University at Buffalo: Reporter

Teaching & Learning Resources at UB

Faculty at the University at Buffalo teach increasingly diverse groups of undergraduate and graduate students in a variety of traditional and new contexts-a complex but highly rewarding task. To support them in that endeavor, the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty Development, in collaboration with the University Libraries, has developed a World Wide Web resource for teaching and learning at UB.

The site, which is designed to promote effective instruction and to enhance student learning, links to materials and resources available here on campus and on the Internet. Resource categories are designed for both beginning and experienced teachers who wish to explore different teaching strategies, to better understand student learning, to search out new technologies for teaching, and to identify other UB faculty interested in specific teaching and learning topics. Faculty from UB who have integrated educational technology into their teaching are highlighted, with information and links to their specific projects including the instructional Web pages they have developed.

The UB Teaching and Learning Web site encompasses a variety of resources (including bibliographies, articles, case studies, conference announcements, databases, and electronic journals) and topics (ranging from course design to classroom evaluation). There is an extensive section on teaching strategies which covers active learning, lecturing, conducting discussion, large classes, and seminars. A separate section is devoted to the concerns of graduate teaching assistants. Connections to selected educational sites on the Internet provide UB faculty with the opportunity to find out about national issues and research being done in teaching and learning.

The Web site is being actively developed and is intended to include information on professional development as well as answers to questions and concerns raised by UB faculty. You can help in this effort by sending your comments and suggestions to Norma Henderson, Coordinator of Teaching and Learning, 214 Talbert Hall, 645-3364, tefnorma@acsu.buffalo.edu.

To connect to the Teaching and Learning Resources Web pages, select "Faculty & Staff" from the main menu of WINGS, the university's campus-wide information service. Then simply choose "Teaching" and follow the link to "Teaching and Learning Resources." Or go there direct using the URL http://wings.buffalo.edu/libraries/projects/tlr.

­Loss Pequeno Glazier and Nancy Schiller, University Libraries

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