Pick up your Summer Reading at the FDC Library!

Would you like to learn from the latest books on teaching and learning? Search our online catalog to see what titles we have available! If you'd like to borrow something or browse the shelves in Engineering 101, please email us first at fdc@umbc.edu to arrange a good time to stop by.

Some books, noted below, are also available online as ebooks from the AOK library. If there is a teaching and learning book that you're interested in but that isn't already in our library, let us know so that we can consider adding it to our collection.

If you would like to discuss how to apply the ideas you've read about, the FDC is available during the summer for consultations.

Feel free to email us at fdc@umbc.edu or call us at (410) 455-3916 with any questions, book suggestions, or to schedule a consultation. We're here for you this summer!

New Titles include:

• Addy, T. M., Dube, D., & Mitchell, K. A. (2021). What inclusive instructors do: Principles and Practices for Excellence in College Teaching. Routledge. (ebook available)
• Bean, J. C., & Melzer, D. (2021). Engaging ideas: The Professor’s Guide to Integrating Writing, Critical Thinking, and Active Learning in the Classroom. John Wiley & Sons. (ebook available)
• Blum, S. D. (2020). Ungrading: Why Rating Students Undermines Learning (and What to Do Instead). WVU Press. (ebook available)
• Bowen, J. A., & Watson, C. E. (2024). Teaching with AI: A Practical Guide to a New Era of Human Learning. JHU Press.
• Bruff, D. (2019). Intentional tech: Principles to Guide the Use of Educational Technology in College Teaching. WVU Press. (ebook available)
• Burdick, M. N. . H., & Hallman, H. L. (2021). At the Crossroads of Pedagogical Change in Higher Education: Exploring the Work of Faculty Developers. Routledge. (ebook available)
• Carrell, L., & Zemsky, R. (2021). Communicate for a change: Revitalizing Conversations for Higher Education. JHU Press. (ebook available)
• Clark, D., & Talbert, R. (2023). Grading for growth: A Guide to Alternative Grading Practices That Promote Authentic Learning and Student Engagement in Higher Education. Routledge. (ebook available)
• Cohn, J. (2021). Skim, dive, surface: Teaching Digital Reading. WVU Press. (ebook available)
• Darby, F., & Lang, J. M. (2019). Small teaching online: Applying Learning Science in Online Classes. John Wiley & Sons. (ebook available)
• Dewar, J. M., Bennett, C. D., & Fisher, M. A. (2018). The scholarship of teaching and learning: A Guide for Scientists, Engineers, and Mathematicians. Oxford University Press. (ebook available)
• Harrison, J. M., Williams, V. H., & Williams, V. R. (2023). A guide to curriculum mapping: Creating a Collaborative, Transformative, and Learner-Centered Curriculum. Routledge. (ebook available)
• Hogan, K. A., & Sathy, V. (2022). Inclusive teaching: Strategies for Promoting Equity in the College Classroom. WVU Press. (ebook available)
• Kosslyn, S. (2020). Active learning online: Five Principles That Make Online Courses Come Alive. Alinea Learning. (ebook available)
• Lovett, M. C., Bridges, M. W., DiPietro, M., Ambrose, S. A., & Norman, M. K. (2023). How learning works: Eight Research-Based Principles for Smart Teaching. John Wiley & Sons.
• Miller, M. D. (2022). Remembering and forgetting in the age of technology: Teaching, Learning, and the Science of Memory in a Wired World. WVU Press. (ebook available)
• Nilson, L. B. (2021). Infusing critical thinking into your course: A Concrete, Practical Approach. Routledge.
• Schwartz, H. L., Daloz, L. A., & Jordan, J. V. (2019). Connected teaching: Relationship, Power, and Mattering in Higher Education. Routledge. (ebook available)
• Yeo, M., Miller-Young, J., & Manarin, K. (2023). SOTL Research methodologies: A Guide to Conceptualizing and Conducting the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Routledge. (ebook available)

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