Academic Technologies

Resources on Assessment

Here you will find resources related to assessment, both program level and class level. If you know of a good resource that might have been left off here, please contact Jerol Skinner (ctl@nsuok.edu x5855) and she will consider adding it to our resources list. Thank you!

Authentic Assessment

• What is Authentic Assessment?
• Authentic Assessment Toolbox
• Authentic Assessment Resources

Grades & Grading

• Article: Why Students Gripe about Grades

Learning Outcomes or Objectives

• National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment
• Essential Learning Outcomes - AAC&U LEAP Program

Rubrics

• Authentic Assessment Toolbox: Rubrics
• Rubrics and Rubric Makers - teAchnology.com
• RubiStar - Create Rubrics for your Project-Based Learning Activities

Traditional Tests

• How much time per test question? - The Chronicle Online Forum
• Test Construction - UMN

Writing Across the Curriculum

• The WAC Clearinghouse - CSU
• Writing Across the Curriculum: An Introduction - Purdue OWL

Article: You Want Me to Teach Writing Now, Too?

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Checkbox is a survey tool licensed for use by Northeastern State University. If you are a member of the NSU faculty/staff community and want to use Checkbox , send an email or call the NSU Online - nsuonline@nsuok.edu - 918-444-5855- to requesting an account. If you are a student requesting the account for a class or organization, please have your instructor or sponsor make the request. They will respond with the necessary information.

Checkbox Webpage

The link below will take you to the training section of the Checkbox Survey Solutions web site. Northeastern State University does not endorse or accept any responsibility for the content or use of linked web sites.

Checkbox Support Guides

Just getting started with Faculty Success?

This Faculty Guide provides an overview and great starting point for new Faculty Success users.

Logging in to Faculty Success

Faculty Success Log In

CV Imports by Watermark

Important: Please carefully follow the instructions and be patient as information from your CV is uploaded into the system. Neither NSU Faculty Success administrators nor Faculty Success currently has the ability to remove duplicate CVs that you have uploaded or attempted to upload into the system.

A Faculty Success Tour

Inputting Information into Scheduled Teaching

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Resources about Learner Attributes

Here you will find resources related to how students learn and different characteristics of learners. If you know of a good resource that might have been left off here, please contact us at nsuonline@nsuok.edu and we will consider adding it to our resources list. Thank you!

• Developmental psychology & Emotional Health
• Diversity
• At-risk or Unprepared Students
• Culture
• English as a Second Language & English Language Learners (ESL/ELL)
• Ethnicity/Race
• Exceptional Learners Needs
• International Students
• Millennial Students
• Non-traditional Students & Adult Learners
• Learning Style
• Mental Models
• Motivation & Engagement 

Developmental Psychology & Emotional Health

• Consortium for Research on Emotional Intelligence in Organizations
• The International Transactional Analysis Association
• Article: Self-Efficacy: Helping Students Believe in Themselves
• Article: Problem Internet Use and Locus of Control Among College Students: Preliminary Findings
• Article: Helping First Year Students Help Themselves

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Diversity

• Diversity and Inclusive Excellence - AAC&U
• Article: 'Doing Diversity in Higher Education'
• Diversity in Higher Education Today
• Article: Does Diversity Make a Difference? Three Research Studies on Diversity in College Classrooms

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At-risk or Unprepared Students

• Report: "High Risk" Students and Higher Education: Future Trends
• Article: Who Graduates At-Risk Students?

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Culture

• Cultural Diversity in Higher Education
• Article: Benefits of Cultural Diversity in Higher Education Settings
• Article: Toward a Conception of Culturally Responsive Classroom Management

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English as a Second Language & English Language Learners (ESL/ELL)

• Dave's ESL Cafe: The Internet's Meeting place for ESL + EFL teachers + students from around the World!
• Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners
• Article: Preparing ESL Students for College Writing: Two Case Studies
• ESL Teaching Guide for Public Speaking

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Ethnicity/Race

• Teaching Tolerance
• Article: Taking a "Hands On" Approach to Diversity in Higher Education: A Critical-Dialogic Model for Effective Intergroup Interaction

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Exceptional Learner Needs

• Article: Grading Exceptional Learners

• Thesis: Addressing the Needs of Diverse Learners through Differentiated Instruction
• AHEAD: Association on Higher Education And Disability
• Article: Promising Practices: Improving the Quality of Higher Education for Students with Disabilities
• Essay: What Should I Do About Jacob?

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International Students

• InternationalStudent.com
• StudyAbroad.com
• Article: Academic Shock: Thoughts on Teaching International Students
• Article: Colleges Adapt to New Kinds of Students from Abroad

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Millennial Students

• Article: The Five R's of Engaging Millennial Students
• Article: The Millennial Student: A New Generation of Learners
• Teaching Commons: Teaching Millennial Students
• Article: The Millennial Muddle
• The Millennial Student: A National Symposium
• 21st Century Campus Culture

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Non-traditional Students & Adult Learners

• Continuing Education - About.com
• Characteristics of Adult Learners
• Article: 5 Principles for the Teacher of Adults
• Faculty Focus: Tips for Teaching Adult Students

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Learning Styles

• Felder Model
• The Mind Styles Model (Gregorc)
• Kolb's Model of Experiential Learning

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Mental Models

• Bloom et al.'s Taxonomy of the Cognitive Domain
• Gardner's Multiple Intelligences
• Guilford's Three Factor Structure of the Intellect
• Thurstone's Primary Mental Abilities

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Motivation & Engagement

• Website: Motivating Students (Vanderbilt)
• Article: Factors in Student Motivation by Howey
• Article: Ten Steps to Better Student Engagement by de Frondeville
• Article: Motivating Today's College Students by Crone & MacKay
• Article: Can Colleges Manufacture Motivation? by Berrett

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Here you will find resources related to legal issues in higher education. If you know of a good resource that might have been left off here, please contact NSU Online (nsuonline@nsuok.edu x5855)and he will consider adding it to our resources list. Thank you!

Academic Integrity

• What does Academic Integrity Mean?
• The International Center for Academic Integrity

Copyright

• Copyright for Higher Education
• Presentation: Copyright Issues in Higher Education
• Copyright Law and Higher Education
• Copyright and Plagiarism: What's the Difference?

Intellectual Property

• What is Intellectual Property?
• Article: Intellectual Property and Copyright: Protecting Educational Interests and Managing Changing Environments

Plagiarism

• What is Plagiarism?
• Avoiding Plagiarism - Purdue OWL
• Accredited Schools Online: Understanding and Preventing Plagiarism

Ethics in Higher Education

• UVU Center for the Study of Ethics
• Report: Teaching Ethics Across the Curriculum
• Article: Doing the Right Thing: Ethical Issues in Higher Education

The Law

• Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA)
• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA)
• Higher Education Opportunity Act (HEOA)
• Technology, Education and Copyright Harmonization (TEACH) Act

Professional Development Resources

Here you will find resources for adjunct faculty, tenure track faculty, administration and leadership, course evaluations, external grants and funding, and professional development organizations and forums. If you know of a good resource that might have been left off here, please contact NSU Online (nsuonline@nsuok.edu, x5855) and he will consider adding it to our resources list. Thank you!

Adjunct Teaching

• What is an Adjunct Professor?
• Adjunct Success - Organization for part-time faculty

Administration & Leadership

• University Business: Solutions for Higher Education Management
• Institute for Educational Leaders
• Association of Governing Boards of Universities and Colleges
• Change - The Magazine of Higher Education

Course Evaluation

• Article: New Measures for Course Evaluation in Higher Education and their Relationships with Student Learning

Grants & Funding for Professional Development

• The NEA Foundation for Learning & Leadership Grants

Resources for Effective Teaching

Here you will find links to online resources (articles, websites, etc.) related to effective teaching in any delivery mode (face-to-face, online, blended). If you know of a good resource that might have been left off here, please contact Jerol Skinner (skinnerj@nsuok.edu, x5855) and he will consider adding it to our resources list. Thank you!

Topics covered on this page include:

• Dealing with Difficulty/Disruptive Students
• Large Classes
• Learning Environments
• Motivating & Engaging Learners
• Retention
• Service Learning
• Active Learning
• Collaborative/Cooperative Learning
• Critical Thinking
• Effective Lectures
• Problem-Based Learning
• Universal Design for Learning
• Technology Use

Dealing with Difficult/Disruptive Students

• Effective Ways of Dealing with Disruptive Students
• NSU's Policy on Response to Disruptive or Threatening Situations
• Article: College Students' Perceptions of Treatment Acceptability of How College Professors Deal with Disruptive Talking in the Classroom

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Large Classes

• Beating the Numbers Game: Effective Teaching in Large Classes

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Learning Environments

• Learning Spaces by Jeff Johnston, Vanderbilt University

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Motivating & Engaging Learners

• Article: Motivating Students
• Article: Five Key Ingredients for Improving Student Motivation
• Article: Motivating Students to Engage in Learning: The MUSIC Model of Academic Motivation
• Report: Engaging and Re-engaging Students in Learning at School

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Retention

• Center for the Study of College Student Retention
• Article: Is Retention Improvement Within Colleges' Reach? - Inside Higher Ed
• Article: Unexpected First Generation Path - Inside Higher Ed

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Service Learning

• National Service-Learning Clearinghouse - Americans Most Comprehensive Service-Learning Resource

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Active Learning

• What is Active Learning?
• Article: Does Active Learning Work? A Review of the Research
• Project Adventure: Advancing Active Learning

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Collaborative/Cooperative Learning

• Article: Cooperative Learning
• Article: Cooperative Learning Teaching Strategies
• Article: Collaborative Learning Enhances Critical Thinking
• Article: Creating an Environment for Collaborative Learning

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Critical Thinking

• The Critical Thinking Community
• Defining Critical Thinking
• A Brief History of the Idea of Critical Thinking
• Higher Education
• Article: Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking in Higher Education
• Article: Beyond Critical Thinking
• Article: Helping Students Think about Thinking by Wiley
• Article: Critical Thinking in the Curriculum - Donald Lazere
• Article: Critical Thinking: A Necessary Skill in the Age of Spin

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Effective Lectures

• PowerPoint in the Classroom
• Effective Lecture Techniques - DePaul Teaching Commons
• Delivering Lectures

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Problem-Based Learning

• Problem-Based Learning at the University of Delaware
• David A. Kolb on Experiential Learning
• Use Simulations to Help Students Learn
• Report: Simulation Uses in Education

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Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

• About UDL
• National Center on Universal Design for Learning
• UDL Guidelines - Version 2.0
• Key Principles of Universal Design for Learning

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Technology Use

• Technology4teachers
• Academic Technology in Higher Education
• Article: Impact of Determinants on Student Performance towards Information Communication Technology in Higher Education

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Northeastern State University owns 5 Webinar accounts that the Center for Teaching & Learning administers. To reserve a Webinar Account for a delegated time frame please fill out the Webinar Account Reservation form. There are only 5 accounts so it is based on first come first serve. If you have any questions please reach out to ctl@nsuok.edu or call 918-444-5855

Webinar Account Reservation Form

The Next Level Studio is a content creation lab available to staff, faculty, and students of Northeastern State University with a faculty sponsor. The studio is a place for the creation of strategically designed instructional content using techniques for video, audio, imaging, 3-D printing, and on a smaller scale, virtual and augmented reality. The Next Level Studio was created with the faculty and staff members in mind. That concept included making the studio itself flexible, or mobile. NSU Online can bring the studio in essence, to remote locations even though the main studio is located on the Broken Arrow campus Library Building, room 225. Research shows learning occurs best when content is delivered with multiple learning styles. NSU Online wanted to help faculty and staff leverage the power of multimedia platforms when delivering their course content. In doing so, faculty can go beyond a text-driven course and provide a more engaging student experience.

Light Board

  The Light board, which is an internally illuminated glass pane whiteboard, offers an engaging visual and auditory experience. Currently, the faculty and the Light board to be a wonderful means for presenting equations, flow-charts, lesson introductions, and diagrams.

Green Screen

  The Broken Arrow studio utilizes a wall-spanning green screen backdrop perfect for filming any type of environment a subject wants to be displayed behind them. Think of a meteorologist, where they interact with the images displayed. The filming process is supported by the use of different types of +microphones to generate quality sound. The subject also has a digital teleprompter in front of them to help them keep track of the script.

Interview Corner

   Our interview space is set up to allow for multiple styles of in person interviews. Including the options of over the shoulder shots of two participants or wide angle shots of group. This space will allow you to bring guests from outside of NSU and record an interview in a professional manner. If the guest is unable to attend in person, we can use Zoom to create remote interview where the presenter is engaging with screen rather than just using a Zoom recording. 

Teleprompter

Our camera mounted teleprompter works with text being bounced off special glass placed in front of the lens. This type of prompter is used mainly for pre-recorded videos for speakers or guests. By using the teleprompter, faculty can focus more on the presentation and less on remembering what they are supposed to say. By being eye level with the camera it doesn't look like they are reading and instead gives off the presences of a confident presenter. 

Video Playlist

This series of 18 short videos will give you all the basics needed for understanding and navigating your Online NSU Course.