Archive | Student Engagement

Event Capsules | April 25, 2019

ACERT Event Capsule – Learning at the Museum Across Disciplines

By ACERT
Topics : Learning outside the classroom, Student Engagement

Hunter’s central location and partnerships with cultural institutions in the city greatly facilitate learning opportunities at the museum. In this ACERT Event Capsule, Monica Calabritto (Romance Languages), Fiore Sireci (English), and Joanne Spurza (Classical and Oriental Studies) discuss how they have incorporated museum activities into their courses and curriculum.

Is Your Syllabus Accessible?

By ACERT
Topics : Student Engagement

Wednesday
Aug 14, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Online - register for details

Is Your Syllabus Accessible?

Presenter(s): Abigail Torres (ICIT)

Are you getting ready for the new semester? Is your syllabus accessible? If it is not accessible, then students who use screen-readers will not be able to read it. Join us for an online workshop on how to run the accessibility checker and make Word documents accessible. [Details...]

DIY Video captioning for Busy Professors

By ACERT
Topics : Student Engagement

Wednesday
Aug 21, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Online - register for details

DIY Video captioning for Busy Professors

Presenter(s): Abigail Torres (ICIT)

Are you creating video lectures or review sessions for your classes? Are they captioned and accessible? At this online workshop, we will show you how to modify the automatically generated captions provided by YouTube so that they are perfectly accurate. [Details...]

Assessment Fellows Research Presentations and Discussion

By ACERT
Topics : Assess student work, Assessment, Identify outcomes, Map to assessments, Open Educational Resources, Student Engagement

Wednesday
May 1, 2019
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Chanin (B126 HW)

Assessment Fellows Research Presentations and Discussion

Presenter(s): Kirsten Grant (Chemistry), Manashi Chatterjee (Chemistry), Scott Gentile (Mathematics & Statistics)

Join us on Wednesday, May 1st, for a special presentation from Hunter College's Assessment Fellows. They will present their research projects and lead us in a discussion about assessment practices at Hunter and beyond. [Details...]

Tool Talk | March 11, 2019

Voicethread Upgraded: Now with Automatic Captions

By ACERT and Shiao-Chuan Kung
Topics : Assignments & exams, Discussion, Hunter Resources, Learning outside the classroom, Mobile apps and devices, Rich media & presentation tools, Student Engagement

If you have been using VoiceThread for mini-lectures or assignments, I bring good news! This presentation and discussion tool has been upgraded. From now on, all new audio and video content created on VoiceThread will have captions automatically generated a few minutes after the recording is uploaded.

Tool Talk | March 1, 2019

PlayPosit: A Remedy for the Passive Viewing of Videos

By ACERT and Shiao-Chuan Kung
Topics : Assignments & exams, Asynchronous teaching, Rich media & presentation tools, Student Engagement, Technology

How do you guide students through videos that you assign as part of their coursework? How do you help them focus on areas that an expert eye like yours would notice, but novice viewers might not? Interactive video tools such as PlayPosit and Edpuzzle might help. They can help you turn video-watching into an active learning experience for your students.

Creating, Utilizing, and Assessing OER Materials and Courseware

By ACERT
Topics : Assessment, Course design, Open Educational Resources, Student Engagement

Thursday
Jan 17, 2019
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
C105 HN

Creating, Utilizing, and Assessing OER Materials and Courseware

Presenter(s): Joel Bloom (Hunter College Director of Assessment), Scott Gentile (Hunter College Mathematics and Statistics Assessment Coordinator)

ACERT invites faculty interested in Open Educational Resources and Cost Reduction to a Teaching Scholarship Circle on Creating, Utilizing, and Assessing OER materials and courseware. We will share experiences and ideas from leaders in learning innovation, librarians, and faculty in various fields. We’ll also explore tools for creating and sharing your own open materials as well as free and low-cost course management systems, how to use existing material to reduce course costs, and how to assess the effect this has on student learning. Faculty with any level of experience are welcome. [Details...]

Creating, Utilizing, and Assessing OER Materials and Courseware

By ACERT
Topics : Assessment, Course design, Open Educational Resources, Student Engagement

Tuesday
Jan 15, 2019
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
C105 HN

Creating, Utilizing, and Assessing OER Materials and Courseware

Presenter(s): Matthew Gold (CUNY Graduate Center), Janette Klein (Biological Sciences), Michael Guy (CUNY Interim University Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies), Charles Tien (Political Science)

Creating, Utilizing, and Assessing OER Materials and Courseware

By ACERT
Topics : Assessment, Open Educational Resources, Student Engagement

Thursday
Jan 10, 2019
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
C105 HN

Creating, Utilizing, and Assessing OER Materials and Courseware

Presenter(s): Tatyana Khodorovskiy (Mathematics and Statistics), Jamison Miller (Lumen Learning), Aine Zimmerman (German)

Creating, Utilizing, and Assessing OER Materials and Courseware

By ACERT
Topics : Assessment, Course design, Open Educational Resources, Student Engagement

Tuesday
Jan 8, 2019
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
1203 HE

Creating, Utilizing, and Assessing OER Materials and Courseware

Presenter(s): Ann Fiddler (CUNY Open Education Librarian), Alexandra Gil (Hunter College Library), Andrew McKinney (CUNY OER Coordinator), Mari Watanabe (CUNY Director of Undergraduate Education Initiatives and Research)