IDEA Papers by Topic

  • IDEA Paper 56 Administrative Leadership

    IDEA Paper 72 Do No Harm: A Balanced Approach to Vendor Relationships, Learning Analytics, & Higher Ed

  • IDEA Paper 19 Improving College Grading

    IDEA Paper 44 The Learning Portfolio: A Powerful Idea for Significant Learning

    IDEA Paper 45 Assessing Your Program-Level Assessment Plan

    IDEA Paper 69 Best Practices in the Evaluation of Teaching

    IDEA Paper 70 Developing Test Items for Course Examinations

    IDEA Paper 76 Writing Better Essay Exams

    IDEA Paper 78 Implementing EPortfolio Tools Within Curricula: A Guide for Faculty

    IDEA Paper 79 Assigning a Valid and Reliable Grade in a Course

    IDEA Paper 84 Guiding Learning and Assessment through Rubrics

  • IDEA Paper 42 Integrated Course Design

    IDEA Paper 49 Effective Classroom Discussions

    IDEA Paper 53 Active Learning Strategies in Face-to-Face Courses

    IDEA Paper 60 Constructing a Learner-Centered Syllabus: One Professor’s Journey

    IDEA Paper 65 Ten Research-Based Steps for Effective Group Work

    IDEA Paper 71 Better Questions: A Learning Opportunity

    IDEA Paper 85 Promoting Students’ Engagement with Disciplinary Texts as Inclusive Teaching Practice

  • IDEA Paper 37 Helping Your Students Develop Critical Thinking Skills

    IDEA Paper 40 Getting Students to Read: Fourteen Tips

    IDEA Paper 48 Strategies to Improve Student Writing

    IDEA Paper 54 Reflective Ethical Inquiry: Preparing Students for Life

    IDEA Paper 63 Using Metacognition to Promote Learning

    IDEA Paper 73 Note This: How to Improve Student Notetaking

    IDEA Paper 74 A SOAR-Fired Method for Teaching Synthesis Writing

    IDEA Paper 75 Gold Star: Enhancing Student Engagement Through Gameful Teaching and Learning

  • IDEA Paper 24 Improving Instructors’ Speaking Skills

    IDEA Paper 38 Enhancing Learning — and More! — Through Cooperative Learning

    IDEA Paper 46 Effective Lecturing

    IDEA Paper 47 Promoting Deep Learning

    IDEA Paper 51 Using Graphic Organizers to Improve Teaching and Learning

    IDEA Paper 55 Team Teaching

    IDEA Paper 57 The Flipped Classroom

    IDEA Paper 61 Developing a Positive Classroom Climate

    IDEA Paper 82 Navigating Learning Analytics in Higher Education

    IDEA Paper 83 Teacher Clarity: Cornerstone of Effective Teaching

  • IDEA Paper 36 Appraising Teaching Effectiveness: Beyond Student Ratings

    IDEA Paper 50 Student Ratings of Teaching: A Summary of Research and Literature

    IDEA Paper 58 Challenging Misconceptions About Student Ratings of Instruction

    IDEA Paper 66 IDEA Student Ratings of Instruction and RSVP

    IDEA Paper 67 Gathering Mid-semester Feedback: Three Variations to Improve Instruction

    IDEA Paper 77 IDEA’s Teaching Essentials: Quick, Sound Student Feedback

    IDEA Paper 80 Judging the Credibility of Quantitative Student Ratings of Instruction Research

  • IDEA Paper 39 Establishing Rapport: Personal Interaction and Learning

    IDEA Paper 41 Student Goal Orientation, Motivation, and Learning

    IDEA Paper 59 Motivation: An Updated Analysis

    IDEA Paper 86 By Developing Interest Educators Can Motivate Learning

  • IDEA Paper 52 Considerations in Online Course Design

    IDEA Paper 62 Transitioning from Traditional Courses to Technologically Supported Classrooms

    IDEA Paper 64 Actively Engaging Students in Asynchronous Online Classes

    IDEA Paper 68 Now Streaming: Strategies That Improve Video Lectures

    IDEA Paper 81 Current and Future Uses of Augmented Reality in Higher Education