Publications and Resources

Journal on Excellence in College Teaching

The Journal on Excellence in College Teaching is a peer- reviewed journal published by and for faculty at universities and two- and four-year colleges to increase:

  • interest in and enthusiasm for the profession of college teaching
  • communication among faculty about their classroom experiences
  • student learning through effective teaching.

Teaching With Style: A Practical Guide to Enhancing Learning by Understanding Teaching and Learning Styles
Anthony F. Grasha, PhD

An innovative and user-friendly guide to enhancing teaching and learning processes, Teaching With Style provides a unique and comprehensive approach to helping college faculty in all disciplines enhance the quality of their teaching. New and experienced teachers at all levels of higher education will discover instructional processes that energize students and that facilitate critical thinking, active and collaborative learning, and that encourage students to assume more initiative and responsibility for their learning. Readers will uncover new insights into themselves and their students, as well as detailed guidelines for how to use an integrative model of teaching and learning style to select instructional processes. Available in electronic format only.

Blueprint for Learning: Constructing College Courses to Facilitate, Assess, and Document Learning

Laurie Richlin's new book, Blueprint for Learning: Constructing College Courses to Facilitate, Assess, and Document Learning is available online at Styluspub.com. This book familiarizes readers with course design elements; enables them to understand themselves as individuals and teachers; know their students; adapt to the learning environment; design courses that promote deep learning; and assess the impact of the teaching practices and design choices they have made. She provides tools to create a full syllabus, offers guidance on such issues as framing questions that encourage discussion, developing assignments with rubrics, and creating tests.