Resources

**Updated - now that I am teaching on a regular basis, I have updated this page to reflect specific topics.

Resources:

This page will include any articles, websites, blog posts, and videos of interest that I encounter as part of my learning journey. As an academic, I will post these in APA formatted citations and when possible link to the open access resource.

General Teaching/Learning:

• Barkley, E.F. (2010). Student engagement techniques: A handbook for college faculty. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
• Pratt, D.D. (1998). Five perspectives on teaching in adult and higher education. Malabar, FL.: Krieger Publishing.

Autism Spectrum Disorder:

• Autism Canada
• Autism Spectrum Disorder (Province of British Columbia)
• Survival Strategies for People on the Autism Spectrum by Marc Fleisher. - This is a self-help guide for autistic teenagers and adults. Fleisher was diagnosed with Asperger's syndrome at age eleven.
• TED Talk: Temple Grandin: The World Needs All Kinds of Minds Grandin, diagnosed with autism as a child, discusses what thinking looks like for people with autism.  
• Understanding College Students with Autism by Dawn Prince-Hughes in Chronicle of Higher Education, 49(17), 2003, n.p. Prince-Hughes is an adjunct professor of anthropology at Western Washington University. Dawn offers a unique perspective as she has Asperger's syndrome.

Business Writing:

• Barrass, R. (2003). Writing at work: A guide to better writing. London: Routledge.
• Cleland, J.K. (2003). Business writing for results: How to create a sense of urgency and increase response to all of your business communications. n.p.: McGraw-Hill Professional.
• Ernst, M. (2017). How to give a technical presentation. University of Washington.
• Grossman, E. (2015). How to present complex ideas clearly. British Council. 
• Perkins, C. & Brizee, A. (2010). Parts of a memo. Purdue OWL.
• Victoria Business School. (n.d.). How to write a business report. University of Wellington Victoria. 

Game-Based Learning and Gamification:

• Dukes, Richard L. “Simulation and Gaming and the Teaching of Sociology.” Simulation and Gaming: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Theory, Practice, and Research 1997. 
• EdTech Review. What is game-based learning?
• EduTechWiki. Simulation and gaming. 
• Gitlin, E.C. (2006). Teaching journalism with Neverwinter Nights.
• Isaacs, S. The difference between gamification and game-based learning.
• Kapp, K.M. The gamification of learning and instruction: Game-based methods and strategies for training and education.
• Kumar, D. Educator's checklist for game-based learning.  
• Miller, C.T., ed. (2008). Games: Purpose and potential in education. New York: Springer.
• Pivec, M. (2007). Editorial: Play and learn: Potentials of game-based learning. British Journal of Educational Technology 38(3), 387-393.
•  Qian, M. & Clark, K.R. (2016). Game-based learning and 21st century skills: A review of recent research. Computers in Human Behavior 63, 50-58.
• Sanders, J. (27 April 2015). "By the numbers: 10 stats on the growth of games." Games and Learning.org.

MOOCs and Other Open Courses:

• Educause Learning Initiatives. (2011). 7 things you should know about … MOOCs. [Electronic version] Educause Learning Initiatives, n.p.
• Fini, A. (2009). The technological dimension of a Massive Open Online Course: The case of the CCK08 course tools. [Electronic version] International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 10, 1-26.
• Haywood, J. (2012). No such thing as a free MOOC. [Electronic version] JISC (Joint Information Systems Committee) Blog, n.p.
• Kop, R. (2011). The challenges to connectivist learning on open online networks: Learning experiences during a Massive Open Online Course. [Electronic version] The International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 12(3), n.p.
• Kop, R. & Hill, A. (2008). Connectivism: Learning theory of the future or vestige of the past? [Electronic version] International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 9, 1-13.
• Kop, R., Fournier, H. & Mak, J.S.F. (2011). A pedagogy of abundance or a pedagogy to support human beings? Participant support on Massive Open Online Course. [Electronic version] International Review of Research in Open and Distance Learning, 12, 74-93.
• Mackness, J., Mak, S.F.J. & Williams, R. (2010). The ideals and reality of participating in a MOOC. [Electronic version] In L. Dirckinck-Homfeld, V. Hodgson, C. Jones, M. de Laat, D. McConnell & T. Ryberg (Eds),  Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Networked Learning 2010.
• Mangan, K. (2012, May 10). MOOC mania. [Electronic version] Chronicle of Higher Education, 59(6), B4-B5.
• Rheingold, H. (2011, May 5). George Siemens on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) [Video file].
• Siemens, G. (2004, December 12). Connectivism: A Learning Theory for the Digital Age. [Blog].

Online Teaching:

• 6 Tips to build a thriving online learning community. eLearning Industry. 
• 9 Tips for creating a sense of community for distance learners. THE Journal. 
• Bowen, J.A. (2012). Teaching naked: How moving technology out of your college classroom will improve student learning. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. (It seems like an unlikely book to improve your technology but it is a good read.)
• Creating community in an online classroom: Part 1: Getting to know you. Educational Technology and Change Journal. (Talks about the importance of introductions). 
• The importance of building online learning communities. 
• Overcoming isolation in distance learning: Building a learning community through time and space. Journal for Education in the Built Environment. 5(1), 27-64.
• Sense of Community in graduate online education: Contribution of learner to learner interaction. The International Review of Research in Open and Distributed Learning. 

Open Resources:

• Carson, S. (2009). The unwalled garden of the OpenCourseWare consortium. 2001-2008. [Electronic version] Open Learning, 24(1), 23-29.

Rubrics:

• Creating and Using Rubrics (University of Hawai'i)
• Developing a Scoring Criteria (Rubrics) (Gallaudet University) *Note: This site offers some great suggestions of wording for rating scales. 
• Oral Presentation Rubric (Read.Write.Think)

Student Motivation and Engagement:

• Grow, Gerald O. (1991). Teaching Learners to be Self-Directed. Adult Education Quarterly, 41(3), 125-149.
• Handelson, M.M. et al. (2005). A Measure of College Student Course Engagement. The Journal of Educational Research, 98(3), 184-191.
• Student Engagement in Courses. (2005). The Teaching Professor, 19(10), 7-8.

Writing and Composition:

• Engkent, L. & Engkent, G. (2013). Essay Do's and Don'ts: A Practice Guide to Essay Writing. Don Mills, ON.: Oxford University Press.
• Norton, S., Green, B., & Dynes, R. (2016). Essay Essentials with Readings. Toronto: Nelson. (Has great examples and activities).