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WWWeb Leadership, Communication, Grant-Writing, Learning & Critical Thinking Sources

Version 2.0    Updated June 20, 2007    All links checked 7/21/00

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Purpose of this List:

This list is selected to provide veterinary students, graduate students and practitioners useful leadership, communication, knowledge mapping and construction, critical thinking and grant-writing resources on the Web. This is not by any means an exhaustive list and some gems are likely missing! Absence of gems is an oversight on my part; if you find one, please let me know so I can add it! To increase the utility of this list in the printed form, the major URL’s are not hidden. If you find useful sites that I should consider listing, find any that I should remove from this list or find broken links, please let me know.

Why this list?

Because communication skills are very important to professional success in all areas of the profession. Ilene Gipson in Jump Start: What to Do Before Writing a Grant Proposal:  "Although the most important skill required in building one's career in the sciences is developing and pursuing good ideas, in my opinion the second most important skill is communication. Effective verbal and written communication skills are absolutely essential in developing a career in the sciences, and emphasis should be placed on developing these skills early during the training process - something many scientists tend to overlook in the excitement of pursuing their research goals."

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On-Line Collections (of similar vein):

Advice on Research and Writing (A collection of advice about how to do research and how to communicate effectively primarily for computer scientists, index1, index2)

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Leadership Resources:

Agriculture Leadership Development Programs

Time Management:

Texts:

  • Eat That Frog!: 21 Great Ways to Stop Procrastinating and Get More Done in Less Time (Amazon)

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On-Line Presentation Resources:

Atkinson, Cliff

  • Beyond bullets: People communicating with people (blog)
  • Five ways to reduce PowerPoint overload (Cliff Atkinson, Richard E. Mayer pdf)

Effective Presentations Homepage (Jeff Radel - University of Kansas Medical Center)
http://www.kumc.edu/SAH/OTEd/jradel/effective.html

Employment Interview Resources (Gary Will)
http://www.garywill.com/worksearch/intres.htm

Clipart:

(Try Google Images search using a title or name)

Internet FAQ Archives
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/ (dead 7/04?)

Mayer, Richard E. educational psychology prof, UC Santa Barbara - multimedia communication

Norvig, Peter

Poster Presentation of Research Work (M Tham, Univ Newcastle)
http://lorien.ncl.ac.uk/ming/Dept/Tips/present/posters.htm

Presenters University (Proxima)
http://www.presentersuniversity.com/index.php

Survival Skills for Graduate Students
http://www.med.uwo.ca/physiology/courses/survivalwebv3/frame.htm

Tufte, Edward

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On-Line Public Speaking Resources:

Much communication occurs as the spoken word and most of these words are spoken in public, whether speaking to colleagues, to employees, to seminars, to clients or making presentations at large gatherings. As with most skills, practice is required to obtain proficiency.

Advanced Public Speaking Institute
http://www.public-speaking.org/

Allyn & Bacon Public Speaking Website
http://www.abacon.com/pubspeak/index.html

Great Speeches Archive: Words that changed the world (Audio - The History Channel)
http://www.historychannel.com/speeches/archive.html

How To Conquer Public Speaking Fear (MC Orman)
http://www.stresscure.com/jobstress/speak.html

Lenny's Monthly presentation skills / public speaking tips
http://www.ljlseminars.com/monthtip.htm

Survival Tips on Parliamentary Procedure (Robert's Rules of Order)
http://www.roberts-rules.com/

Teaching dilemma: How to effectively teach professional (Veterinary) students to improve their communication skills in a practice situation
http://lsn.curtin.edu.au/tlf/tlf1999/mills.html

The Art of Communicating Effectively (Presentation Solutions)
http://www.presentingsolutions.com/effectivepresentations.html

Speakers Platform: Library
http://www.speaking.com/articlesspeakers.html

 The Communication Pages of Alisa Shubb (American River College)
http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/7908/index.htm

Virtual Assistants (University of Kansas)
http://www.ku.edu/%7Ecoms/virtual_assistant/virtualassistants.html

Virtual Presentation Assistant
http://www.ukans.edu/cwis/units/coms2/vpa/vpa.htm

Voice Performance: Exercises (Tongue Twisters)
http://www.online-communicator.com/hard2say.html

One of the best forums for practice of public speaking are local clubs associated with Toastmasters International, a volunteer organization dedicated to improving these skills and to overcoming the fear of public speaking. Toastmasters International provides to members instructional manuals for different types of speeches; these have been developed and tested over several decades. Clubs are organized in many communities and usually meet weekly for approximately one hour. At a meeting, several members give 5 to 12 minute speeches based on guidance of the manuals and several other members practice extemporaneous speaking in other roles (e.g., table topics, speech evaluation) for the meeting organized and run by the meeting chair, the toastmaster of the day. The goals are for members to improve public speaking, effective use of time, leadership abilities and to gain confidence in these abilities. No, it is  not a brand of household appliance, is not for pontification, pomposity, verbosity, or other excessive displays and it is nothing to do directly with the consumption of liquid spirits. The mission of a Toastmasters club is to provide a mutually supportive and positive learning environment in which every member has the opportunity to overcome their fear of public speaking and to develop communication and leadership skills, which in turn foster self-confidence and personal growth.

Toastmasters International
http://www.toastmasters.org/

Blue Ribbon Toastmasters 2081-46: New York City's Advanced Club
http://www.angelfire.com/ny/BlueRibbonTM/

Manhattan Chowder & Debate Society (TM club specializing in debate with on-line materials on debating)
http://debatesociety.tripod.com/

100 Words That All High School Graduates — And Their Parents — Should Know
http://www.houghtonmifflinbooks.com/booksellers/press_release/100words/

Ryde District Toastmasters
http://www.rydetm.org.au/

Stone Mountain Toastmasters
http://www.stonemtntoastmasters.freeservers.com/smtm/smtmclub.htm

The Toastmasters Speech Directory and Treasury of Resources
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/3841/directory.html

The Toastmasters Treasury (George Hoffman)
http://www.mindspring.com/~georgeh/index.htm (link currently broken)

Toastmasters FAQ (Club 31, Portland)
http://members.aol.com/JimRobison/faq0.htm

Toastmasters Resources (Thomas Edison Toastmasters Club #3617-27-E)
http://www.ait.nrl.navy.mil/people/krutar/ToastMasters/Resources.html (dead 7/04)

Toastmasters Webring (Links between some 88 sites as of 7/04)
http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=1toastclub&list

blogs:

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On-Line Humor & Quote Resources:

An appropriate bit of humor is an excellent way to win an audience over at the beginning of a talk or to re-engage them in the midst of a long talk. Good, appropriate, subject-relevant humor is hard to find. A good quote that capture a great deal of wisdom very succinctly can serve as the central of a presentation or drive home a point.

A Short Dictionary of Scientific Quotations
http://naturalscience.com/dsqhome.html

Bartlett's Familiar Quotations (Columbia Univ. Bartleby Library)
http://www.cc.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/bartlett/

Capital Hill Blue    (The Capitol Web Project - member of   "Ring of Conservative Sites")
http://www.capitolhillblue.com/

De Proverbio: Electronic Journal of International Proverb Studies
http://www.deproverbio.com/DPjournal/

Introduction to Creative Quotations
http://www.bemorecreative.com/fq-intro.htm

Learning Support Quotations
http://www.pvc.maricopa.edu/~lsche/resources/quotations.htm

Quotes

Rec.Humor.Funny (Brad Templeton's Moderated comedy publication and newsgroup
    Warning: Although moderated, all types of humor are here)
http://www.netfunny.com/rhf/

The Art of Using Humor In Public Speaking (AL Audrieth)
http://www.squaresail.com/auh.html

The Storytelling Ring (tall tales)
http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=Storytelling;list

Tall Tale of the Week (Roger Welsch)
http://www.agriculture.com/welsch/index.html

Welcome to the Humor Lounge
http://www.newhorizons.org/rec_humor.html

Yahoo - cows
http://www.yahoo.com/Science/Biology/Zoology/Animals__Insects__and_Pets/Mammals/Cows/Humor/

Yahoo - humor
http://www.yahoo.com/Entertainment/Humor__Jokes__and_Fun/

Yahoo - literary quotations
http://www.yahoo.com/Arts/Humanities/Literature/Reference/Literary_Quotations/

Yahoo - humorous quotations
http://www.yahoo.com/Reference/Quotations/Humorous/

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On-Line Writing Resources:

Acronym Finder
http://www.mtnds.com/af/

American Society of Journalists and Authors (copyrights, author's rights)
http://www.asja.org/

Resume Writing Resources (formerly ARCHEUS - Gary Will) 
http://members.xoom.com/gwwork/reswri.htm

Bartleby.com Great Books On-line
http://www.bartleby.com/index.html

Elements of Style (W Strunk)
http://www.bartleby.com/141/

The King's English (HW Fowler)
http://www.bartleby.com/116/

BioMedNet HMS Beagle: The BioMedNet Magazine  (On-line medical journal requires a login and password (free))

Anatomy of a Rejection: Improve your Publishing Record (Chris Edwards, BiomedNet #48)
http://www.biomednet.com/hmsbeagle/48/labres/adapt.htm

Blockbusting: Understanding the Causes of Writer's Block (Chris Edwards, Issue 39)
http://biomednet.com/hmsbeagle/39/labres/adapt.htm

Blockbusting II: Tips For Preventing and Breaking Writer's Block (Chris Edwards, Issue 41)
http://biomednet.com/hmsbeagle/41/labres/adapt.htm

How to Write English and Influence People (C Edwards, BiomedNet article)
http://biomednet.com/hmsbeagle/32/labres/adapt.htm

Common Errors in English (Paul Brians, Washington State University)
http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~brians/errors/index.html

Copyright, Privacy, Trademark, Libel, Free Speech Law

English Language Links
http://www.comenius.com/misc/links.html

Grammar and Style Notes (Jack Lynch, U Penn)
http://www.english.upenn.edu/~jlynch/grammar.html

Inkspot (on-line writing resource)
http://www.inkspot.com/

Instructions to Authors in the Health Sciences (RH Mulford Library, Medical College of Ohio)
http://www.mco.edu/lib/instr/libinsta.html

National Writing Centers Association (Bruce Pegg, Colgate University; includes links to on-line resources)
http://departments.colgate.edu/diw/NWCA.html

On-line English Grammar (Anthony Hughes, Digital Education Network)
http://www.edunet.com/english/grammar/index.html

Online Resources for Writers (University of Maine Writing Center Online)
http://www.ume.maine.edu/~wcenter/resource.html

References for Writers (University of Richmond)
http://www.richmond.edu/~wac/handbook/writbook.html

Resources for Writers (University of Kansas)
http://www.ukans.edu/~writing/resources.html

Writing and Editing Resources for Biology and Medicine (Jennifer Macke)
http://www.mindspring.com/~jmacke/JM.BIO.html

WelchWeb Writing Guides (Johns Hopkins University)
http://www.welch.jhu.edu/publish/guides.html

Wordsmith (e-mail dictionary, thesaurus, acronym expander)
http://wordsmith.org/awad/ws.html

Writing
http://www.communicator.com/writing1.html

Writing Skills (University of Northern British Columbian)
http://quarles.unbc.edu/lsc/writing.html

Writing Strategies (D Chandler, University of Wales)
http://www.aber.ac.uk/~dgc/strats.html

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On-Line Grant Writing Resources:

A Guide for Proposal Writing (undergraduate education proposal - National Science Foundation)
http://www.nsf.gov/cgi-bin/getpub?nsf9891

Beginners Guide to the Research Proposal
http://www.ucalgary.ca/md/CAH/research/res_prop.htm

BioMedNet HMS Beagle: The BioMedNet Magazine  (On-line medical journal requires a login and password (free))

Council on Undergraduate Research
http://www.cur.org/

The Foundation Center
http://fdncenter.org/onlib/

Getting Funded: It Takes More Than Just A Good Idea (Liane Reif-Lehrer, The Scientist, Vol:9, #14, pg.1 , August 21, 1995)
http://www.the-scientist.library.upenn.edu/yr1995/august/grants_950821.html

GrantsNet: Funding Opportunities for Training in the Biological and Medical Sciences
(Howard Hughes Medical Institute &  the American Association for the Advancement of Science)
http://www.grantsnet.org/

Grant Proposal Self Assessment Tool (GrantSAT) (Free proposal assessment software from Westinghouse Electric Co, Dept. of Energy)
http://www.t2ed.com/cgi-bin/selection.pl

Grant Writing Tips Sheets (NIH Institutes)
http://grants.nih.gov/grants/grant_tips.htm

Hints for Writing Successful NIH grants (Ellen Barrett, University of Miami School of Medicine)
http://chroma.med.miami.edu/research/Ellens_how_to.html

HORT652N - Grants and Grantsmanship (D Rhodes, Purdue)
http://www.hort.purdue.edu/rhodcv/hort652n/

How To Wow A Study Section: A Grantsmanship Lesson (Karen Hopkin, The Scientist)
http://www.the-scientist.library.upenn.edu/yr1998/mar/prof_980302.html

National Council of University Research Administrators
http://www.ncura.edu/

National Institutes of Health

Proposal Writer's Guide (University of Michigan)
http://www.research.umich.edu/research/proposals/proposal_dev/pwg/PWGCONTENTS.HTML

Proposal Writing: Internet Resources (University of Wisconsin)
http://www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/Memorial/grants/proposal.htm

Resources and advice for students (the Keogh Lab)
http://www.anu.edu.au/BoZo/Scott/Studentresources.html

Science: Next Wave Grants and Grant Writing (article index)
http://nextwave.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/1999/09/20/2

The Art of Grantsmanship (J Kraicer, U Toronto)
http://www.hfsp.org/how/ArtOfGrants.htm

The At-a-Glance Guide to Grants (National Adjunct Faculty Guild)
http://www.adjunctadvocate.com/nafggrant.html

The Division of Science Resource Studies, National Science Foundation
http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/

University of Iowa NIH & PHS grant templates
http://www.uiowa.edu/~vpr/eforms/nih/nih.htm

USDA

NRI (National Research Initiative Competitive Grants Program) Application Kit
http://www.reeusda.gov/nri/howto/applkit/applkit.htm

WSU OGRD Informer (List of current funding opportunities with links to their sites for further information and forms)
http://informer.ogrd.wsu.edu/

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Knowledge Construction / Representation:

Concept Mapping :

Initially described in the book by Novak, JD, DB Gowin (1984). Learning how to learn Cambridge University Press, concept mapping is based on the premise that humans remember images of the relationships between complex concepts better than word descriptions of these relationships.

Cmap Knowledge Modeling Kit (mapping software - Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, U of West Florida)

Concept Mapping (U Victoria)

Concept Mapping (SENG 611 - R Kremer, U Calgary)

Concept Mapping (W Trochim, Cornell)

Idea Mapping Success

Improving Note Taking with Concept Maps

Mind Maps (Creativity Web - Charles Cave)

Mindtools

  • Mind Maps: A Powerful Approach to Note Taking (Also called Spray Diagrams, Spider Diagrams, Spidograms, Spidergrams and Mindmaps)

Social Network Analysis

Software: (Note - search is in no way complete or exhaustive)

Texts:

  • A Summary of Literature Pertaining to the Use of Concept Mapping Techniques and Technologies for Education and Performance Support (7/03, 108 pg pdf)
  • How to use mind mapping software for project management (7/04, C Frey, html)

The Concept Mapping Homepage (J Lanzing, deceased - dated links)

The Graphic Organizer (Greg Freeman)

blogs:

Wikipedia:

Outlining

John Buckman's homepage:

Software: (Note - search is in no way complete or exhaustive)

Blogs:

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 On-Line Learning Resources:

Although students in professional curriculums and graduate programs are by selection already accomplished learners, most likely have never considered what we know about how the human mind learns, what is known about the cognitive process, how to enhance it and how people differ in how they learn. The purpose of this section is to provide access to this information, an understanding of which will likely increase learning performance, particularly for long term recall.

The object of teaching is not so much to convey knowledge as it is to excite a determination in the student to acquire it for himself, and to teach him how to go about it. Sir Alec Clegg

Adult Education:

Adult Learning at DSMC (T. Bloomer)
http://www.dsmc.dsm.mil/epmc/adult.htm

Malcolm Knowles: Apostle of Andragogy
http://nlu.nl.edu/ace/Resources/Knowles.html

Principles of Adult Learning (S. Lieb)
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/adults-2.htm

Principles of Adult Learning
http://www.library.yale.edu/jobs/training/principles.htm

Principles of Instructional Design and Adult Learning (N. Fardouly)
http://www.fbe.unsw.edu.au/Learning/instructionaldesign/

AgelessLearner: Curious for Life
http://agelesslearner.com/

Appreciative Inquiry

ASEE - American Society of Engineering Education

  • Conference proceedings on-line (index)

Benchmarks:

Better Thinking and Learning Instructional Practices (Maryland School Improvement)
http://www.mdk12.org/practices/good_instruction/projectbetter/thinkingskills/general.html

BLOGS:

Internet Time Blog
http://metatime.blogspot.com/

Bloom's Taxonomy:

Bogus Research (% distributions of read / hear / see / do not empirical)
http://www.work-learning.com/chigraph.htm

Felder's Cone
http://www.work-learning.com/chigraph.htm

The QUAIL Model of Learning goals

Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

CLAAS - Connecting learning across academic settings - U Wyoming

Clerkship Syllabus (UND School of Medicine - identifying learning issues from patients, how to study, do write-ups in clinical setting)
http://www.med.und.nodak.edu/depts/intmed/clerkship/syllabus/

Cooperative Learning Center at the University of Minnesota (RT, DW Johnson)
http://www.clcrc.com/

Cooperative Learning Methods: A Meta-Analysis 
http://www.clcrc.com/pages/cl-methods.html

Distance Education:

The Institute for Higher Education Policy
http://www.ihep.com/

What's the Difference? A Review of Contemporary Research on the Effectiveness of Distance Learning in Higher Education
http://www.ihep.com/difference.pdf

The Virtual University & Educational Opportunity - Issues of Equity and Access for the Next Generation
http://collegeboard.org/policy/html/paadmit.html

The Node: Learning Technologies Network
http://thenode.org/

Networking (biweekly newsletter)
http://thenode.org/networking/

Don Tapscott on the Future of Education
http://node.on.ca/networking/june1999/feature1.html

Web Teaching Resources
http://158.132.100.221/INET_EDU.folder/WebTeachServ.html

Distance Education - A Counter View

Digital Diploma Mills: The Automation of Higher Education (David F. Noble, 1997)
http://www.english.uiuc.edu/491/technolo.htm

Sentencing Learners to Life (Falk)
http://www.ctheory.com/a70.html

Educational Development Resource Center (Hong Kong Polytechnic University)
http://158.132.100.221/

Educational Technology & Society (on-line journal)
http://grouper.ieee.org/groups/ltsc/ifets/periodical/issues.html

Encyclopedia of Educational Technology (B Hoffman, San Diego State U)
http://coe.sdsu.edu/eet/

Engines for Education: Engines for Educators (a huge hyper-textbook on learning theory for K-12; The Institute for the Learning Sciences, Northwestern University)
http://www.ils.nwu.edu/~e_for_e/nodes/I-M-NODE-4121-pg.html

Explorations in Learning & Instruction: The Theory into Practice Database
http://www.gwu.edu/~tip/

FLAG (Field-tested Learning Assessment Guides)
http://www.flaguide.org/tools/tools.htm

FC - Foundation Coalition, engineering coalition funded by the National Science Foundation,

How People Learn: Bridging Research and Practice (NSF Report)
http://books.nap.edu/html/howpeople2/index.html

IERG - Imaginative education research group

InfED - informal education and lifelong learning

Instructional Technology Connections (M Ryder, Univ Colorado, Denver; huge collection of resources)
http://www.cudenver.edu/~mryder/itcon.html

Some collection titles:

Lesson Study Project (U Wisconsin - LaCrosse)
http://www.uwlax.edu/sotl/

Linking teaching and research:

  • Higher Education Academy
    • Exchange magazine index
    • Institutional strategies to link teaching and research (resources database)
    • The Teaching and Research Relationship: Developing Institutional Policy and Practice Conference (index)
    • Re-shaping Teaching in Higher Education: A Guide to Linking Teaching with Research

Links to a Better Education (Bob Jacobs, Wilton High School; tremendous set of links to on-line learning resources, most from higher ed)
http://w3.nai.net/~bobsalsa/linkstoa.htm

MindTools
http://www.mindtools.com/index.html

New Mexico Teaching Academy
http://www.teaching.nmsu.edu/index.html

  • Bookstore
    • Publish & Flourish: Become a Prolific Scholar (sample (pdf))

North Cascades and Olympic Science Partnership (George D. "Pinky" Nelson, Carolyn Landel, Western Washington University)
http://www.ncosp.smate.wwu.edu/contact/staff.cfm

Book Recommendations:

Project 2061 (AAAS - Nelson is a former director)
http://www.project2061.org/default_flash.htm

Project Renaissance (Win Wenger)

Quality Matters - Inter-institutional quality assurance in online learning

Resources for Graduate Students (links - Molly Stock, U of Idaho)
http://www.cnr.uidaho.edu/frgrad/resources.htm

Rubrics (Monmouth Univ Facutly Resource Cntr)
 http://its.monmouth.edu/facultyresourcecenter/rubrics.htm

Teaching, Learning and Technology (TLT Group - AAHESGIT, S. Gilbert)
http://www.tltgroup.org/

The Meta-Learning Lab
http://www.meta-learninglab.com/

The Node: Learning Technologies Network Resources for Learners (C Boak, The University of Western Ontario)
http://node.on.ca/support/

On-line Journals:

POD Network (Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education)

Archives of POD@LISTSERV.ND.EDU

  • Message collections:
    • Resources to win over a skeptic about "new pedagogies" in March 06

Teachpsych.org - The Society for the Teaching of Psychology

Dalhousie University's Instructional Development and Technology Sites Worldwide
http://www.dal.ca/~oidt/ids.html

Educational Technology WebRing
http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=edtech;list

Fostering Deeper Learning (C Johnston, U Melbourne)
http://www.ecom.unimelb.edu.au/ecowww/fost.html

Foundation Coalition (improving engineering curricula)
http://www.foundationcoalition.org/index.html

Implications Of Results From Cognitive Science Research For Medical Education (Medical Education Online, AC Reese, Medical College of Georgia)
http://www.utmb.edu/meo/f0000010.htm

Index of Learning Styles (ILS - a self-test for determining learning style)
http://www2.ncsu.edu/unity/lockers/users/f/felder/public/ILSdir/ILSpage.html

Internet Resources for Higher Education Outcomes Assessment (huge link collection - NC State U)
http://www2.acs.ncsu.edu/UPA/assmt/resource.htm

Inventio - Creative thinking about learning and teaching
http://www.doit.gmu.edu/

The Scholarship of Teaching
http://www.doit.gmu.edu/Archives/feb98/issue.html

Kansas University Center for Teaching Excellence Online Resources in Higher Education
http://eagle.cc.ukans.edu/~cte/OtherSites.html

Long Term Memory Retention (Jón Erlendsson)
http://www.hi.is/~joner/eaps/wh_longr.htm

Medical Education News (on-line links to materials)
http://www.medednews.org/

Medical Student and M.D. Webring
http://www.webring.org/cgi-bin/webring?ring=medstu2&list

People:

Bain, Ken

Gilbert, SW (TLT Group)

Hake, Richard

  • Lessons from the Physics Education Reform Effort (fascinating paper)
  • REDCUBE: Research, Development, and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Web Guide for Non-Biologist (RR Hake, Indiana U)
  • STLHE-L archives - February 2002
  • POD Archives
  • Problems with Student Evaluations: Is Assessment the Remedy?
  • Piaget & Dewey: Down for the Count? - 47 Responses - AERA-L 9/29/05

Nuhfer, EB (Idaho SU)

Perkins, David - Project Zero

Plagarism

Professional & Organization Development Network in Higher Education - List Archives
http://listserv.nd.edu/archives/pod.html

Preventing "F"'s: A Guide for Tough Basic-Sciences Teachers (and students - E. Friedlander, U. Missouri)
http://www.pathguy.com/lectures/f-talk.htm

Random Thoughts on Teaching (Louis Schmier, Valdosta State University - prepare to laugh, cry, become outraged and inspired)
http://www.halcyon.com/arborhts/louis.html

Refdesk.com: The single best source for facts on the Net
http://www.refdesk.com/

STLHE-L Archives
http://listserv.unb.ca/bin/wa?A0=stlhe-l&D=0&H=0&O=A&T=1

StudyWeb: Links for Learning
http://www.studyweb.com/

Success Types Medical Education Page (JW Pelley, Texas Tech University)
http://www.ttuhsc.edu/success/

Teaching Goals Inventory
http://www.uiowa.edu/~centeach/tgi/index.html

Teaching Learning Forum (Australia - proceedings)
http://wwwtlc1.murdoch.edu.au/asu/pubs/tlf/tlf-pubs.html

Teaching Tips:

University of Hawaii
http://www.hcc.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm

Cooperative / Collaborative / Problem-based (PBL) Learning:

Cooperative or collaborative learning are approaches to learning designed to increase understanding and long term retention. These methods have been shown to markedly increase student retention. Problem-based learning is a special subset of these techniques. Although designed to be implemented by the instructor, there is no reason that a significant component of these techniques can't be implemented by students outside of the traditional classroom setting.

Using a Formal Collaborative Learning Paradigm for Veterinary Medical Education (WR Klemm, Texas A&M, J Vet Educ 21, 1994)
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/ejournals/JVME/V21-1/Klemm.html

Collaborative learning environments sourcebook (TOC)

Collaborative Learning in Management Education: Issues, benefits, problems and solutions: A literature review (D Kimber, Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology University)
http://ultibase.eu.rmit.edu.au/Articles/kimbe1.html (dead link)

Cooperative Learning: Effective Teamwork for Engineering Classrooms (KA Smith, Univ Minn)
http://fre.www.ecn.purdue.edu/FrE/asee/fie95/2b5/2b54/2b54.htm

Cooperative Learning in Post Secondary Education:  Implications from Social Psychology for Active Learning Experiences (LW Sherman, Miami University)
http://miavx1.muohio.edu/~lwsherman/aera906.html

Twelve Lewinian Principles of  Experiential Learning (After Johnson & Johnson, 1987, p. 18-20)

  • Principle 1. Effective experiential learning will affect the learner's cognitive structures (action theories), attitudes and values, perceptions and behavioral patterns.
  • Principle 2. People will believe more in knowledge they have discovered themselves than in knowledge presented by others.
  • Principle 3. Learning is more effective when it is an active rather than a passive process.
  • Principle 4. Acceptance of new action theories, attitudes, and behavioral patterns cannot be brought about by a piecemeal approach - one's whole cognitive-affective-behavioral system has to change.
  • Principle 5. It takes more than information to change action theories, attitudes, and behavioral patterns.
  • Principle 6. It takes more than firsthand experience to generate valid knowledge. Besides experience, there needs to be a theoretical system that the experience tests out, and reflection on the meaning of the experience.
  • Principle 7. Behavior changes will be temporary unless the action theories and attitudes underlying them are changed.
  • Principle 8. Changes in perceptions of oneself and one's social environment are necessary before changes in action theories, attitudes, and behavior will take place.
  • Principle 9. The more supportive, accepting, and caring the social environment, the freer a person is to experiment with new behaviors, attitudes, and action theories.
  • Principle 10. In order for changes in behavior patterns, attitudes and action theories to be permanent, both the person and the social environment have to change.
  • Principle 11. It is easier to change a person's action theories, attitudes, and behavioral patterns in a group context than in an individual context.
  • Principle 12. A person accepts a new system of action theories, attitudes, and behavioral patterns when he or she accepts membership in a new group.

Don Woods, Chemical Engineering, McMaster University (One of the originators of PBL)

Problem-based Learning, especially in the context of large classes (instructor and student guides)
http://chemeng.mcmaster.ca/pbl/pbl.htm

The McMaster Problem Solving program
http://chemeng.mcmaster.ca/mps/

Guided Experiential Learning

Handbook of Enquiry and Problem-based Learning (2005, T Barrett, I MacLabhrainn, H Fallon, TOC)

On Teaching Large Classes (Tufts)
http://ase.tufts.edu/cte/pages/large-classes.htm

PBLI - PBL Initiative (medical school PBL, Southern Illinois University)
http://www.pbli.org/core.htm

Problem Based Learning - Central Queensland University

Problem-based Learning Home Page - Queen's University School of Medicine
http://meds.queensu.ca/medicine/pbl/pblhome.htm

PBL Links (Maastricht University)
http://www2.unimass.nl/~PBL/link.htm

RM Felder, North Carolina State University:

Ted Panitz's cooperative learning web site (Cape Cod Community College)
http://home.capecod.net/~tpanitz/

University of Manitoba University Teaching Services
http://www.umanitoba.ca/academic_support/uts/

Virginia Tech

Study Skills Self-Help Information

Wikis:

What Smart Students Know: Maximum Grades, Optimum Learning, Minimum Time  (Notes from book of the same title by Adam Robinson)
http://paris.lerc.nasa.gov/kdavidian/CSA/ARTICLES/smart.html (dead link)

WSU Center for Teaching and Learning
http://www.ctlt.wsu.edu/

Books:

Bransford, JD, AL Brown, RR Cocking (2000). How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience and School (NAS)
http://www.nap.edu/html/howpeople1/index.html
http://books.nap.edu/books/0309070368/html/

texts:

  • A Brief Summary of the Best Practices in Teaching (Tom Drummond, North Seattle Community College, 1994, 2002, html)
  • Research into cognitive load theory and instructional design at UNSW (1998, G Cooper, U New S Whales html)
  • Review of Future-focused Research on Teaching and Learning (2006, Massey Univ College of Edu, html, 1.4 Mb pdf, 4.6 Mb doc)
  • Why Minimal Guidance during Instruction Does Not Work: An Analysis of the Failure of Constructivist, Discovery, Problem-Based, Experiential, and Inquiry-Based Teaching (Kirschner PA, J Sweller, RE Clark, 2006 Education Psychologist 41(1):75-86, working draft pdf)

blogs:

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On-Line Critical Thinking Resources:

A Field Guide to Critical Thinking (J Lett, Indian River Comm Coll, Skeptical Inquirer, 1990)
http://www.csicop.org/si/9012/critical-thinking.html

Bibliography on Evaluating Internet Resources (Nicole Auer, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
http://refserver.lib.vt.edu/libinst/critTHINK.HTM

Creativity Web: Resources for Creativity and Innovation
http://www.ozemail.com.au/~caveman/Creative/

Critical Thinking: What It Is and Why It Counts (Peter Facione, Santa Clara University)
http://7-12educators.miningco.com/msub17.htm
http://www.calpress.com/critical.html

Critical Thinking Guide (University of Saskatchewan)
http://library.usask.ca/ustudy/critical/

Donald Simanek's Page (Professor of Physics, Lock Haven University of Pennsylvania - huge collection of links)
http://www.lhup.edu/~dsimanek/

Evaluation of information sources - The World-Wide Web Virtual Library
http://www.vuw.ac.nz/~agsmith/evaln/evaln.htm

ETC (Exercises in Thinking Critically - W Knorpp, T Adajian, James Madison Univ)
http://cit.jmu.edu/etc/

Center for Critical Thinking (Richard Paul, Linda Elder, Sonoma State Univ)

A Brief History of the Idea of Critical Thinking
http://www.sonoma.edu/cthink/K12/k12library/cthistory.nclk

Universal Intellectual Standards  (Linda Elder and Richard Paul)
http://www.sonoma.edu/cthink/K12/k12library/unistan.nclk

Critical Thinking Across the Curriculum Project (set of resources - Longview Community College, Lee's Summit, Missouri)
http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/longview/ctac/toc.htm

Critical Thinking Definitions
http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/longview/ctac/definitions.htm

Bloom's Taxonomy and Critical Thinking
http://www.kcmetro.cc.mo.us/longview/ctac/blooms.htm

Emotional Intelligence

The Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations
http://www.eiconsortium.org/

Idea Generation Methods (Martin Leith)

InnovationTools (Chuck Frey)

Inquiry

Institute for Inquiry
http://www.exploratorium.edu/IFI/

Inquiry Page: Learning begins with questions 
http://www.inquiry.uiuc.edu/index.php3

Science Inquiry Model
http://www.nwrel.org/msec/science_inq/

Teaching the Art of Inquiry (B Hudspith, McMaster)
http://www.socsci.mcmaster.ca/~fss/inquiry/artofinq.htm
http://www.eng.mcmaster.ca/engandsoc/inquiry/

Inquiry (Institute for Critical Thinking, Montclair State University)

Critical Thinking: Expanding the Paradigm (Mark Weinstein)
http://www.shss.montclair.edu/inquiry/fall95/weinste.html

Where's the Evidence? (Connie Missimer)
http://www.shss.montclair.edu/inquiry/summ95/missimer.html

Milo Schield Statistical Literacy (Augsburg College)
http://www.augsburg.edu/ppages/~schield/

Mission: Critical (interactive tutorial on critical thinking - David Mesher, San Jose State Univ.)
http://www.sjsu.edu/depts/itl/

The Critical Thinking Community

The Telson Spur Traces - Rhetoric, Critical Thinking; Scientific and Technical Writing (links)
http://snark.org/rhetoric.htm

WSU Center for Teaching, Learning and Technology - Critical Thinking
http://www.ctlt.wsu.edu/criticalthinking.asp

Reader's Guide to Rating Student Critical Thinking
http://www.ctlt.wsu.edu/newTourpages/critthinktour/ctrubric.asp

Texts:

  • Teaching students how to learn (Physics Today, 1/06)

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On-Line Career Management Resources:

Advice for Graduate Students (Michael Cleary)

Graduate Student Handbook - Dept of Integrative Biology

Graduate Student Resources On the Web (Dan Horn)

humor:

Jason Hong's Homepage

job.interview.net (corporate - guides and tips for interviewing)

 lab management:

Landing an Academic Job: The process and the pitfalls (JA Dantzig, U Illinois)

National Research Council Career Services

  • Hunting for Jobs at Liberal Arts Colleges (pdf)

PowerHouse Communications - Professional Development

Preparing Future Faculty (Association of American Colleges and Universities)

Preparing the New Psychology Professoriate: Helping Graduate Students Become Competent Teachers (on-line book)

Resources for Early-Career Development (CS Weiler, Whitman)

Science: Next Wave: Resources for the Next Generation of Scientists

Search Masters International Career Management

University of Pennsylvania Office of Postdoctoral Programs

Texts:

  • A Primer on How to Apply to and Get Admitted to Graduate School in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (pdf)
  • An Open Letter to the Next Generation (JD Patterson, Physics Today, July 04)
  • Cargo Cult Science (Richard Feynman)
  • How to Be a Good Graduate Student (M desJardins)
  • So long, and thanks for the Ph.D.!: Everything I wanted to know about C.S. graduate school at the beginning but didn't learn until later. (RT Azuma)
  • You and Your Research (Richard Hamming, 3/7/86 Bell Communications Research Colloquium)
  • Write Your Dissertation First and Other Essays on a Graduate Education, 2000 (M. David Merrill, Prof. emeritus, Utah State pdf)

Blogs:

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