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Intellectual stimulation and pedagogical advice abounds. Whether balm for the challenged teaching spirit, or specific tools and tips to catalyze learning, some great folk make sure you will not be wanting for much. I have picked some highlights and arranged them by publication date so you can be sure you have not missed anything.

DESIGN WELL: Developing high impact course design institutes (Troisi et al., 2025); Designing a motivational syllabus (Harrington & Thomas, 2023); Design for learning: User experience in online teaching and learning (Cohn & Greer, 2023); The Secret Syllabus (Phelan, 2022); The Missing Course (Gooblar, 2021); Small Teaching (Lang, 2021); Small teaching online (Darby, 2019) Creating significant learning experiences (Fink, 2013); On Course (Lang, 2010).

BE INCLUSIVE: Norton Guide to Equity-Minded Teaching (Artze-Vega et al., 2023); Inclusive Teaching (Hogan & Sathy, 2022) and What Inclusive Teachers Do (Addy et al., 2021); Teaching about race and racism in the college classroom (Kernahan, 2019); Why are all the Black kids sitting together in the cafeteria (Daniel Tatum, 2017).

USE TECH WISELY: The opposite of cheating: Teaching for integrity in the age of AI (Gallant & Rettinger, 2024); Teaching with AI (Eddie Watson & Jose Bowen, 2024); Intentional tech: Principles to guide the use of educational technology in college teaching (Bruff, 2019).

UNDERSTAND LEARNING: Do I have your attention? (Harvard, 2025); How learning happens (Kirschner & Hendricks, 2024); Visible Learning: The Sequel (Hattie, 2023); Remembering and forgetting in the age of technology (Miller, 2022); Distracted: Why students can’t focus and what you can do about it (Lang, 2020); How humans learn (Eyler, 2018); Understanding how we learn (Weinstein et al., 2018); The spark of learning: Energizing the college classroom with the science of emotion (Cavanagh, 2016).

TAKE CARE OF YOURSELVES (AND STUDENTS): The caring university: Reimagining the higher education workplace after the great resignation (McClure, 2025); Of many minds: Neurodiversity and mental health among university faculty and staff (Pope-Ruark & Bessette, Eds, 2025); The present professor: Authenticity and transformational teaching (Norell, 2024); A pedagogy of kindness (Denial, 2024); Mind over monsters (Cavanagh, 2024); Improving learning and mental health in the college classroom (Eaton et al., 2023); Unraveling faculty burnout: Pathways to reckoning and renewal (Pope-Ruark, 2022).

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: An educator’s guide to ADHD (Costa, 2026); Snafu Edu” Teaching and learning when things go wrong in the college classroom (Neuhaus, 2025); Picture a professor: Interrupting biases about faculty and increasing student learning (Neuhaus, 2022); An evidence-based guide to college and university teaching (Richmond et al., 2022); Going Alt-Ac: A guide to alternative academic careers (Kelly et al., 2020); Radical hope: A teaching manifesto (Gannon, 2020); Geeky pedagogy: A guide for intellectuals, introverts, and nerds who want to be effective teachers (Neuhaus, 2019); Reach everyone, teach everyone: Universal design for learning in higher education (Tobin & Behling, 2008).

TOOLS: Teaching for learning: 101 intentionally designed educational activities to put students on the path to success (Howell Major et al. 2021); McKeachie’s teaching tips (Svinicki & McKeachie, 2013); Tools for teaching (Gross Davis, 2009).

CTL FAVS: Designing high-impact course design institutes (Troisi et al., 2025); Developing and facilitating workshops with intentionality (Noah; 2025); Understanding educational developers (Cramblet Alvarez & Hakala, 2024); Higher education beyond COVID (Gurung & Plaza, 2023); Great college teaching (Campbell, 2023); Centers for Teaching & Learning (Wright, 2023); Faculty development in an age of assessment (Austin et al., 2016); Faculty development and student learning (Condon et al., 2016).

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