Center for Excellence in TeachingCase study teaching
A brief description of case study as a teaching method to improve student critical thinking, collaboration, and communication in various disciplines.
Resources: Training / development
USC CET Education Research Bibliography
This annotated bibliography of selected educational literature was developed to support USC faculty, administrators, and schools in the development and evaluation of excellence in teaching. The focus, particularly in the section Teaching Best Practices in the USC Definition of Excellence in Teaching Criteria, is on published research that experimentally validates the effectiveness of practices that promote student learning outcomes.
Defining teaching excellence
A selection of literature resources discussing efforts to define what is meant by “teaching excellence” at the university level.
Faculty development research
A selection of literature resources relevant to faculty development.
Mentored Teaching Fellows teaching development plan template
This resource assists faculty mentors in structuring the guidance provided to their assigned Mentored Teaching Fellows with the aim of developing their teaching excellence.
Creating and facilitating communities of practice
A video by Tatiana Yevguenievna Akishina describing how to create and facilitate communities of practice in schools.
Formative peer evaluation processes
Overview of a generalized process for accomplishing faculty peer review.
12 principles of multimedia learning
A collection of 12 research-based principles for the design and organization of multimedia presentations, such as common PowerPoint slide decks.