Research Ethics Boards (REBs)
As each instructor supported through TTI will be asked to research the extent to which his or her goals for improving the course are achieved. This will involve obtaining an Ethics Approval in a timely manner. For research involving humans there are nine research ethics boards (REBs), some of which are Faculty-specific and some of which serve several Faculties.  TTI participants should contact (and complete the relevant application for) the REB associated with their home department or Faculty. You will find the nine REBs here.

Samples of ethics applications

• Biology Application
• Education Application

Samples of data collection instruments for evaluation of the use of technology in the course

• Student Survey
• Student Focus Group Questions
• Instructor Interview Questions
• Graduate Assistant Interview Questions

Sample of data collection instruments for evaluation of student response systems

• Student Response System Student Survey
• Student Response System Student Focus Group Questions

Sample of formative evaluation data collection instruments

• Formative Evaluation Focus Group Questions
• 3 Survey Questions to identify strengths, weaknesses and improvements
• 9 Survey Questions on the different formats that are used to present information

TTI-developed resources

• Designing effective questions for student response systems
• Blank form for signing out clicker key pads to students
• GA tasks & responsibilities
• Elluminate quickstart guide
• How to authenticate

University resources

• E-Learning services, a unit of Academic Information and Communications Technologies.
• University Teaching Services (UTS)

Integrating teaching and research

• Linking Research and Teaching in the Disciplines
  Learning and Teaching Support Network, Oxford Brookes University
• Research makes sense: Integrating teaching and research
  University of Alberta

Teaching methods that promote active learning

• '(MY) Three Principles of Effective Online Pedagogy' by Bill Pelz (2004) from Herkimer County Community College
• Active Learning Techniques
  Virginia Commonwealth University Centre for Teaching Excellence
• Inquiry Learning
  Centre for Leadership in Learning
  McMaster University
• Good Practice
  Centre for Teaching and Learning
  Queen’s University
  This site contains information about evidence-based teaching methods that demonstrate good practice.
• Selected Learning and Teaching Related Topics
  Teaching and Academic Growth (TAG), UBC
• Strategies for Inclusive Teaching
  by Andrea Cooperberg
  Centre for Teaching and Learning Services, Concordia University
  This resource provides strategies for enhancing the success and retention of international students.
• 20 ways to make lectures more participatory
  by Derek Bok
  Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, Harvard University.
• EDUCASE Learning Initiative
  The EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative's (ELI's) 7 Things You Should Know About... series provides concise information on emerging learning technologies and related practices. Each brief focuses on a single technology or practice.

Undergraduate Education

• Implementing the Seven Principles: Technology as Lever
  by A.W. Chickering & S. Ehrmann (1996). AAHE Bulletin, 48, pp. 3-6.
• Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education
  by A.W. Chickering & Z.F. Gamson, AAHE Bulletin, 39, 3-7.

Assessment and evaluation

• Classroom Assessment Techniques
  Virginia Commonwealth University Centre for Teaching Excellence.
• Teaching, Learning, and Technology (TLT) Group
  The TLT Group site is laden with resources related to teaching with technology and evaluating outcomes. The University of Alberta is a subscriber to the TLT Group. For access to subscriber benefits, please contact Sandra Dowie.