Sample Exercises & Handouts

• Embedding IL: IL-Enhanced Syllabus

• UCLA Library Catalog Exercise (2006)

• 2-Item Annotated Bibliography Assignment

• Encyclopedia Evaluation Checklist (2003)

• Research Topic Focusing Worksheet

• Which is Which?

• Encyclopedia Comparison Exercise (2003)

• Handout: Empirical Research: Journal Article Structure

• Handout (for undergrads): Tips and Tricks to Locating Materials

Usage

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Additional Useful Sites

Active Learning Strategies, Western Washington University.

Links to many useful sites, arranged in categories: Active Lectures, Case-Based Teaching, Motivation and Engaging Learners, and Problem-Based Learning.

CORA: Community of Online Research Assignments. 2015. Loyola Marymount University.

"...an open access resource for faculty and librarians... [with] research assignments... enhanced with user feedback in order to build a rich corpus of user practices." (from the website)

Creative Techniques2011. Mycoted.

"This A to Z of Creativity and Innovation Techniques, provides an introduction to a range of tools and techniques for both idea generation (Creativity) and converting those ideas into reality (Innovation). Like most tools these techniques all have their good and bad points." (from the website)

MERLOT II: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching. 2016. California State University.

"...a curated collection of free and open online teaching, learning, and faculty development services contributed and used by an international education community." (from the website)

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