Teaching, University of Iowa
• Searle Center for Teaching Excellence, Northwestern University
• TeachX, Rutgers University
• Center for Teaching and Learning, Stanford University
• Institute for Teaching and Learning, University of Sydney
• Center for Academic Excellence, Tufts University
• Teaching Resource Center, University of Virginia

Valuable Sites

• "Faculty Cyber-Handbook on Teaching," which cross-references the online teaching handbooks of 13 Universities is included in the Center for Teaching Excellence - Tufts University.
• The Teaching Goals Inventory, offered through the Univeristy of Iowa's Center for Teaching, includes a multiple-choice self-test that helps instructors identify and articulate course goals as they plan assignments, and design a syllabus. This inventory should be helpful for instructors developing a new course, revising an old one, developing a philsophy of teaching statement or participating in a curriculum review.
• Bloom's Taxonomy. In 1956 Benjamin Bloom headed a group of educational psychologists who developeda classification of levels of intellectual behavior important in the process of learning. The product of theoir study was a taxonomy of educational objectives, including the coginitive, psycho-motor and affective domains.  The taxonomy offers a useful structue for the categorization of exam questions. There are many sites dedicated to Bloom's Taxonomy. See for example: Major Categories in Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, Bloom's Taxonomy, The Taxonomy of Educational Objectives, Who is this guy Benjamin Bloom and why all the fuss about his Taxonomy?
• Jossey-Bass: Publishing to Promote Responsible Change - Jossey-Bass publishes many books on pedagogy.
• Council of Graduate Schools is dedicated to the improvement and advancement of graduate education. Its members are colleges and universities engaged in research, scholarship and the preparation of candidates for advanced degrees.
• POD Network - Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education. The POD Network and its members lead and support change for the improvement of higher education through faculty, instructional, and organizational development activities.
• Essays on Teaching Excellence (online articles)
• The National Teaching & Learning Forum on-line edition-- just like the printed version--offers subscribers stimulating insight from colleagues eager to share new ways of helping students reach the highest levels of learning.
• IATH home page - Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities at the University of Virginia.

Teaching Tools

• Faculty Cyber-Handbook on Teaching,  Tufts University Cross-references the online teaching handbooks of 13 universities.
• The Teaching Goals Inventory, University of Iowa Includes a multiple-choice self-test that helps instructors identify and articulate course goals as they plan assignments, and design a syllabus. This inventory should be helpful for instructors developing a new course, revising an old one, developing a philsophy of teaching statement or participating in a curriculum review.
• Preparing Future Faculty, Northwestern University Provides information about on-going seminars and colloquia related to pedagogy in the Chicago area.