Here are the citations and short descriptions of the resources that have influenced my teaching the most. I tried to put them in a relatively logical order, but they're all great on their own.
Wiggins, G. P., Wiggins, G., & McTighe, J. (2005). Understanding by design. Ascd.
Of all the books I've read on learning and pedagogy, this one was the most influential. Understanding by design means that you start by figuring out what you want students to know or do, and then work backward from there to build course content, activities, and assignments.
King, A. (1993). From sage on the stage to guide on the side. College teaching, 41(1), 30-35.
This is one of the original articles to introduce the idea of the flipped classroom, and it provides a brief introduction to that method.
Dunlosky, J., Rawson, K. A., Marsh, E. J., Nathan, M. J., & Willingham, D. T. (2013). Improving students’ learning with effective learning techniques: Promising directions from cognitive and educational psychology. Psychological Science in the Public Interest, 14(1), 4-58.
If you're not going to be lecturing during class time, what do you do? Dunlosky et al. rate 10 learning activities in regard to utility (spoiler alert: high stakes summative testing is not an effective learning tool).
Mayer, R. E. (2021). Multimedia Learning (3rd ed.). Cambridge University Press.
Do you use PowerPoint or other slidesharing programs? Do you record lectures? This book will teach you how to do it well.
Clark, R. C., & Mayer, R. E. (2016). E-learning and the science of instruction: Proven guidelines for consumers and designers of multimedia learning. John Wiley & sons.
This book takes the principles derived from the Cognitive Theory of Multimedia Learning and applies them specifically to online lessons.
Williams, R. (2015). The non-designer's design book: Design and topographic principles for the visual novice. Pearson Education.
Cannot recommend this book enough. If you're tired of making slides that look childish, clumsy, and boring, you will love this book.
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