Faculty Development Community Portal
Welcome – From the Editor
Welcome to the MERLOT Faculty Development Portal, featuring educational resources for teaching and learning in higher education, both in face-to-face and online environments. You are invited to join MERLOT—it's free—and participate in this growing community of professionals. Our faculty development collection contains materials covering teaching strategies, teaching challenges, instructional design, learners, and learning and assessment
Learn more about us below! Thanks for dropping by.
Florence Williams
Editor, MERLOT Faculty Development Board
florence.williams@ucf.edu
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The MERLOT Faculty Development Portal is designed to help you learn about the variety of instructional strategies and issues that could help you become a better teacher. The resources you’ll find in the Pedagogy Portal should apply to teaching a variety of disciplines. This collection of resources should help you answer questions that teachers ask:
- How do I teach large lecture classes effectively?
- How do I engage my students in problem-based learning?
- Do I have to teach adult learners differently than recent high school graduates?
New Materials
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Tutor Handbook
The Tutor Handbook guides readers through the foundational skills and theory needed to be an effective peer tutor....
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Teaching the Student of the Future
How do we as faculty meet and exceed the needs and desires of “The Student of the Future”? It starts with engagement! In...
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Cultural Competency: Preparing the Leaders of Tomorrow Through the Lens of Leadership Theory
Cultural competence is an essential requirement of administrators, curriculum developers, faculty, and students … After...
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Raising the Bar: Grade Inflation in the Online Classroom
In this presentation, faculty and administrators will be presented with ethical ramifications of grade inflation, social...
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Image Sources
This is a collection of image collections that can be used in designing courses. There is a wide variety of disciplines,...
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Cultivating and Increasing Belonging for Learners
Studies show that belonging impacts several student outcomes, including increased engagement; academic performance...
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Time for Class 2023: Bridging Student and Faculty Perspectives on Digital Learning
Digital learning has become a prominent feature of modern education, with the potential to provide personalized...
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Listening to Learners 2023: Increasing Belonging in and out of the Classroom
Tyton Partners’ 2023 Listening to Learners research publication focuses on how institutions can ensure students’ success...
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Framework for Program Evaluation - CDC
Effective program evaluation is a systematic way to improve and account for public health actions by involving procedures...
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Developing and Using a Logic Model
The Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention (HDSP) Program Evaluation Guides are a series of evaluation technical assistance...
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5 tips to write stronger specific aims for your NIH R01 grant
I'm sharing my best tips to write stronger specific aims for your next NIH grant. Ever wonder about the difference...
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How to prepare for NIH grant writing in 2023
Do you have a grant writing plan for the new year? I'm walking you through some of the key things you'll need to think...
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Draft Specific Aims
After you decide the area of research to pursue, start thinking about your planned experiments by drafting objectives,...
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Introduction to the Specific Aims Page of a Grant Proposal
Grant writing starts with crafting an effective Specific Aims page. This page should be a succinct combination of sales...
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Online Instruction Resources for AUN TEPL
The Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) has a project titled ASEAN Univerity Network- Technology Enhanced...
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IDEAS Framework for Teaching Online
The IDEAS (Inclusion, Design, Engagement, Evaluation, Assessment, and Support) Framework for online teaching and learning...
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How to Use ChatGPT to Create Engaging Learning Experiences
During our conversation, Jason shares many creative and innovative ways to harness the power of ChatGPT so you can engage...
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Chalk Radio
Chalk Radio is an MIT OpenCourseWare podcast about inspired teaching at MIT. We take you behind the scenes of some of the...
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Formative Assessments for Online Learning
There are three types of assessments. A diagnostic assessment comes before learning, is ungraded, and measures prior...
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9 Tips for Success as an Instructional Designer
While the explosive growth during 2020 should come as no surprise, the truth is that demand for online education has been...
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Engaging Students Through Experiential Learning Inside the Classroom
Experiential learning in its many forms is widely recognized as a high-impact educational practice, one that has been...
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Microlectures 101: What, Why, & How?
Traditional instructional videos are often long, address a variety of content, or lack meaningful opportunities for...
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Advocating for Adjuncts
Advocacy for Adjuncts is essential for the well-being of the whole institution. Listen in as Teresa Focarile of Boise...
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Using Case Studies to Develop Questioning Skills
Case studies have long been heralded as an impactful and critical pedagogical approach in college classrooms. Depending...
New Members
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Celia CoochwytewaArizona State University
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Urszula LechtenbergUniversity of Pittsburgh
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Daniel McHughHolland College
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Susana RestrepoUNIVERSIDAD DEL MAGDALENA
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himani singhhimanis123
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Muhammad Sameer AsifBABA GURU NANAK UNIVERSITY, Nankana Sahib
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Amie RunkEDUCAUSE
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Reliance mallstty5
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Ronnie RobertsUniversity of The Southern Caribbean
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Fay RosemanWest Coast University
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Sophia MarshallGeorge Mason University
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Maria AceitunoNorth Orange County Community/Technical College District
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Shayne TrainUniversity of Toronto
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Autumn RichardsonHeritage Christian University
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Jason McGensyCalifornia State University, Fresno
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Sasha WhiteUniversity College of the North
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Jonathan EastmanColumbia College of Missouri
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Shanna HollichGuthrie Memorial Library
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Cathleen CuppettCoker College
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Deborah PfeiferNorth Central Kansas Technical College
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Gustavo CamposCalifornia State University, Fullerton
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April HudsonBethune-Cookman University
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Bryce BattistiOlympic College
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Joseph PetersUniversity of Hawaii System - Manoa
Materials by Discipline
- Assessment (150)
- Course and Instruction Design (290)
- Creating or Using Digital Media (269)
- Intellectual Property (22)
- Learners and Learning (158)
- Policies (54)
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (192)
- Selecting and Using Tools (1225)
- Support and Training (188)
- Teaching Challenges (66)
- Teaching Strategies (409)
Faculty Dev on the Web
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Idaho State University Professor Named Tech Trends Editor in Chief
Mar 18, 2024 05:41 PM PDT
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Faculty Development Programme on 'Digital Marketing' held - Daily Excelsior
Mar 18, 2024 05:21 PM PDT
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67 lecturers receive training in content development for online teaching and learning
Mar 18, 2024 04:44 PM PDT
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Paying it Forward: Kulur Group Gifts HBCU Grambling State University Free Memberships to ...
Mar 18, 2024 02:24 PM PDT
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Learning as a “Team Sport” Influences How Eric Brewe Approaches Teaching
Mar 18, 2024 01:03 PM PDT
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Civics Service Learning Fair cultivates community engagement at OPRF
Mar 18, 2024 12:11 PM PDT
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Alger stepping down as JMU president to take up role at American University
Mar 18, 2024 10:42 AM PDT
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A Universal Design For Inclusive And Accessible Schools | NDTV Profit - YouTube
Mar 18, 2024 09:26 AM PDT
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Villa Debuts ADU Line Designed for Comfortable Aging - Yahoo Finance
Mar 18, 2024 08:46 AM PDT
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What Does The Future Hold For Instructional Design? - eLearning Industry
Mar 18, 2024 08:29 AM PDT
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Villa Debuts ADU Line Designed for Comfortable Aging - StreetInsider
Mar 18, 2024 08:23 AM PDT
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Staff Rides as Pedagogical Practice in International Relations | The Duck of Minerva
Mar 18, 2024 06:20 AM PDT
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Top 10 Study Habits of JEE Main Toppers | Times of India
Mar 18, 2024 04:01 AM PDT
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Beyond Memorization: Strategies for Long-Term Retention - Faculty Focus
Mar 18, 2024 03:34 AM PDT
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Ipswich plans for new school delayed over Grade II listed mural - BBC
Mar 18, 2024 12:08 AM PDT
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Strategies for case-based training with virtual patients: An experimental study of the impact ...
Mar 17, 2024 08:49 PM PDT
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Puerto Rico: Kaleidoscope of Culture and Service Learning - The Lawrenceville School
Mar 17, 2024 12:17 PM PDT