Online Resources for Learning and Teaching

There are numerous online resources where you can find tips and hints on how best to do learning and teaching in higher education. Below are some links that you might find helpful. In particular you may wish to go to one of the databases of resources and search for resources that are specific to your subject discipline.

If you wish to add to this list please send suggestions to LATEU@soton.ac.uk

DATABASE OF RESOURCES

The HEA offer a site where you can search for online resources by topic AND subject

http://www.heacademy.ac.uk/ourwork/professional/snas/snasdatabase

Prodait (Professional Development for Academics Involved in Teaching)

Useful resources at including guidance on mentoring and peer observation : http://www.prodait.org/

TOPIC SPECIFIC RESOURCES

Giving a Lecture

LATEU run a workshop on giving lectures

Giving that Really Scary Large Lecture

Kate Exley has written a book on giving lectures: Kate Exley & Reg Dennick, Giving a Lecture: From Presenting to Teaching, Routhledge Falmer Publishers 2004 ISBN 9780415307192

Social Policy and Social Work (SWAP) Subject Centre have provided some resources on interactive lecturing

http://www.swap.ac.uk/docs/swapguide_4a.pdf

The HEA engineering subject centre provide a guide to lecturing

http://www.engsc.ac.uk/downloads/LecturesGuide.pdf

University of Westminster guide to lecturing

http://www.wmin.ac.uk/pdf/EffectiveLectures.pdf

U Tube Video of Interactive Lecturing in Physics at Harvard using Zappers

Eric Mazur : From Questions to Concepts: Interactive Teaching in Physics

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lBYrKPoVFwg