Archive | Rich media & presentation tools

Making your digital content accessible

By ACERT
Topics : Rich media & presentation tools

Monday
Nov 20, 2017
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Online - register for details

Making your digital content accessible

Presenter(s): Nancy Guerrero (TTLG)

The Principles of Universal Design can be used to make digital content more accessible to all users. In this workshop, you will learn about best practices for creating and designing accessible MS Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and PDF files. We will also discuss options for adding closed captions and subtitles in Youtube and Amara, a web-based subtitle editor for video captioning and translation. [Details...]

The Cure for Discussion Board Fatigue: VoiceThread for Flipped, Hybrid, and Online Classes

By ACERT
Topics : Course design, Online classes, Rich media & presentation tools

Monday
Jan 22, 2018
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Online - register for details

The Cure for Discussion Board Fatigue: VoiceThread for Flipped, Hybrid, and Online Classes

Presenter(s): George Haines

Join us for an online workshop led by George Haines, VoiceThread's instructional designer. George will show us how to create VoiceThread assignments in our Blackboard environment. He will also share examples of VoiceThread used in engaging, student-centered assignments from a variety of disciplines and instructional modalities. [Details...]

Evidence-Based Instruction: Emerging Best Practices for Effective Teaching & Learning

By ACERT
Topics : Assessment, Course design, Discussion, Pedagogy, Rich media & presentation tools

Wednesday
Oct 4, 2017
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
1203 HE

Evidence-Based Instruction: Emerging Best Practices for Effective Teaching & Learning

Presenter(s): Manashi Chatterjee (Chemistry)

This TSC will consist of a series of workshops in which we will discuss the development of engaging classroom activities. During this series, we will discuss and explore teaching strategies that have been shown to lead to increased student interest, more active student participation, and better faculty teacher evaluations. [Details...]

The Cure for Discussion Board Fatigue: VoiceThread for Flipped, Hybrid, and Online Classes

By ACERT
Topics : Course design, Online classes, Rich media & presentation tools

Thursday
Aug 17, 2017
10:00 am - 11:00 am
Online - register for details

The Cure for Discussion Board Fatigue: VoiceThread for Flipped, Hybrid, and Online Classes

Presenter(s): George Haines

Event Capsules | November 7, 2016

ACERT Event Capsule – Web scrawlers: Annotating digital objects with students

By ACERT
Topics : Rich media & presentation tools, Technology

What happens to the time-honored tradition of scribbling in the margins when texts migrate from the page to the screen? In this Event Capsule, Jeff Allred and Philip Ewell discuss their use of Skim and hypothes.is to annotate digital documents.

News and Announcements | May 23, 2016

Digital Pedagogy Prizes

By ACERT
Topics : Assignments & exams, ePortfolios, Online writing and reflection, Rich media & presentation tools

This semester, ACERT organized two new prizes to call attention to some of the innovative and exciting work happening at Hunter in the area of digital pedagogy: a Faculty Assignment Prize and a Student Digital Writing Prize. Here, we would like to share with you a small sample of the winning projects.

OLC Innovate: Innovations in blended and online learning

By ACERT
Topics : Hybrid classes, Lectures, Online classes, Rich media & presentation tools

Friday
Apr 22, 2016
10:45 am - 1:00 pm
ICIT conference room

OLC Innovate: Innovations in blended and online learning

Presenter(s): Online Learning Consortium and MERLOT

ACERT will be streaming sessions from the OLC Innovate Conference on April 20 - 22. Join us for sessions on a variety of topics (see daily event pages for schedule). [Details...]

OLC Innovate: Innovations in blended and online learning

By ACERT
Topics : Assignments & exams, Course design, Hybrid classes, Learning management systems, Online classes, Rich media & presentation tools

Thursday
Apr 21, 2016
10:00 am - 3:30 pm
ICIT conference room

OLC Innovate: Innovations in blended and online learning

Presenter(s): Online Learning Consortium and MERLOT

ACERT will be streaming sessions from the OLC Innovate Conference on April 20 - 22. Join us for sessions on a variety of topics (see daily event pages for schedule). [Details...]

Day of DigPed: Creating open access digital books

By ACERT
Topics : Assignments & exams, Mapping, Online writing and reflection, Rich media & presentation tools

Tuesday
May 3, 2016
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
1203 HE

Day of DigPed: Creating open access digital books

Presenter(s): Jack Dougherty (Professor of Educational Studies, Trinity College)

A workshop led by Jack Dougherty on the process of collaborating with undergraduate students to create On The Line (http://OnTheLine.trincoll.edu), an open-access digital history book with interactive maps and oral history videos. [Details...]

The digital future of academic research and writing

By ACERT
Topics : Assignments & exams, Online writing and reflection, Rich media & presentation tools

Friday
Apr 15, 2016
10:00 am - 12:00 pm

The digital future of academic research and writing

Presenter(s): Dennis Paoli (WAC Program Co-coordinator)

Faculty who have successfully used online platforms, digital formats, or multi-media in their courses will present their pedagogical models at each of the four sessions of the Digital Future of Academic Research and Writing. They will share their, and often their students', work, and their development models; we can all learn from their learning curves, and admire their creativity. [Details...]