Teaching.Tools and the Active Learning Library

The Teaching.Tools Website has a few resources that may be helpful to you.

The Active Learning Library https://teaching.tools/activities allows you to explore teaching strategies aimed to increase engagement in the classroom. This site allows you to search for activities by filtering based on:

  • Difficulty (for the instructor)

  • Prep Time Required

  • Bloom’s Taxonomy (e.g., remember, apply)

  • Active Learning (e.g., individual engagement, small group engagement)

  • Inclusive Learning (e.g., gives students choices, emphasizes the relevance or value of the material)

  • Whole-Person Learning (e.g., emphasizes student values and emotions, emphasizes metacognitive skills)

  • Formative Feedback

  • Activity Time

  • Class Size

  • Class Modality

The Pedagogical Reading List https://teaching.tools/resources is comprised of a community-generated database of resources for college teaching around topics including Accessibility and UDL

  • Active Learning

  • Assessment

  • Curriculum

  • Diversity, Equity, Inclusion

  • Education Research

  • Educational Technology

  • Experiential Learning

  • Graduate Students

  • Learning Analytics

  • Mental Health

  • Online Teaching

  • Problem/Project-Based Learning

  • Race and Anti-Racism

  • STEM

  • Science of Learning

While the Lesson Planning Tool https://teaching.tools/lessonplanner provides an interactive template for creating college-level class sessions. You can use the tool without an account. You must sign in to save your lesson. Accounts are free.