On-Line Teaching Handbooks

On this page you will find links to comprehensive on-line teaching handbooks maintained by teaching resource centers around North America. Each of these handbooks contains a variety of topics related to college teaching. To learn more about a specific topic, simply click through the table of contents for each handbook. The handbooks are arranged alphabetically by the name of college or university at which they are maintained. To report broken links, send an e-mail message to Michael Marks.

"Thinking About College Teaching," from the University of Arizona's University Teaching Center

"Tools for Teaching," by the University of California-Berkeley's Barbara Gross Davis. The best and most complete on-line teaching handbook around.

"Instruction at FSU." An instructional support handbook (fourth edition) for faculty and graduate students from Florida State University's Instructional Development Services, a unit in the office for Distributed & Distance Learning

Faculty Development Teaching Tips from Honolulu Community College. See also Practical Information and Guides, also from Honolulu Community College.

"Improving Your Lecturing," from the University of Illinois's Office of Instructional Resources

"Effective Classroom Questioning," from the University of Illinois's Office of Instructional Resources

"Teaching Tips," from Illinois State University's Center for the Advancement of Teaching

"Teaching at Indiana," on-line handbook from Indiana University

"Teaching Tips," from Iowa State University's Center for Teaching Excellence

The main home page of the Center for Faculty Development at Mankato State University contains links to a variety of useful topics including Teaching and Learning Styles, Academic Dishonesty, Grade Inflation, Class Size, and Classroom Strategies.

"Teaching Strtagies," from the University of Michigan's Center for Research on Learning and Teaching

"Teaching Tips," from Michigan Tech's Center for Teaching, Learning, and Faculty Development

University of Minnnesota's Center for Teaching and Learning Services. Home page has links to teaching guides, articles, on-line journals, and other resources.

Teaching Tips from the University of Nebraska's Teaching and Learning Center

"Teaching Strategies," from SUNY-Buffalo's Teaching and Learning Resources website

Teaching handbook from the University of North Carolina's Center for Teaching and Learning

Teaching Resources Handbook from the University of North Carolina-Greensboro's Teaching and Learning Center

"Ideas on Teaching," from the University of Oklahoma's Instructional Development Program

"New Tools for Teaching," by James J. O'Donnell at the University of Pennsylvania

Interactive on-line teaching handbook from Tufts University's Center for Teaching Excellence

"Teaching Topics," from Washington University's Teaching Center

"Preparation for Effective Teaching," from Western Kentucky University's Center for Teaching and Learning

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