Teaching Resources
Supporting Student Success
By implementing High Impact Practices, faculty can support student success and Guided Pathways. Check back for resources soon.
- Catalog & Student Handbook
- Classroom Technology & Support
- Center for Service Learning
- Curriculum and Program Development
- Faculty Association
- Faculty Guide for Student Misconduct
- Faculty Innovation Centers
- Faculty Resource Handbook (requires myMCC login)
- Faculty Senate
- Global Education & International Services
- Online Learning / Virtual Campus
- Printing Services
- Writing Across the Curriculum
Past Stipend Grants:
- Case Studies - The National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science has a repository of case studies useful for all disciplines, not just the sciences. The site also includes information about assessment and implementation, and professional development opportunities.
- Teaching Guides - Center for Teaching, Vanderbilt University
- Resources & Publications - Center for Research on Teaching and Learning, University of Michigan
- Faculty Focus - Higher Ed Teaching Strategies from Magna Publications
- SUNY Center for Professional Development
- IDEA Papers - a series of papers on teaching, curriculum, and assessment from IDEA, a non-profit organization.
- POD-IDEA Notes on Instruction and POD-IDEA Notes on Learning - a series of short papers filled with teaching tips and practical advice written by college professors
- Talks from Inspiring Teachers - a series of TED Talks to motivate and inspire you
- Teaching in Higher Education - a series of Podcasts by Bonni Stachowiak, Ed.D
- Tomorrow's Professor - Stanford
- How to Get the Most Out of Studying - A video series by Stephen Chew, Samford University
- The Power of Believing That You Can Improve - a TED Talk by Carol Dweck, Stanford University
- Grit: The power of passion and perseverance - a TED Talk by Angela Lee Duckworth, University of Pennsylvania
- Learning How to Learn - a TEDx Talk by Barbara Oakley at Oakland University
- Metacognition: Learning about Learning - Bozeman Science
- How to Read Your Textbook More Effectively - College Info Geek
- How Learning Works: Eight Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching - Ambrose, Bridges, DiPietro, Lovell, Normal
- Creating Self-Regulated Learners: Strategies to Strengthen Students' Self-Awareness and Learning Skills - Linda Nilson
- How People Learn: Brain, Mind, Experience, and School
- Learning How to Learn: A Six Point Model for Increasing Student Engagement - Gail Garuth
- What It Means to be a Self-Regulated Learner - Maryellen Weimer, Faculty Focus
- The Secret of Self-Regulated Learning - Linda Nilson, Clemson University
- Metacognition - Nancy Chick, Vanderbilt University, writes an overview of metacognition and provides several teaching techniques and references
- The Role of Metacognition in Learning - This site provides many examples from Geosciences that can be adapted for other fields.
- Promoting Student Metacognition - Kimberley Tanner, San Francisco State University, describes tools used to build student metacognition in her biology courses
For additional resources, find a list of all books owned by the TCC on Good Reads. We encourage you to search the MCC Libraries and Databases. Try the following keywords in your search: Metacognition, higher education, learn how to learn, learning to learn, self-regulated learners, self-directed learners, self regulation.