The following are key sites that provide instructors with web-based resources to facilitate and improve their teaching; these sites are of interest to adjunct and part-time faculty in higher education.

"A Berkeley Compendium of Suggestions for Teaching with Excellence"
Written by Barbara Gross Davis, Lynn Wood, and Robert C. Wilson at the University of California–Berkeley. Compendium consists of introductory matter, several appendices, and 25 detailed "tips" sections. Each section provides practical advice for instructors to use in and out of the classroom. Tips are clear, succinct, and frequently include examples.

For example: Section Seven: Giving Lectures That Are Easy to Outline

• Let students know what you're going to discuss and why (Number 38)
• Write an outline on the blackboard before you begin (Number 39)
• Give students a list of questions (Number 40)
• Outline your lecture on the blackboard as it develops (Number 41)
• Structure a lecture as you would a journal article (Number 42)
• Use "closed lists" whenever possible in your lectures (Number 43)
• Organize your lectures into 10-minute segments (Number 44)
• Schedule a break if your class exceeds one hour (Number 45)
• Pay attention to your boardwork (Number 46)

"A Brief Summary of the Best Practices in Teaching; Intended to Challenge the Professional Development of All Teachers"
Tom Drummond of North Seattle Community College has pulled together a large variety of best practices for teaching at the collegiate level. His best practices are divided into 12 categories: lecture practices, group discussion triggers, thoughtful questions, reflective responses to learners, rewarding learner participation, active learning strategies, cooperative group assignments, goals to grades connections, modeling, double loop feedback, climate setting, and fostering learner self-responsibility.

Center for Innovative Instruction — Teaching & Learning Resources
Faculty resource guide from Western Washington University organized by resource type. Categories consist of: Bibliography, Assessment and Outcomes, Campus Resources, Copyright and Plagiarism, Funding Opportunities, Instructional Technology, Portfolios, Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning, Scholarship of Teaching & Learning, Teaching Tips, Teaching & Learning Centers.

Center for Teaching Excellence
This University of Maryland initiative "Library Resources" and "Teaching" sections includes such helpful resources as sample mid-point evaluations, reviews on creating syllabi and teaching with diversity, guidelines for grading students papers, and more. The Center also publishes a newsletter, Teaching and Learning News, about five times a year that is available on-line.

Creating Effective Writing Assignments
From the MIT Online Writing and Communication Center. Web site gives detailed information and examples on four areas of focus: Creating Effective Assignments, Checking the Assignment, Sequencing Writing Assignments, and Selecting an Effective Writing Assignment Format.

"The Penn State Teacher II: Learning to Teach; Teaching to Learn"
This handbook, written by professors at Penn State, addresses basic issues such as designing a class, matching teaching methods to objectives, and assessing teaching and learning. It also includes essays by several Penn State teachers and students. Scroll down to view the TOC and read free excerpts, including:

• "Planning a Class Session" (from Chapter I)
• "Effective Explanations" on teaching with the lecture model and "Teaching with Collaborative Activities and Small Groups" (from Chapter II)
• "Collecting Feedback to Improve Teaching and Learning" (Chapter V)
• "Teaching Large Class Sections" and "Teaching Assistants and Section Leaders" (from Chapter III)
• "Commenting on Student Papers" (from Chapter IV)
• Preparing a Syllabus (Appendix B)
• Sample Grading Standards and Plagiarism Handout (Appendix C)
• Sample Feedback Questionnaires and Guide to Classroom Observation
  (Appendix D)

Suggested Resources for Teaching Large Classes
From the University of California–Santa Barbara. Includes articles from UCSB as well as links relevant articles. Features over 20 items, such as "When Does Class Size Make a Difference?", "Large Classes: A Teaching Guide", "Student Performance in Large Classes (& class size and student ratings)", "Logistics and Management," "Writing in Large Classes: Don't Be Overwhelmed With Grading!", and "Beating The Numbers Game: Effective Teaching In Large Classes".

Teacher Information Network
The Teacher Information Network offers a virtual warehouse of web resources on quality teaching, lesson plan and syllabus building, integrating technology, curriculum development, motivating your students, and much more.