Remote Teaching & Learning
E-Books available for download
FREE E-BOOKS PROVIDED BY UNMC UNMC faculty have access to these 7 FREE e-books. These e-books offer guidance on topics from improving student learning strategies to applying learning science in online classes.
The international bestseller that has helped millions of students, teachers, and lifelong learners use proven approaches to learn better and remember longer.
"How Learning Works is the perfect title for this excellent book. Drawing upon new research in psychology, education, and cognitive science, the authors have demystified a complex topic into clear explanations of seven powerful learning principles. Full of great ideas and practical suggestions, all based on solid research evidence, this book is essential reading for instructors at all levels who wish to improve their students' learning." --Barbara Gross Davis, assistant vice chancellor for educational development, University of California, Berkeley
In Small Teaching, James Lang presents a strategy for improving student learning with a series of modest but powerful changes that make a big difference--many of which can be put into practice in a single class period.
The concept of small teaching is simple: small and strategic changes have enormous power to improve student learning. Instructors face unique and specific challenges when teaching an online course. This book offers small teaching strategies that will positively impact the online classroom.
Have you ever looked out across your students only to find them staring at their computers or smartphones rather than listening attentively to you? Have you ever wondered what you could do to encourage students to resist distractions and focus on the information you are presenting? Have you ever wished you could help students become active learners as they listen to you lecture? Interactive Lecturing is designed to help faculty members more effectively lecture.
Student Engagement Techniques is a comprehensive resource that offers college teachers a dynamic model for engaging students and includes over one hundred tips, strategies, and techniques that have been proven to help teachers from a wide variety of disciplines and institutions motivate and connect with their students.
Learning Assessment Techniques provides 50 easy-to-implement active learning techniques that gauge student learning across academic disciplines and learning environments.
Digital Education Programs and Initiatives at Indiana University published Zoom to the Next Level: Active Learning in the Virtual Classroom. It's filled with easy-to-implement ideas you can use to increase engagement and promote connection in your remote classroom.
EZStudio
Easily record videos for remote instruction. The EZStudio is a simplified video recording setup that allows users to easily create videos. You don’t need to have any previous recording experience. The equipment is already set up and configured...all you need to do is record!
Past Faculty Development Sessions
Below are featured past UNMC Faculty Development events and training materials relating to distance education and engagement. Browse by topic:
Technology
Assessment
Active Learning
Miscellaneous
Additional Resources
- HMI Crowdsourced Resources for Virtual Learning
- ACUE Teaching Tool Kit: Easy and Practical Recommendations
- Emergency Remote Instruction Checklist (Quality Matters)
- AMC COVID-19 Planning
- Coronavirus Resources for the Academic Medicine Community (AAMC)
- Remote Teaching Resources (compiled by DePaul University's Center for Teaching and Learning)
- Going Online in a Hurry (The Chronicle of Higher Education)
- Teaching Effectively During Times of Disruption (Stanford University)
Keep Teaching at UNMC
In-depth remote teaching resources are available on the Keep Teaching at UNMC website. The materials on this site are compiled and maintained by UNMC's IT Academic Technologies.