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Shaping the Future of Higher Education: Practical, Community-Driven Initiatives to Improve Academic Climate
In this Editorial, we present the history and details of a collaborative effort to improve the academic climate of the Department of Chemistry at University of California, Berkeley.

Change Topics (Working Groups): Guiding Theories, Change Leaders, Assessment, Policy, Costs and Benefits, Equity and Inclusion, Faculty Evaluation
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Advising and Mentoring, Diversity/Inclusion, Cultural Competency, Institutional Systems:Incentive/Reward Systems, Evaluating Promotion and Tenure, Strategic Planning, Interdepartmental Collaboration, Degree Program Development, Supporting Students:Student Engagement, Learning Communities, Academic Support, Outreach:Policy Change

AAC&U Value Rubrics
AAC&U Value Rubrics Set of rubrics for evaluating various student learning outcomes, including inquiry, integrated learning, critical thinking, and ethics. Suggested Citation Association of American Colleges ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment
Resource Type: Website
Program Components: Professional Development:Student Assessment, Course Evaluation

Enhancing use of learning sciences research in planning for and supporting educational change: Leveraging and building social networks
Enhancing use of learning sciences research in planning for and supporting educational change: Leveraging and building social networks Penuel, Bell, Bevan, Buffington and Falk, Journal of Educational Change. ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Pedagogical Training, Curriculum Development, Professional Development

Toward a descriptive science of teaching: How the TDOP illuminates the multidimensional nature of active learning in postsecondary classrooms
Toward a descriptive science of teaching: How the TDOP illuminates the multidimensional nature of active learning in postsecondary classrooms This empirical paper describes the use of the instructional ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment
Resource Type: Journal Article
Program Components: Professional Development:Curriculum Development, Professional Development, Supporting Students:Student Engagement

Learning Spaces Toolkit
× Learning Spaces Toolkit Learning Spaces Toolkit is a resource for assessing technology-rich informal learning spaces, in particular to examine the kinds of activities envisioned for the space(s) and to ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment
Resource Type: Toolkit
Program Components: Institutional Systems:Technological Infrastructure, Supporting Students:Academic Support, Outreach

The ETS the HEIghten™ Outcomes Assessment Suite
The ETS the HEIghten™ Outcomes Assessment Suite This can be used to assess students' skill levels in critical general education areas including critical thinking and quantitative literacy. Results provide ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment
Resource Type: Website
Program Components: Professional Development:Curriculum Development, Student Assessment, Course Evaluation

Teaching Dimensions Observation Protocol (TDOP)
Teaching Dimensions Observation Protocol (TDOP) An online classroom observation protocol designed to capture aspects of classroom instruction at fine-grain size (teaching methods, cognitive engagement, technology, ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment
Resource Type: Website
Program Components: Professional Development:Curriculum Development, Student Assessment, Course Evaluation, Professional Development

Research based methods of instructional reform
Research based methods of instructional reform A list of measures of instructional reform from the Stains research group, including classroom observation protocol, self-report surveys, and classroom artifacts. ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment
Resource Type: Website
Program Components: Professional Development:Student Assessment, Course Evaluation, Institutional Systems:Evaluating Teaching

An overview of national STEM Education Initiatives that Impact Undergraduate STEM Education
An overview of national STEM Education Initiatives that Impact Undergraduate STEM Education Google Doc from Kacy Redd, Noah Finkelstein, Linda Slakey and Emily Miller providing a list of all networks and programs ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment
Resource Type: White Paper
Program Components: Professional Development:Accessibility, Curriculum Development, Course Evaluation

Concept inventories in physics
× Concept inventories in physics Concept inventories in physics with some math and astronomy, from NC State. Note that this page is no longer updated. Suggested Citation NC State. Concept Inventories in ...

Change Topics (Working Groups): Assessment
Resource Type: Website
Program Components: Professional Development