Criteria for Good Teaching Practice

In our new project ICOPER , we (Michael Derntl, Petra Oberhuemer and I) are investigating how good/best teaching practice relates to what IMS Learning Design has to offer. In this context, we looked at definitions from best teaching practice across the globe. Especially in the English-speaking parts of the world,there have been quite some efforts to define good teaching practice. We've looked at:

• Best Teaching Practice at Penn State University
• Fink's Five Principles of Good Course Design
• Guidelines for Good Teaching Practice at University of New South Wales
• High Quality Learning Designs by the AUTC Project, University of Wollongong
• Seven Principles of Good Teaching Practice by Chickering & Gamson
• Six Key Principles of Effective Teaching in Higher Education by Ramsden

We have merged the criteria from these sources into nine principles, which we will publish in a forthcoming article.