Resources on Teaching
Resources available from FTAD
Below are several publications in electronic form either distributed by FTAD or provided by FTAD as a service to the OSU teaching community.
Periodicals/Series
| Handbooks | Special Topics
| Library
Teaching Resouces Online | Teaching
Conferences | OSU Academic Support Services
Periodicals/Series:
Essays on Teaching Excellence: Towards the Best in the Academy (Sorry, our site license allows access only from OSU computers.)
Fast Facts for Faculty on disability issues--A wide range of brief articles to help you to assist students with disabilities and to gain greater understanding of the accommodations process.
GLBT Campus Matters provides you with resources, case studies, and articles to help you identify and deal with campus discrimination and safety issues involving gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgenders. (Sorry, our site license currently allows access only from OSU computers.)
Journal on Excellence in College Teaching (Sorry, our site license currently allows access only from OSU computers.)
The National Teaching and Learning Forum, a periodical for higher education faculty (Sorry, our site license currently allows access only from OSU computers.)
The Teaching Professor. This newsletter is a forum for discussion of the best strategies supported by the latest research for effective teaching in the college classroom. (Sorry, our site license currently allows access only from OSU computers.)
Faculty and TA Development has a specialized library of books, journals and special topic files on college teaching and learning. The journals and series we receive include:
- College Teaching
- Change Magazine
- American Association of Higher Education Bulletin
- The National Teaching and Learning Forum
- Journal of Graduate Teaching Assistant Development
- New Directions for Teaching and Learning
- The Teaching Professor
- Journal of Staff, Program and Organizational Development
- The Chronicle of Higher Education
- Black Issues in Higher Education
- Journal on Excellence in College Teaching
- The International Journal for Academic Development
- New Directions for Teaching and Learning
Handbooks:
Teaching at The Ohio State University: A Handbook
Teaching in the United States: A Handbook for International Faculty and TAs
Special Topics:
Updated and improved: Online Guide to Developing a Teaching Portfolio.
Teaching International Students Across the Curriculum: Supporting Academic Listening/Speaking
Handbook for Instructors on the Use of Electronic Class Discussion
Ten changing Demands on College Teachers in the Future
Evaluation of Teaching Materials helping both individual faculty planning to evaluate their teaching and academic units developing statements on policy and procedures.
Guidance for Instructors Leading Classes in Times of International Tension and Domestic Conflict
Library:
FTAD maintains a library of books, periodicals, and subject files on college teaching topics for use by Ohio State instructors.
FTAD's professional consultants will also conduct a literature search on a particular topic upon request.
The library is located in 260 Younkin Success Center, 1640 Neil Avenue. It is wise to call ahead (292-3644) to ensure that the library is available for use.