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This Teaching and Learning Guide has been developed to offer resources to help North Idaho College faculty members support their professional needs, to continuously improve their teaching and learning practices, and to help them find new ways to share expertise and collaborate with others. General resources are organized by material type via the tabs to the right. Resources for specific topics can be found via the navigation on the left. Have an idea for a new subject area, looking for additional resources, resources to add to an existing page, or would like to collaborate with a librarian? Contact us at librarian@nic.edu.

GENERAL RESOURCES

American Association of Community Colleges
The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) is the primary advocacy organization for the nation’s community colleges. The association represents nearly 1,200 2-year, associate degree-granting institutions and more than 12 million students.

American Association of University Professors
The AAUP is a nonprofit membership association of faculty and other academic professionals. Since our foundation in 1915, the AAUP has helped to shape American higher education by developing the standards and procedures that maintain quality in education and academic freedom in this country's colleges and universities.

American Association of University Women
We are tenacious and trailblazing — advocating for women and girls since 1881 and into the future!

National Education Association
Great educators create great public schools. NEA provides the training, tools, and community support for educators to engage students, nurture justice, and excel in their profession.

Last updated: 11.11.20 BS

The Chronicle of Higher Education

Access to CHE is free on campus for any user and remotely for currently-enrolled students, faculty, and staff but creating an account is required. You must be connected to a campus internet network to create an account; after registering you can access your Chronicle of Higher Education account from anywhere and find current and back issues here. The Teaching & Learning sub-page is especially helpful for finding current topics and issues related to higher ed faculty/professionals.

The New York Times
Access is free for currently-enrolled students, faculty, and staff but registration is required. After registering you can access your New York Times account from anywhere and on any device by accessing through a browser or via the NYTimes app. The Education page is helpful in finding current topics and issues related to higher education.

Developing Faculty Learning Communities at Two-Year Colleges by Susan Sipple & Robin Lightner (Editors)
Call Number: LB 1738 .D47 2013
"This book introduces community college faculty and faculty developers to the use of faculty learning communities (FLCs) as a means for faculty themselves to investigate and surmount student learning problems they encounter in their classrooms, and as an effective and low-cost strategy for faculty developers working with few resources to stimulate innovative teaching that leads to student persistence and improved learning outcomes."
Learner-Centered Teaching: Five Key Changes to Practice by Maryellen Weimer
Call Number: LB 2331 .W39 2013
"In this new edition of the classic work, one of the nation's most highly regarded authorities on effective college teaching offers a comprehensive introduction to the topic of learner-centered teaching in the college and university classroom, including the most up-to-date examples of practice in action from a variety of disciplines, an entirely new chapter on the research support for learner-centered approaches, and a more in-depth discussion of how students' developmental issues impact the effectiveness of learner-centered teaching."
Teaching Your First College Class by Carolyn Lieberg
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2008
"provides an introduction to the theory of teaching; describes proven strategies and activities for engaging students in their learning; and offers advice on classroom management, syllabus creation, grading, assessment, and discipline issues, among other topics. It prepares readers for a confident start as teachers, and gives them a firm foundation on which to develop their skills and personal classroom styles."
A Concise Guide to Improving Student Learning by Mary Blythe Daniels & Michael Reder
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2014
"This concise guidebook is intended for faculty who are interested in engaging their students and developing deep and lasting learning, but do not have the time to immerse themselves in the scholarship of teaching and learning."
What the Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain
Call Number: LB 2331 .B34 2004 & eBook
"Bain describes examples of ingenuity and compassion, of students' discoveries of new ideas and the depth of their own potential. This book is a source of insight and inspiration for first-year teachers and seasoned educators."
A Guide to Better Teaching by Leila Jahangiri & Tom Mucciolo
Call Number: eBook
Publication Date: 2017
"A Guide to Better Teaching is a self-help book that provides anyone teaching a college course with a thorough understanding of what it takes to be an effective teacher-whether they are a new, an adjunct, or seasoned professor."
Learning by Heart by Tony Wagner
ISBN: 9780525561873
Publication Date: 2020-04-07

Community College Journal
A refereed, scholarly journal of original articles on both the theoretical and practical aspects of community college education in the areas of administration and management, changing technology, instruction, and programming and curriculum with full-text available 03/01/1990 - present.

Journal on Excellence in College Teaching
Examines all areas affecting teaching and learning with full-text available 3/01/2012 - 07/01/2014.

Center for Excellence Teaching Learning Scholarship

Lecture Breakers
The Lecture Breakers podcast is the place where educators share innovative teaching strategies to help you break up your lecture, energize your classroom, increase student engagement, and improve learning.
Think UDL
ThinkUDL is a podcast about Universal Design for Learning where we hear from the people who are designing and implementing strategies in post-secondary settings with learner variability in mind.

Join host, Lillian Nave, as she discovers not just WHAT her guests are teaching, learning, guiding and facilitating, but HOW they design and implement it, and WHY it even matters!
Tea for Teaching
This podcast is a series of informal discussions of innovative and effective practices in teaching and learning. This podcast series is hosted by John Kane (an economist) and Rebecca Mushtare (a graphic designer). John and Rebecca run the Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching at the State University of New York at Oswego.
Community College Voice Podcast
Community College Voice is the only podcast about the power of the nation's community colleges. The show is produced and created by the American Association of Community Colleges
Teaching in Higher Ed.
The podcast focuses on topics such as excellence in teaching, instructional design, open education, diversity and inclusion, productivity, creativity in teaching, educational technology, and blended learning.
NIC Amped!
NIC is your community college, and this podcast is for you. Join our host, Tyler Sea, and various guests, as they converse about the things that make NIC interesting, engaging and unique. Whether you're an NIC student, employee or North Idaho community member, be sure to tune in and subscribe to NIC Amped!

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