Center for Teaching and Learning

The Center supports faculty, staff, and graduate student educators who strive to achieve excellence in teaching through innovation, collaboration, and creative solutions. To that end, we have compiled the following resource guides for download and use by BGSU educators. Check this page often because we will be adding guides in a timely manner.

Teaching and Learning

• Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education
• Active Learning
• Comparing Educational Paradigms
• Teaching Students to Reflect
• Inquiry-Based Learning 
• Teaching Adult Learners
• Dealing with Difficult Students
• Concept Maps
• The Ethics of Teaching
• Critical Reading

Diversity

• Diversity in the Classroom
• Working in Groups

Assessment

• Grading
• Formative Assessment

Course Planning and Development

• The Learner-Centered Syllabus
• Learning Objectives
• Service-Learning

Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

• Writing a Teaching Philosophy
• Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

Teaching through Technology

• The What and Why of Second Life
• Twitter Basics Introduction
• Electronic Portfolios

Communication in the Classroom

• Communication Skills
• Conducting Discussion