Education Guidebook A:
Instructed Learning Resources
RESOURCES
A. From the Guidebook’s introduction: Before You Dive Into This Reference Guide…
Barrett, D. (2016, June 5). The making of a teaching evangelist. Cambridge, Mass. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Making-of-a-Teaching/236706
Bransford, J. D., Brown, A.L., & Cocking, R.R. (Eds.). (1999). How people learn: Brain, mind, experience, and school. Expanded edition. Washington, DC: National Academy Press.
Cavanaugh, S.R. (2019, August). How to make your teaching more engaging. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/advice-teaching
Center for teaching and learning (2021). Engaging students in learning.
teaching.washington.edu › topics › engaging-students-i…
Dalton, E. M., Lyner-Cleophas, M. Ferguson, B. & McKenzie, J. (2019, July 29). Inclusion, universal design and universal design for learning in higher education: South Africa and the United States. African Journal of Disability. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov › …
Ewell, P. T. (1997 December). Organizing for learning: A new imperative. AAHE Bulletin..
Knowles, M. (1984). Andragogy in action. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
Kuh, G. D. (2001). Assessing what really matters to student learning: Inside the national survey of student engagement. Change, 33(3),10-17, 66.
Kuh, G. D. (2003). What we’re learning about student engagement from NSSE. Change, 35(2), 24-32.
Kuh. G. D. (2007). Experiences that matter: Enhancing student learning and success. NSEE Annual Report 2007,8.
Kuh, G. D. (2008). High-impact educational practices: What they are, who has access, and why they matter. Washington, D.C.: Association of American Colleges and Universities.
Kuh, G. D. (2009). What student affairs professionals need to know about student engagement. Journal of College Student Development, 50(6), 683-706.
Kuh, G. D. (2009). What student affairs professionals need to know about student engagement. Journal of College Student Development, 50(6), 683-706.
Lang, J. M. (2017, September 27). A welcoming classroom. www.chronicle.com › article › a-welcoming-classroom
Mazur, E. (2018). Getting every student ready for every class.
McLeod, S. A. (2009, December 14). Short-term memory. Simply Psychology https://www.simplypsychology.org/short-term-memory.html
Miller, G. (1956). The magical number seven, plus or minus two: Some limits on our capacity for processing information. The Psychological Review, 63, 81, 97.
Olkowski, T. S. B. (2013, October 30). Mazur criticizes forms of assessments. The Harvard Crimson. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/10/30/applied-physics-professor-grades/
B. GLOSSARY of Instructed Learning
1. Active Learning
Barrett, D. (2016, June 5). The making of a teaching evangelist. Cambridge, Mass. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Making-of-a-Teaching/236706
Center for Educational Innovation (2018). Active learning. cei.umn.edu> active-learning
Deslauriers, L., McCarty, L. S, Miller, K., Callaghan, K., & Kestin, G., (2019, September 4). Measuring actual learning versus feeling of learning in response to being actively engaged in the classroom. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. https://www.pnas.org/content/116/39/19251?cid=nwsltrtn&source=ams&sourceId=5078450
Flaherty, C. (2010, September 9). The dangers of fluent lectures. Inside Higher Ed. http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/09/study-how-smooth-talking-professors-can-lull-students-thinking-theyve-learned-more
Flaherty C. (2017, March 7). Loud and clear. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/03/07/study-details-tool-help-professors-measure-amount-active-learning-happening-their
Karoff, P. (2014, May 20). Eric Mazur selected to receive Minerva Prize for Advancements in Higher Education. Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2014/05/eric-mazur-selected-receive-minerva-prize-advancements-higher-education
Mangan K. (2016, December 4). 5 ways to shake up the lecture. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/5-Ways-to-Shake-Up-the-Lecture/238560
Olkowski, T. S. B. (2013, October 30). Mazur criticizes forms of assessments. The Harvard Crimson. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/10/30/applied-physics-professor-grades/
Straumsheim C. (2017, May 12). Indiana’s active-learning mosaic expands. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/05/12/indiana-universitys-active-learning-initiative-expands-exceeds-expectations
Turn-and-talk. Office of Medical Education Research and Development, Michigan State University. https://omerad.msu.edu/teaching/teaching-strategies/27-teaching/183-turn-and-talk
2. Adaptive Learning
McGraw-Hill ((2019). Teachers will drive equity at scale by becoming adaptive learning’s biggest advocates. The equity equation (White Paper). Chronicle of Higher Education. http://mheducation.com/equity
Schroeder, R. (2019, September 4). Adaptive learning to personalized learning. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/blogs/online-trending-now/adaptive-learning-personalized-learning
Stuve, C. (2017, August 9). Flipped online course improves success in math. Inside Higher Ed.
3. Career-Relevant Instruction
Foundation for Critical Thinking. Our definition of critical thinking. http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/our-concept-and-definition-of-critical-thinking/411
Foundation for Critical Thinking. Defining critical thinking. http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/index-of-articles/defining-critical-thinking/766
Taylor S., Haras C. (2020, February). Beyond classroom borders. American Council on Education. https://www.acenet.edu/Documents/Beyond-Classroom-Borders.pdf
4. Competency-Based Instruction
Utah System of Higher Education. (2019, May 2). Trending in higher ed: Competency-based education. https://ushe.edu/trending-in-higher-ed-competency-based-education/
Young, J. (2018, May 1). Why competency-based education stalled (but isn’t finished). EdSurge. https://www.edsurge.com/news/2018-05-01-why-competency-based-education-stalled-but-isn-t-finished
5. Discussion-Based Instruction
Lander, J. (2017, January 28). Can we talk? What students can learn through intentional conversation (and how to get them to speak up). Harvard Graduate School of Education. https://www.gse.harvard.edu/uk/blog/can-we-talk
Paul, R. & Elder, L. (1997, April). The elements of reasoning and the Intellectual standards. Foundation for Critical Thinking. https://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/the-elements-of-reasoning-and-the-intellectual-standards/480
Foundation for Critical Thinking. Our definition of critical thinking. http://www.criticalthinking.org/pages/our-concept-and-definition-of-critical-thinking/411
6. Experiential Learning
Association for Experiential Education (AEE): www.aee.org
Hypersomnia Foundation (2026) Education Guidebook B: Experiential Learning, Education Essentials #4 Guide to Academic Resources for College Students Who Have IH
National Society for Experiential Education (NSEE): www.nsee.org
Society for Experiential Education (SEE) www.societyforee.org
7. Flipped Classroom Instruction
Barrett, D. (2016, June 5). The making of a teaching evangelist. Cambridge, Mass. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Making-of-a-Teaching/236706
Cohan, D. J. (2017, September 19). Class size matters. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2017/09/19/how-teach-large-classes-students-effectively-essay
Demers, S. (2014, April 23) Let them play the game. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2014/04/23/when-lectures-fall-short-teaching-tool-essay
EDUCAUSE. (2012, February 7). 7 things you should know about flipped classrooms. https://library.educause.edu/resources/2012/2/7-things-you-should-know-about-flipped-classrooms
Flaherty, C. (2017, October 2). A new normal in STEM teaching. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/10/02/aau-reports-efforts-improve-science-teaching-research-universities
Flaherty, C. (2017, October 5). Breaking out of the M-W-F routine. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/10/05/coker-college-lets-faculty-deviate-standard-monday-wednesday-friday-teaching-routine
Karoff, P. (2014, May 20). Eric Mazur selected to receive Minerva Prize for Advancements in Higher Education. Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2014/05/eric-mazur-selected-receive-minerva-prize-advancements-higher-education
Lederman, D. (2017, May 17). Flipped learning. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/digital-learning/article/2017/05/17/author-flipped-learning-discusses-what-it-and-how-professors-can
Lederman, D. (2017, October 17). Flipping the classroom and other techniques to Improve teaching. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/content/flipping-classroom-and-other-techniques-improve-teaching
Mangan, K. (2016, December 4). 5 ways to shake up the lecture. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/5-Ways-to-Shake-Up-the-Lecture/238560
Olkowski, T. S. B. (2013, October 30). Mazur criticizes forms of assessments. The Harvard Crimson. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/10/30/applied-physics-professor-grades/
8. High-Impact Practices
Kuh, G. D. (2008). High-impact educational practices: What they are, who has access to them, and why they matter. Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities. https://www.aacu.org/sites/default/files/files/LEAP/HIP_tables.pdf
Kuh, G. D., O’Donnell, K., & Reed, S. (2013). Ensuring quality & taking high impact practices to scale. Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities.
Kuh, G. D., Gambino, L. M., Bresciani Ludvik, M., & O’Donnell, K. (2018, February). Using ePortfolio to document and deepen the impact of HIPs on learning dispositions (Occasional paper no. 32). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois and Indiana University, National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA). Retrieved from: https://www.learningoutcomesassessment.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/OccasionalPaper32.pdf
9. Inclusive Practices
Center for Teaching Innovation. Inclusive Teaching Strategies. Cornell University. Teaching.cornell.edu >building –inclusive-classrooms>
Sathy, V., & Hogan, K. (2019, July 22). 5 ways to interact inclusively with students. Want to reach all of your students? Here’s how to make teaching more inclusive. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/20190719_inclusive_teaching#3
Stop-start-continue: The single best team building exercise. Science of People. https://www.scienceofpeople.com/start-stop-continue/
Think-pair-share. https://teachingcommons.stanford.edu/resources/learning/learning-activities/think-pair-share
Think-pair-share. www.readingrockets.org
Turn-and-talk. https://omerad.msu.edu/teaching/teaching-strategies/27-teaching/183-turn-and-talk
10. Lectures in the 21st Century
Barrett, D. (2016, June 5). The making of a teaching evangelist. Cambridge, Mass. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/The-Making-of-a-Teaching/236706
Chronicle of Higher Education. (2017, January 4). The Chronicle’s best ideas for teaching, 2017. https://www.chronicle.com/resource/the-chronicle-s-best-ideas-for/6171/
Karoff, P. (2014, May 20) Eric Mazur selected to receive Minerva prize for advancements in higher education. Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences. https://www.seas.harvard.edu/news/2014/05/eric-mazur-selected-receive-minerva-prize-advancements-higher-education
Lederman, D. (2017, October 17). Flipping the classroom and other techniques to Improve teaching. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/content/flipping-classroom-and-other-techniques-improve-teaching
Mangan, K. (2016, December 4). 5 ways to shake up the lecture. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/5-Ways-to-Shake-Up-the-Lecture/238560
North Carolina State University PER&D Group. (2011) SCALE-UP. http://go.ncsu.edu/scaleup.
Olkowski, T. S. B. (2013, October 30). Mazur Criticizes Forms of Assessments. The Harvard Crimson. https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2013/10/30/applied-physics-professor-grades/
Turn-and-talk. Office of Medical Education Research and Development, Michigan State University. https://omerad.msu.edu/teaching/teaching-strategies/27-teaching/183-turn-and-talk
11. Interactive Instruction
Think-pair-share. https://teachingcommons.stanford.edu/resources/learning/learning-activities/think-pair-share
Interactive instruction. NCTC eCampus Help Desk. https://ecampushelpdesk.nctc.edu/hc/en-us/article_attachments/201577834/Interactive-Instruction.pdf
Kiely, R. (2018). Fostering (inter)active learning & teaching. Session, 5th Annual SUNY Applied Learning Conference, Tarrytown, NY (10.29.18).
12. Personalized Learning
Fain, P. (2017, August 1). Going all in on personalized learning. Inside Higher Ed. https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2017/08/01/national-u-experiment-combines-multiple-pieces-personalized-learning
13. Project-Based Instruction (PBI)
Design thinking and innovation.https://er.educause.edu/articles/2015/1/using-design-thinking-in-higher-education
Morris, H., Warman, G. (2015, January 12). Using design thinking in higher education. EDUCAUSEreview. https://er.educause.edu/articles/2015/1/using-design-thinking-in-higher-education
Project-based learning. https://teachingcommons.stanford.edu/resources/learning/learning-activities/project-based-learning
Project-based learning: Teaching guide. Center for Teaching & Learning, Boston University. http://www.bu.edu/ctl/guides/project-based-learning/
Think-pair-share. https://teachingcommons.stanford.edu/resources/learning/learning-activities/think-pair-share
Transforming higher education through project-based learning. Worcester Polytechnic Institute. https://www.chronicle.com/paid-article/Transforming-Higher-Education/185
Waters, P. (2014, July 9). Project-based learning through a maker’s lens. Edutopia. https://www.edutopia.org/blog/pbl-through-a-makers-lens-patrick-waters
14. Student Centered Instruction
Wiemer, M. (2002). Learner-centered teaching. John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Wright, G. B. (2011). Review of student–centered learning in higher education by M. Weimer. International Journal of Teaching and Learning in Higher Education,23(3), 92-99.
Technology
B. McMurtrie, (February 2, 2026). Personal correspondence. Chronicle of Higher Education.
Burroughs, A. (2026). Which Classroom Technologies Do College Students Actually Like?
Technology Solutions That Drive Education https://share.google/Cn7Ajpl1X03gLOGwc
EdTech: Focus on Higher Education
Educause. 2023 Students and Technology Report: Flexibility, Choice and Equity in the Student Experience.
Feng J, Yu B, Tan WH, Dai Z, Li Z. Key factors influencing educational technology adoption in higher education: A systematic review. PLOS Digit Health. 2025 Apr 29;4(4):e0000764. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pdig.0000764. PMID: 40299977; PMCID: PMC12040101.
Hrantinski, S., (2008). Asynchronous and synchronous e-learning. EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 31(4). Retrieved from https://er.educause.edu/articles/2008/11/asynchronous-and-synchronous-elearning