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Winter Reading on Teaching & Learning Topics

The AOK library provides access to many ebooks!

Happy Study Day! Are you looking for teaching and learning related reading for the winter break? The AOK library has many useful ebooks available. You may also review the FDC website for useful resources as you develop your winter and spring courses.

Titles specific to online teaching include:
  1. Minds Online: Teaching Effectively with Technology by Michelle D. Miller, 2014.
  2. Online Teaching at its Best: Merging Instructional Design with Teaching and Learning Research by Linda Nilson and Ludwika Goodson, 2017.
  3. Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes by Flower Darby with James Lang, 2019.
Other titles of interest include:
  1. Engaging Ideas: The Professor’s Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom, 2nd Ed. by John Bean, 2011.
  2. How Learning Works: 7 Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching by Susan Ambrose, 2010.
  3. Specifications Grading: Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, and Saving Faculty Time by Linda Nilson, 2015.
  4. Teaching and Learning STEM: A Practical Guide by Richard M. Felder and Rebecca Brent, 2016.
  5. Teaching Undergraduate Science: A Guide to Overcoming Obstacles to Student Learning by Linda C. Hodges, 2015.
  6. Why Students Resist Learning: A Practical Model for Understanding and Helping Students by Anton Tolman & Janine Kremling, 2017.
You may access these ebooks online at any time through the AOK library using the following step-by-step instructions:
  1. Log into myUMBC
  2. Go to the AOK Library Website
  3. In the AOK OneSearch box, type the book title and press Search
  4. Locate the ebook, and click on the link to Online Access under the descriptive information
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Posted: December 9, 2020, 10:09 AM

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