Ramapo Links and Resources

Plagiarism: Ramapo’s policy and library sources. Turn-it-in online software for originality report on students’ work [e-copy of paper required]. Refer cases to Susan Gauldan.

Faculty Assembly: timely announcements and archived reports of interest to faculty

Faculty Handbook: procedures for personnel decisions.

Center for Reading and Writing: for students who need help with ESL, mathematics, reading and writing.

Teaching, Learning and Technology Roundtable (TLTR): offers grants to support technology projects

Instructional Design Center: offers practical workshops for training and student assistants for individual help

Turnitin: is on-line system that identifies papers containing unoriginal material and acts as a deterrent to plagiarism

Technology Help Desk: for computer and related issues

General Links and Resources

The Teaching Professor: the newsletter is a forum for discussion of the best strategies supported by the latest research for effective teaching in the college classroom. The articles are short with much practical advice.

Time Management for New Faculty (PDF) [from SIGMOD Record]

Quadrant “To Do” List (PDF) [from Stephen Covey]

Organizing a Writing Group (PDF) [from Elizabeth Rankin]

A Self-Directed Guide to Designing Courses for Significant Learning: L. Dee Fink’s guide to redesigning courses

Videotaping Self-Evaluation Guide: University of Oregon guide to videotaping your classes