RCO Teaching Resources
High-Impact Practices (HIPs)
UNCG’s Residential Colleges are designed to include all of the high-impact educational practices (HIPs) defined by The Association of American Colleges & Universities (AAC&U) as evidenced-based teaching and learning practices that have been shown to benefit student learning and engagement regardless of student background (Kuh, 2008). These HIPs include:
- First-Year Seminars and Experiences
- Common Intellectual Experiences
- Learning Communities
- Writing-Intensive Courses
- Collaborative Assignments and Projects
- Undergraduate Research
- Diversity/Global Learning
- Service Learning, Community-Based Learning
- Internships
- Capstone Courses and Projects
Because of this intentional design around HIPs, UNCG’s Residential Colleges are ideal spaces for faculty development.
AAC&U’s Chart of High-Impact Education Practices
RCO Workshop Resources
Developing an Integrated Syllabus Presentation
Course Redesign: Opportunities and Complexities Handout
A guide to Backward Design of Courses
What to Know about UNCG’s Residential Colleges Presentation
Journals on Learning Communities
Learning Communities Research and Practice
Rubrics and Other Tools
ISU Center for Excellence in Learning and Teaching’s Model of Learning Objectives
Fink’s Taxonomy of Significant Learning
Global Engagement Curriculum Mapping Tool (download)
Learning-Centered Classroom Observation Rubric and Guide
RCO Student Learning Outcomes and Faculty Development Outcomes (download)
RCO Syllabus Template (download)
UVA Center for Teaching Excellence’s Syllabus Rubric and Guide