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QUESTION: Where might I start a search on the World Wide Web for some summer reading to help revitalize my teaching in the fall?

There is an exciting new and free electronic journal available on the Internet: Deliberations.

This important education resource, published in the United Kingdom,can be found at: www.lgu.ac.uk/deliberations/home.html.

Make a quick visit to this site and you'll find a wide range of topics and issues currently available.

A few of the many topic areas covered at the site: Assessment, Collaborative Learning, Effective Interaction, Lecturing, Mentoring, and Using Portfolios. Many faculty will find especially helpful the subject subheading of "Journals" that appears below the main heading of "Other Educational Sites."

Here you'll see an extensive listing of both "Subject-based Educational Development Journals"---for instance, pedagogic journals in the specific disciplines---as well as "General Educational Development Journals"---that focus on general issues in higher education.

Worried about access to some of the journals noted? That's not the problem it once was. Many of the journals listed are available electronically.

Another exciting international Web site of interest to those interested in improving teaching and learning is the Higher Education Development (HiED) International Web at: www.abo.fi/instut/hied/.

Clicking on "Teachers and Teaching Methods" will lead you to over 100 links to topics ranging from case method teaching and problem-based learning to distance education and peer-assisted learning.

---James Eison, director, Center for Teaching Enhancement, University of South Florida.

This NEA Higher Education Advocate column addresses the instructional challenges that face faculty throughout higher ed.
Have other suggestions for summer reading on the Web? You can contribute your insights to a new electronic NEA resource for college and university faculty. Just send your comments, for posting on the NEA Web page, to: jeison@helios.acomp.usf.edu or mail to:
James Eison, Center for Teaching Enhancement, University of South Florida, 4202 East Fowler Ave, SVC 1088, Tampa,FL 33620. Or Fax: 813-974-5620.

You can also post your comments on our "Thriving in Academe" discussion board.