Fundamentals

• SoTL Tutorial - An extremely useful self-tutoring program that presents the what and why of SoTL; examples of faculty SoTL projects; and help in framing questions, choosing a design, and selecting methods.
• How Do I Do Scholarship of Teaching & Learning? - This is the personal website of Craig E. Nelson, Professor of Biology, at Indiana University, Bloomington. This website provides information on resources, as well as links to teaching tips and methods.
• The Scholarship of Teaching & Learning - This is provided by the University of Saskatchewan's Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching Effectiveness. This website provides links to resources such as teaching topics, the legacy of Ernest Boyer, scholarship as defined by SoTL and teaching portfolio tools.
• The Australian Scholarship in Teaching Project - This website is based in Australia and supported by numerous universities, including: La Trobe University, RMIT University and Griffith University. This website touches on the scholarship of teaching (a model), scholarly teaching and communicating the scholarship of teaching.
• The Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (PowerPoint) - This PowerPoint includes information regarding education for librarians and scholarly communication in librarianship.
• http://www.sotl.ilstu.edu/?s_keyword=&D1=any+of+these&sotlChoice=Assessment%2FEvaluation&user_id=52 - SoTL at Illinois State University: The SoTL site at Illinois State University includes links to examples of SoTL work, information about external funding opportunities, human subjects guidelines for doing SoTL, and publication outlets for SoTL.
• http://www.libraries.iub.edu/index.php?pageId=3208 - Selected Library Resources on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning: The library at Indiana University, Bloomington hosts this site with links with the following titles, and more: "Guide to Literature Searches for SOTL Research," "SOTL Journals By Subject Area," and "SOTL Databases in Education."
• http://www4.uwm.edu/LeadershipSite/ - The University of Wisconsin's leadership site for SoTL: The leadership site for SoTL hosted by the University of Wisconsin system has links to a wealth of information. Especially useful is the "SoTL News" link.
• http://www.doiiit.gmu.edu/Archives/feb98/randybass.htm - "The Scholarship of Teaching: What's the Problem?", by Randy Bass, Executive Director of Georgetown University's Center for New Designs in Learning and Scholarship. This article in Inventio, an electronic journal that is a project of the Department of Instructional Improvement and Instructional Technologies (DoIIIT) at George Mason University, is an excellent introduction to makes the compelling argument for thinking of "teaching practice, and the evidence of student learning, as problems to be investigated, analyzed, represented, and debated."

Links to WCU Resources

• Renaissance of Teaching and Learning - Booklet #10 of the Renaissance of Teaching and Learning Booklet Series.
• Summer Institute of Teaching and Learning (SiTL)
• SoTL Retreat 
• MountainRise - The electronic journal for teaching and learning.
• SoTL at Western Carolina University

Teaching and Learning

• Assessment Instruments and Methods - This link is the UW-Madison Provost's website, providing links to UW-Madison's faculty programs, teaching and learning programs, as well as enrollment management ideas.
• Collaborative Learning - This website provides you with some starting ideas, mainly things to consider as you contemplate incorporating collaborative learning structures into your course.
• Cooperative Learning - This link connects you to a personal website which provides links to teaching tips; problem based learning and cooperative learning structures.
• Effective Use of Student Journal Writing - This website focuses on the effective ues of journal writing in the classroom, and touches on the concept of a "communication triangle."
• Managing the Classroom and Relating to Students - This website includes Appendix A-F for managing teh classroom and relating to students.
• Problem Based Learning - This website contains useful information regarding problem-based learning, such as PBL courses and syllabi, sample PBL problems, and useful PBL articles.
• MERLOT(Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning & Online Teaching) - This website is an educational resource database for learning and teaching online, includeing sections on learning materials, assignments, and guest experts.
• Rubric Creation - This website carries you step-by-step through the rubric creation process.
• World Lecture Hall - This website provides free online course materials from around the world. Please browse, search, learn and enjoy.
• Tomorrow's Professor - This website contains many links to useful tools for Tomorrow's Academy, including topics such as how students see the world, ethically problematic behaviors in science, redefining scholarly work and textbooks.
• http://www.higher-ed.org/ - This website is entitled "The Higher Education Resource Hub" providing you with resources pertaining to assessment, syllabi, job resources and recent publications world wide.
• http://www.nctaf.org/ - This is the National Commission on Teaching and America's Future (NCTAF) website. This website provides information on creating a strong learning community, teacher preparation and many others.

Research and Assessment

• National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science - This website provides numerous case studies in science education, as well as tips on assessing case instruction and case study ideas.
• Research About Teaching & Learning - This website is provided by Indiana University South Bend via the Department of Edcuation. This is also a resource site for teachers who are interested in conducting research about teaching and learning, both formal research and informal action research.
• Nine Principles of Good Practice For Assessing Student Learning - This website lists the nine principles for assessing student learning. The article was published by American Association of Higher Education (AAHE).
• http://paws.wcu.edu/gjones/WCU_COB_SoTL.html#Selected-Articles-on-Teaching&Learning - This link includes a list of resource websites that provide articles on numerous teaching & learning subjects, such as the theory of learning, online scholarly journals, WCU & UNC resources and much more.
• http://www.nea.org/index.html - This link is the NEA website, containing information on higher education, as well as leadership, NEA meetings and many other useful tools.
• http://www.nctomorrow.org/ - This is the UNC Tomorrow website, allowing access to the latest UNC Tomorrow Report and updates.
• http://www.podnetwork.org/ - This is the Professional and Organizational Development Network in Higher Education website. This unique website offers the latest news in higher education and faculty development.

Carnegie Foundation

• Carnegie Academy for the Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (CASTL) - This website explains the goals of the Carnegie Academy and their beliefs pertaining to higher education.
• Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching - This website provides information on undergraduate, graduate and k-12 education. Links to teaching tools are provided to supplement your teaching methods and ideas.