General Studies Instructors

The purpose of this section is to provide General Studies Instructors with a forum for exploring and sharing resources, strategies, and ideas. Please share your ideas, insights, and resources by emailing them to Dr. Gina Huston.

INSTRUCTIONAL RESOURCES BY TOPIC

(By listing these sites, OC does not imply an endorsement of the content of the pages; the sites are listed simply as a referral.)

General Teaching Tips and Strategies

Practical teaching tips

http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/teachtip.htm

Indiana University's Teaching Strategies: Look under the Handbook link which includes great tips on preparation, methods, and environment

http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eteaching/handbook_1.html

Teaching Strategies  Be sure to scroll all the way through it!

http://station05.qc.ca/css/cybersite/reach-out/strategies/TEACHING.htm

Using Collaborative Learning 

• http://www.wcer.wisc.edu/nise/cl1/CL/doingcl/DCL1.asp

        Joint Assignments with ENG 98:

        Career Plan and Exploratory Essay:

• Engl098GenStudies100exploratoryessay.doc
• Engl098Essay3GenStudieseducationalcareerplan.doc 
  
  Combined Task Sheet:
  
• Engl098GenStudiescombinedtasksheetsp06.doc

           Detailed Task Sheet:

• Engl098GenStudiesdetailedtasksheet.doc

        Joint Assignment Grade Sheet:

• Engl98GenStudies100jointassingmentgradesheetsp06.doc

         
        Diversity in the classroom

• http://fisher.osu.edu/diversity/teach.htm

• http://honolulu.hawaii.edu/intranet/committees/FacDevCom/guidebk/teachtip/diverse.htm
• CulturalPresentationEssayEngl91andGenStudies.doc
• CulturalPresentationEssaywithKoinotes.doc

Improving Lecturing Skills

http://www.indiana.edu/%7Eteaching/lectskills.html

Adult Learning

• An Overview of Adult Learning ñ scroll through for specific topics - http://www.fsu.edu/~elps/ae/download/ade5385/Brookfield.pdf

• ìNew technology, integrated with experiential education, can and will increase the effectiveness and efficiency of the learning process.î This white paper, ìLearning: The Critical Technology,î while lengthy, is worth the read. http://www.learnativity.com/download/Learning_Whitepaper96.pdf

Tips and Strategies for Student Success/Master Student topics

• Skip Downing's On Course site Be sure to check out the various sections - http://www.oncourseworkshop.com/Student%20Success%20Strategies.htm

• Get examination copies of other study skills textbooks for supplemental content, resources, and activities ideas. Look through their websites.

• Links to resources and activity ideas from Carolyn Hopper, author of Practicing College Learning Strategies (Houghton Mifflin) and Developmental Education Coordinator at Middle Tennessee State University - Check out links on left side menu and by Chapter/topic in the drop down menu http://college.hmco.com/collegesurvival/hopper/practicing_college/3e/students/index.html

• Links to resources and ideas from Linda Wong, author of Essential Skills (Houghton Mifflin) - http://college.hmco.com/collegesurvival/wong/essential_study/4e/instructors/howto.html

• Scroll down through this Middle Tennessee State University page for lots of great ideas for activities and resources. http://www.mtsu.edu/~studskl/

• Want to use case studies as a spring board for discussions or to check students' understanding of application of skills? See the publisher's website for Linda Wong, author of Essential Study Skills. Check out the Weblinks and Supplemental Activities links on the left side menu for ideas.

http://college.hmco.com/collegesurvival/wong/essential_study/4e/students/online_case.html

NOTE: For links to Study Skills websites for use by students, see the General Studies webpage for students.

(Please note that the web addresses are given so that you can print out the URLs.)

GEN-S 99 Resources:
    

• LibraryWorksheet.doc
• Assignments.doc
• ChapterEvaluationGrid.xls
• Outlineexample.doc
• Testquestions.doc
• GENS99syllabus.doc
• SCHEDULEforGENS99summer06.doc
• GENS99Syllabus_Fall07_Kim.doc
• GENS99ElinorLinkedSyllabusStudentCopy.docm

Future features:

• Did you know about the resources and support available to you at the OC Learning and Teaching Center? Examples of what the Center offers will be posted.

• Share your favorite learning activities or teaching strategies. We will collect them and post them here.

• The General Studies Department meeting schedule will be posted so that you can plan accordingly.

SYLLABI FROM GENERAL STUDIES INSTRUCTORS