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Library Services for Staff: Professional development

The library

The library can also provide you with access to materials for helping with class plans, content, and general professional development through our physical book collection and our range of online resources.

Resource within DkIT

Center for Learning and Teaching
Some resources recommended by the centre for learning and teaching in the college.
The professional development framework
A framework that allows you to plan your professional development that was created by the Teaching and Learning Forum.
Comprehensive guide to using moodle as a teacher.

Databases for professional development

Academic search complete
Academic search complete provides access to thousands of journals including The Teacher Reference Center which focuses on resources for teaching.
ERIC
ERIC is an Open access repository of education research and information.

DOAJ (Directory of Open Access Journals)
DkIT Multisearch
Access to the library's collection of journal articles, just sign in with your DkIT username and password.

Resources held by the library

Books on higher education teaching are usually found at Dewey Number range (378.12 - 378.15)

What the Best College Teachers Do by Ken Bain
Shelf Number: 378.12 BAI
ISBN: 0674013255
Publication Date: 2004
Reflective Teaching in Higher Education by Paul Ashwin; Brenda Leibowitz; Iain MacLaren; Jan McArthur; Velda McCune; Michelle Tooher; Amy Pollard (Series edited by); David Boud; Andrew Pollard (Series edited by); Kelly Coate; Fiona Hallett; Elaine Keane; Kerri-Lee Krause
Shelf Number: 378.125 ASH
ISBN: 9781441197559
Publication Date: 2015
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education by Rowena Murray
Shelf Number: 378.125 MUR
ISBN: 9780335234462
Publication Date: 2008
Giving a Lecture by Kate Exley; Reg Dennick
Shelf Number: 378.125 EXL
ISBN: 9780415471404
Publication Date: 2009

Some other books

Outside resources

Learn Higher
Learn higher provides an example of lesson plans and activities to be used in higher education.
JISC resources for higher education teaching
Best practice for use in higher education.
EDUCAUSE
Gives information about the use of technology in higher education.
Case studies for use in class
Provides some free case studies for use in class.

Teaching tips

Screencasting
Guide on how to use screencasts in a teaching setting and what you need to do to make them work for you.
So You Want to Temporarily Teach Online (opinion piece)
Some great tips on moving to online classes.
TED-Ed
TED provide videos on various subjects & can also be used to create Reusable learning objects (RLO's)