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Week of May 20, 2013

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Adult Learners
Classroom Instruction
Course Management
Learning Styles
Technology

Adult Learners (7)

Sample Syllabus
A sample syllabus that will lead you through the creation of a course syllabus.

Your Personal Learning Style
Tool to help you determine students' personal learning styles.

Motivation and Experience Review
Questionnaire to help you discover your students' motivations and past experiences.

Assumptions About Learning
Student handout you can use to make adult learners feel more comfortable returning to school.

Relaxation Technique
Written exercise to help students relax.

The Ethical Decision Making Model
Procedure for analyzing a situation and making a decision based on ethics.

Instructor Evaluation
Evaluation form for students to complete. You can use student feedback to improve your instructional style.



Classroom Instruction (17)

Sample Syllabus
A sample syllabus that will lead you through the creation of a course syllabus.

Overhead Font Master
Samples of appropriate fonts to use in overhead presentations.

Overhead PowerPoint Template
A template for formatting overhead slides made using PowerPoint.

Onscreen PowerPoint Template
A template for formatting on-screen PowerPoint presentations.

Presentation Skills Checklist
A tool to assess your presentation skills.

Charts and Graphs
An exercise to help you investigate different types of charts and graphs.

Visual Aids Checklist
A checklist for using overhead projector transparencies and boards.

Visual Aid Feedback
A survey you can give students to obtain feedback about how effective your visual aids are and how to improve them.

Sample Assessment Rubric
A sample rubric for assessing student performance.

Building Your Portfolio
Steps for creating a student portfolio and examples of content to include.

Assessment Strategies
Quick reference listing the different types of student assessment strategies.

Performance Assessment
Sheet for students to fill out when planning their performance assessment.

Inviting Guest Speakers
Procedures students can use to invite a guest speaker as part of a class assignment.

Academic Skills
Student questionnaire that ties academic skills to success in the workplace.

The SQ3R Method
Overview of the SQ3R (survey, question, read, recite, review) study method with space for comments.

Safety Check List
Form where you can record important safety information.

Learning Inventory
Questionnaire to use at the end of a course, to help students realize what they've learned and accomplished.



Course Management (10)

Sample Syllabus
A sample syllabus that will lead you through the creation of a course syllabus.

Software Evaluation Worksheet
The worksheet is for use in conjunction with the article, Evaluating Software Programs for Your Course, which discusses how to evaluate and select software programs.

Grading Spreadsheet
An Excel spreadsheet with formulas to calculate cumulative grades for all coursework.

Student Expectation Survey
A survey to solicit your students' opinions in the beginning of the course to enhance their learning experience.

Memory Reference Sheet
A tool to help you remember each student's name.

Ice Breaker Questionnaire
A personal questionnaire to help students get to know each other.

Teaching Technology Resources List
A sample format to list resources that may enable you to integrate technology into the curriculum.

Instructor Listening Skills
A questionnaire you can use to evaluate your own listening skills.

Master To-do List
Sample format for creating your own to-do list.

How I Spend My Time
A tool to help you and your students evaluate how effectively you use your time.



Learning Styles (9)

Students With Special Needs Questionnaire
A student questionnaire designed to identify how you can facilitate a quality learning experience for students with special needs.

Self-Dialogue
Questions to prompt student entries into learning journals to be used throughout a course.

Reading Anticipation Guide
Instrument to help students learn actively while reading.

Teamwork Guidelines
Ideas for rules while working in a group.

Teamwork Assessment
Questionnaire for students to evaluate their group work experiences.

Determining Your Learning Style
Questionnaire to help determine your students' learning styles.

Learning Styles Assessment
Tool to help students determine whether they are interpersonal, intrapersonal, or naturalistic learners.

Action Statement
Journal for students to evaluate how a course can affect their personal and professional life.

What Do I Want to Do
Self-assessment to help students clarify their motivations for enrolling in college and where they want to take their lives



Technology (12)

Signature File
A sample signature file that can be automatically attached to every e-mail you send.

Online Learning Resources
A resource of online courses offering tutorials in word processing and graphics programs.

Directory Structure Example
How one instructor might set up file directories.

New Software Checklist
Checklist for using software to support a classroom lecture.

Student Computer Experience Survey
A survey you can give to students to evaluate their computer skills.

Search Engine Cheat Sheet
A listing of major search engines and their characteristics.

Graph Examples
Examples of clear, easy-to-read graphs.

Style Sheet Example
Example of a style sheet you might use for your MS Word documents.

E-mail Attachments
Checklist for sending and accepting file attachments via e-mail.

Web Site Planning Template
Planning worksheet for your own course Web site.

Video Evaluation Sheet
Tool you can use to evaluate whether a video is appropriate for class presentation.

Student Techy Quiz
Fun quiz to test students' knowledge of Internet practices and terms.



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