Teaching in Large Classes

• Online Video: Teaching Large Classes. By Graham Gibbs. Open University. UK.
• Teaching Large Classes Project. University of Queensland. Funded by the Australian University Teaching Committee. Australia. 2002.
  This site has two major purposes:
  1) to serve as a resource for academics and course managers involved in the teaching and/or management of large classes, and 2) to serve as a record of the project's activities.
• Beating the Numbers Game: Effective Teaching in Large Classes.
  Techniques for getting students actively involved in large lecture classes and for efficient management of the logistics of such classes (Richard Felder, 1997).
• Large Classes: A Teaching Guide.
  Links to a number of articles and resources focussing on enhancing learning in large classes. Center for Teaching Excellence, University of Maryland.
• Preparing to Teach the Large Lecture Course. From Tools for Teaching by Barbara Gross Davis. 1993. Provides suggestions for advance preparation and effective teaching strategies for large lecture courses; general references.
• How Do I Maintain the Attention of a Large Group of Students (450+) While at the Same Time Stimulating Critical Thinking! By Ann Herring. McMaster University. (Rong: double check the URL, add annotation)
• Teaching Large Classes Well: Solutions from Your Peers [pdf] . Schreyer Institute for Teaching Excellence. Pennsylvania State University.
  Practical solutions provided from who have faced and successfully solved the problems of instructing students well in large classroom settings.
  
• Teaching Large Classes: Green Guide No.1. University of Western Ontario.
  The Green Guide provides practices and strategies on preparing teaching for large classes, as well as team teaching.  
• Teaching Tips: Large Classes: Limiting the Chaos [pdf]. Office of Teaching Resources & Continuing Education. University of Waterloo.
  Tips on how to set a positive classroom atmosphere and limit disruptions, and possible ways to handle student disruptions.
• Teaching Tips: Activities for Large Classes [pdf]. Office of Teaching Resources & Continuing Education. University of Waterloo.
  Teaching tips for student engagement in large classes, including questions, brainstorming, quescussion, debate, think-pair share, one-sentence summary, one-minute paper, ungraded quiz, etc.
• Meeting the Challenges of Larger Classes [pdf]. Educational Advisory Committee. Faculty of Arts & Science. University of Toronto. 2003.
  This document offers suggestions from peers who have teached in large classroom settings and done that with success. It also points out some useful resources, both on the web and in print, which provide more detailed advice and analysis.
• Teaching Large Classes. Educational Development Office. University of Western Ontario.
  Best practices included.