Active Learning

• Active learning is a learner-centered approach to teaching where the instructors are facilitators of learning rather than providers of information.
• Active Learning Techniques Booklet

Flipped Learning

• Flipped learning is a pedagogical approach in which direct instruction moves from the group learning space to the individual learning space.

Learning Outcomes

• A learning outcome answers the question: what will students know or be able to do at the end of this lesson, block, or program. The learning outcome informs what you will teach.

One-Minute Preceptor

• Learn about the five microskills of the One-Minute Preceptor.

Presentation Tips

• Tips on how to make your presentation great.

TEACH Glossary

Check it out here! 

The Dundee Three Circle Model

Check it out here! 

When to Map a LO to an EPO

Check it out here! 

Writing Effective Test Questions 

• How to design assessments and write test questions. 

Additional Online Teaching Resources

• How to Hold Better Class Discussion
• How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive
• Useful resources from other sites, including those outside the UCR School of Medicine.
• Recommended reading list on teaching.pdf
• The National Teaching & Learning Forum publishes an online journal with a wealth of information on teaching and learning. When reading it on campus, I was able to get full access to all articles through the UC library.  Check it out.
• A great article from James Lang, author of Small Teaching on How to Teach a First Day of Class
• This is a great, short piece on how to make sure you get student buy-in for the content you are teaching. Focus Your Lectures with the One-Sentence Lesson Plan.
• This narrowly focused study looks at whether or not the use of active learning strategies had a negative impact on student evaluations of teaching. (Spoiler alert - they didn't!) Will my student evaluations decrease if I adopt an active learning instructional strategy?
• Interesting article from Medical Education: The knowledge paradox: the more I know, the less I can clearly explain
• Using the Polling Feature in Zoom
• Policies and Procedures