This page provides resources to support excellent, innovative instruction in a variety of teaching settings.  You’ll also find links to more general resources addressing effective teaching principles and techniques.  

General Resources

• Active learning
• Inclusive teaching
• Teaching styles
• Instructional technology

Engaged Learning

• Groups and Teams
• Flipped Classroom
• Discussion-based teaching
• Case-based teaching
• Experiential learning and field work
• Service learning
• Teaching with archival, botanical, and museum collections

Teaching Challenges

• Academic integrity concerns
• Students in distress
• Classroom disruptions and incivility
• Handling controversial topics
• Motivating Students to Read and Write in All Disciplines (pdf): This document provides advice and a list of strategies for motivating students to read and write. Strategies include invention journals, reading like a writer, and the précis.

Teaching Contexts

• Clinical teaching
• Global Learning
• Lab teaching
• Large classes and lectures
• Online teaching
• Teaching Effectively With GSI-Faculty Teams (pdf): This document is useful for those on GSI-faculty teams and includes common questions about students' perceptions, questions about responsibilities and expectations, and advice for working with faculty to maximize student learning.
• Learning and Teaching During Office Hours (pdf): This resource outlines the importance of holding office hours, as well as strategies for encouraging students to visit and solving problems during office hours.