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The Teaching & Learning Center eBookshelf
Books we recommend in the field of teaching and learning for higher education
At the Teaching & Learning Center (TLC), we strive to offer an eBook version of current books in the field of teaching and learning for higher education. We recommend the following books that can be checked out online. You will need to set up or sign in to your account with ProQuest eBook Central through Cline Library to access the books.
Costa, Karen. 99 Tips for Creating Simple and Sustainable Educational Videos: A Guide for Online Teachers and Flipped Classes, Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2020.
Advancing Online Teaching: Creating Equity-Based Digital Learning Environments
Kelly, Kevin, and Todd D. Zakrajsek. Advancing Online Teaching: Creating Equity-Based Digital Learning Environments, Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2021.
Autonomy-Supportive Teaching in Higher Education: A Practical Guide for College Professors
Whitehead, Patrick. Autonomy-Supportive Teaching in Higher Education: A Practical Guide for College Professors, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Incorporated, 2023.
Bandwidth Recovery: Helping Students Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty
Verschelden, Cia. Bandwidth Recovery: Helping Students Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism, and Social Marginalization, Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2017.
Becoming Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Opportunities for Colleges and Universities
Garcia, Gina Ann. Becoming Hispanic-Serving Institutions: Opportunities for Colleges and Universities, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
Kathleen F. Gabriel. Creating the Path to Success in the Classroom : Teaching to Close the Graduation Gap for Minority, First-Generation, and Academically Unprepared Students. Routledge, 2018.
Critical Teaching Behaviors: Defining, Documenting, and Discussing Good Teaching
Barbeau, Lauren, et al. Critical Teaching Behaviors : Defining, Documenting, and Discussing Good Teaching. 1st ed., Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2023.
Distracted : Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It
James M. Lang. Distracted : Why Students Can’t Focus and What You Can Do About It. Basic Books, 2020.
Dynamic Lecturing: Research-Based Strategies to Enhance Lecture Effectiveness
Harrington, Christine, and Todd D. Zakrajsek. Dynamic Lecturing: Research-Based Strategies to Enhance Lecture Effectiveness, Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2017.
Clark, David. Grading for Growth : A Guide to Alternative Grading Practices That Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education. Edited by Robert Talbert, First edition., Routledge, 2023.
McNair, Tia Brown, et al. From Equity Talk to Equity Walk: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher Education, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2020.
Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) in Practice: Defining “Servingness” at HSIs
Gina Ann Garcia. Hispanic Serving Institutions (HSIs) in Practice: Defining “Servingness” at HSIs. Information Age Publishing, 2020.
“I Love Learning; I Hate School”: An Anthropology of College
Blum, Susan D. “I Love Learning; I Hate School”: An Anthropology of College. Cornell University Press, 2016.
Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom
Hogan, Kelly A, and Viji Sathy. Inclusive Teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom, West Virginia University Press, 2022.
Infusing Critical Thinking into Your Course: A Concrete, Practical Approach
Nilson, Linda B. Infusing Critical Thinking into Your Course: A Concrete, Practical Approach, Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2021.
Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning
Brown, Peter C, et al. Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning, Harvard University Press, 2014.
Tachine, Amanda R.. Native Presence and Sovereignty in College: Sustaining Indigenous Weapons to Defeat Systemic Monsters, Teachers College Press, 2022.
Online Teaching at Its Best: Merging Instructional Design with Teaching and Learning Research
Nilson, Linda B., and Ludwika A. Goodson. Online Teaching at Its Best: Merging Instructional Design with Teaching and Learning Research, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2017.
Picture a Professor: Interrupting Biases about Faculty and Increasing Student Learning
Neuhaus, Jessamyn. Picture a Professor: Interrupting Biases about Faculty and Increasing Student Learning, West Virginia University Press, 2022.
Oleson, Kathryn C. Promoting Inclusive Classroom Dynamics in Higher Education: A Research-Based Pedagogical Guide for Faculty, Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2020.
Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto
Gannon, Kevin M. Radical Hope: A Teaching Manifesto, West Virginia University Press, 2020.
Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education
Tobin, Thomas J., and Kirsten T. Behling. Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education, West Virginia University Press, 2018.
Relationship-rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College
Felten, Peter, and Leo M. Lambert. Relationship-Rich Education: How Human Connections Drive Success in College, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020.
Miller, Michelle D. Remembering and Forgetting in the Age of Technology: Teaching, Learning, and the Science of Memory in a Wired World, West Virginia University Press, 2022.
Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes
Darby, Flower, and James M. Lang. Small Teaching Online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2019.
Yeo, Michelle. SoTL Research Methodologies : A Guide to Conceptualizing and Conducting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Taylor & Francis Unlimited, 2023.
Specifications Grading : Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, and Saving Faculty Time
Nilson, Linda B. Specifications Grading : Restoring Rigor, Motivating Students, and Saving Faculty Time. Stylus Publishing, 2015.
Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors
Zakrajsek, Todd D., and Linda B. Nilson. Teaching at Its Best: A Research-Based Resource for College Instructors, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2023.
Teaching Community: A Pedagogy of Hope
Hooks, Bell. Teaching Community : A Pedagogy of Hope. Routledge, 2003
Teaching Critical Thinking: Practical Wisdom
Teaching Matters: A Guide for Graduate Students
Haynie, Aeron, and Stephanie Spong. Teaching Matters: A Guide for Graduate Students, West Virginia University Press, 2022.
Teaching Naked: How Moving Technology Out of Your College Classroom Will Improve Student Learning
Bowen, José Antonio, et al. Teaching Naked: How Moving Technology Out of Your College Classroom Will Improve Student Learning, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2012.
Teaching to Transgress : Education as the Practice of Freedom
Hooks, bell. Teaching to Transgress : Education as the Practice of Freedom. Routledge, 1994.
Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning
Bowen, José Antonio, and C. Edward Watson. Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2024.
Teaching with Compassion: An Educator’s Oath to Teach from the Heart
Kaufman, Peter, and Janine Schipper. Teaching with Compassion: An Educator’s Oath to Teach from the Heart, Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2018.
The Missing Course: Everything They Never Taught You about College Teaching
Gooblar, David. The Missing Course: Everything They Never Taught You about College Teaching, Harvard University Press, 2019.
Cathy N. Davidson, and Christina Katopodis. The New College Classroom. Harvard University Press, 2022.
The New Science of Learning: How to Learn in Harmony with Your Brain
Doyle, Terry, and Todd D. Zakrajsek. The New Science of Learning: How to Learn in Harmony with Your Brain, Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2013.
The Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching
Artze-Vega, Isis, et al. The Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching. W.W. Norton and Company, 2023.
The Online Teaching Survival Guide: Simple and Practical Pedagogical Tips
Boettcher, Judith V., and Rita-Marie Conrad. The Online Teaching Survival Guide: Simple and Practical Pedagogical Tips, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2016.
The Productive Online and Offline Professor: A Practical Guide
Stachowiak, Bonni, and Kathryn E. Linder. The Productive Online and Offline Professor: A Practical Guide, Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2020.
The Spark of Learning: Energizing the college classroom with the science of emotion
Cavanagh, Sarah Rose. The Spark of Learning : Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion. First edition., West Virginia University Press, 2016.
The Writer’s Practice : Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing
Warner, J. The Writer’s Practice : Building Confidence in Your Nonfiction Writing. Penguin Books, 2019.
Thrive Online: A New Approach to Building Expertise and Confidence As an Online Educator
Riggs, Shannon, and Kathryn E. Linder. Thrive Online: A New Approach to Building Expertise and Confidence As an Online Educator, Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2020.
Transforming Hispanic-Serving Institutions for Equity and Justice
Garcia, Gina Ann. Transforming Hispanic-Serving Institutions for Equity and Justice, Johns Hopkins University Press, 2023.
Understanding How We Learn: A Visual Guide
Weinstein, Yana, et al. Understanding How We Learn: A Visual Guide, Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.
Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead)
Blum, S. D. Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead), West Virginia University Press, 2020.
Unraveling faculty burnout: Pathways to reckoning and renewal
Pope-Ruark, Rebecca. Unraveling Faculty Burnout : Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022.
What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching
Addy, Tracie Marcella, et al. What Inclusive Instructors Do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching, Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2021.
Why They Can’t Write : Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities
Warner, J. Why They Can’t Write : Killing the Five-Paragraph Essay and Other Necessities. Johns Hopkins University Press, 2019.
Writing in Online Courses: How the Online Environment Shapes Writing Practices
Jackson, P., & Weaver, C. Writing in Online Courses: How the Online Environment Shapes Writing Practices, Myers Education Press, 2018.