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Welcome to the MERLOT Faculty Development Portal, featuring educational resources for teaching and learning in higher education, both in face-to-face and online environments. You are invited to join MERLOT—it's free—and participate in this growing community of instructors. Our faculty development collection contains materials covering teaching strategies, teaching challenges, instructional design, learners and learning and assessment
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The MERLOT Faculty Development Portal is designed to help you learn about the variety of instructional strategies and issues that could help you become a better teacher. The resources you’ll find in the Pedagogy Portal should apply to teaching a variety of disciplines. This collection of resources should help you answer questions that teachers ask:
- How do I teach large lecture classes effectively?
- How do I engage my students in problem-based learning?
- Do I have to teach adult learners differently than recent high school graduates?
New Materials
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User-friendly OER Course Design for Remote & Face-to-Face
This is an online presentation by CCCOER that includes slides as well as supplemental material. When faculty start using...
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The Big List of Class Discussion Strategies
When I worked with student teachers on developing effective lesson plans, one thing I always asked them to revise was the...
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Delivering High-Quality Instruction Online in Response to COVID-19
Delivering High-Quality Instruction Online in Response to COVID-19 is a faculty-focused playbook intended to improve...
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Learning to Learn Online
Learning to Learn Online helps you prepare for online learning success by introducing you to the online learning...
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Cultural Dimensions of Learning: Addressing the Challenges of Multicultural Instruction
This article explores research into cultural differences to identify those dimensions of culture that are most likely to...
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Preparing Teachers and Learners for Online Instruction
In response to the COVID 19 pandemic and higher education (as well as K-12 education) moving to online instruction,...
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Our 6 Favorite Flipped Classroom Resources
If you’re a teacher, you’re already well aware that a wave of technology has infiltrated nearly every classroom. Flipped...
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20 engaging flipped learning apps for in the flipped classroom
This digital age makes it more and more possible to flip the classroom. Today, almost 50% of households worldwide own a...
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The Flipped Classroom Guide for Teachers - eLearning Industry
The Flipped Classroom Guide for Teachers: How Does a Flipped Classroom Contribute to Student Learning? Flipped Learning.
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A Beginner's Guide to Flipped Classroom
Learn how to define the flipped classroom, the differences between flipped classroom vs. flipped learning, and more in...
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Vanderbilt University Center for Teaching Guides
The CFT has prepared guides to a variety of teaching topics with summaries of best practices, links to other online...
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Want to Reach All of Your Students? Here’s How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive (Advice Guide)
An easy to read guide covering a variety of ways to make your teaching more inclusive. Topics covered include: Common...
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Getting Under the Hood: How and for Whom Does Increasing Course Structure Work?
In this study, the authors disaggregated student data by racial/ethnic groups and first-generation status to identify...
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Structure Matters: Twenty-One Teaching Strategies to Promote Student Engagement and Cultivate Classroom Equity
A host of simple teaching strategies—referred to as “equitable teaching strategies” and rooted in research on...
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Inclusive Teaching
The authors describe an online, evidence-based teaching guide meant to serve as a resource for science faculty as they...
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5 tools to create an engaging online course
An educator shares her go-to tools for engaging college students in an online course--learn why these tools can help...
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The K. Patricia Cross Academy
We offer free instructional videos and downloadable resources to help educators with improving students' learning as well...
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Foundations in Learner-Centered Design
This open mini-course provides a hands-on, team-based introduction to learner-centered design. Through an exploration of...
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Programmed Learning
Programmed Learning often called Programmed Instruction paved the way for learner-centred and self-paced learning. It is...
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Assessment That Matters: Trending Toward Practices That Document Authentic Student Learning
Following up on its 2009 and 2014 surveys of chief academic officers, the National Institute for Learning Outcomes...
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Assessment: The Bridge between Teaching and Learning
This brief article addresses the role that assessment plays in determining the degree of student achievement. As the...
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Toward Better Teaching: Office Hours With Bonni Stachowiak
A new school year is just around the corner. And that has many higher-ed instructors thinking about ways they could...
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Image Repositories on the Web for Teaching Astronomy
This guide lists and reviews 61 web sites with catalogs of astronomical images that are useful for both formal and...
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Exploring New Models with Blended and Flipped Learning
Despite its growing popularity, defining blended learning and flipped learning is more difficult than one would expect....
New Members
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Robert AdamsLoras College -
Johan GeertsemaNational University of Singapore
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Jay StocksladerUniversity at Buffalo
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Jenn WicksCollege of the North Atlantic
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Rebecca CorwinBeaumont Health
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Terri BurtonGeorgian College of Applied Arts and Technology
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Nick BennettSyracuse University
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Wendy HancockCity College
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Eric FournierWashington University,Saint Louis
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Louanne BergmanSoutheastern Louisiana University
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Alma MezaRenton Technical College
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Elmien Van AmeromUniversity of Pretoria
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Lana HarknessBATTI
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Justin IbleSelkirk College
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Joel WilliamsSan Jose College Preparatory High School
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Steve HoekstraKansas Wesleyan University
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Hertencia BoweBowe Academic Consulting
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Pamela DoughertyCalifornia Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
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Kinsey BullockAnglia Ruskin University
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Fan YangMount St. Joseph University
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Cheryl FulghumHaywood Community/Technical College
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Diane SudmanTexas A and M University System
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Laurie MilesUniversity of North Carolina System - Asheville
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Adam MakslIndiana University System
Materials by Discipline
- Assessment (106)
- Course and Instruction Design (245)
- Creating or Using Digital Media (260)
- Intellectual Property (20)
- Learners and Learning (125)
- Policies (51)
- Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (186)
- Selecting and Using Tools (1204)
- Support and Training (167)
- Teaching Challenges (58)
- Teaching Strategies (376)
Faculty Dev on the Web
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From Bedside to Blackboard: Practical Strategies to Support New Nursing Faculty
Feb 20, 2026 08:02 AM PST
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Harmony Science Academy-Missouri City - Patch
Feb 19, 2026 10:15 PM PST
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UT System Board of Regents Approve $65 Million for New Student Success Center at UTEP
Feb 19, 2026 09:53 PM PST
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A university educators' guide to universal design for learning
Feb 19, 2026 04:11 PM PST
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Spring courses start soon for World Campus Online Faculty Development - PSU
Feb 19, 2026 01:34 PM PST