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Creating, Utilizing, and Assessing OER Materials and Courseware

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

Monday
Jan 8, 2018
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
1203 HE

Creating, Utilizing, and Assessing OER Materials and Courseware

Presenter(s): Ann Fiddler (CUNY Open Education Librarian); Scott Gentile (Mathematics and Statistics); Alexandra Gil (Hunter College Library); Matthew Gold (CUNY Graduate Center); Tatyana Khodorovskiy (Mathematics and Statistics); Janette Klein (Biological Sciences); Andrew McKinney (CUNY Open Education); Jamison Miller (Lumen Learning); Charles Tien (Political Science); Mari Watanabe (Undergraduate Education Initiatives and Research); Aine Zimmerman (German)

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. [Details...]

Event Capsules | October 20, 2017

ACERT Event Capsule – Active Learning is Lecturing⁻¹

By ACERT
Topics : Assessment, Course design, Discussion, Lectures, Map to assessments, Student Engagement

In this Event Capsule, Malcolm Campbell, Professor of Biology from Davidson College, discusses his October 10th presentations at Hunter College.

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...]

Assess It! | May 17, 2017

Chalkboard filled with handwritten physics and math equations, including “E = 1/2 mv²” and “T = 2π√(m/K),” surrounded by symbols and diagrams.

Diagnoses from the Quantitative Reasoning Fellows

By ACERT and Robert Cowan
Topics : Assess student work, Assessment, Identify outcomes, Map to assessments

At the May 3, 2017 Assessment Breakfast, Hunter’s 2016-17 Quantitative Reasoning Fellows (QRFs), Ernesto Garcia, Richard Gustavson, and Rachel Perlin presented “Using Diagnostic Exams to Run Semester-Long Assessment.”

Assess It! | November 10, 2016

Illustration showing the word “PLAN A” with “A” crossed out and replaced by alternative letters, suggesting backups or multiple plans.

Assessment is collaborative: Librarians and compositions work together to assess student’s research projects

By ACERT and Stephanie Margolin
Topics : Assess student work, Assessment, Map to assessments

Library instruction can be different from other college teaching. At the same time, librarians are urged to prove our impact. But how, in this model, do we measure our impact? What does successful library instruction look like?

Assess It! | October 27, 2016

Close-up of a notebook page with a pen resting on top, suggesting writing or note-taking.

Reflection: “Rubrics: An Undervalued Teaching Tool”

By ACERT and Nikki Nagler
Topics : Assess student work, Assessment

Creating a well thought-out, comprehensive rubric takes work; but the effort is worth it. Rubrics, when used correctly, have a number of benefits. They have been shown to help students become more aware of their learning process and progress, improve student performance, and help instructors quickly and consistently assess assignments from student to student.

Cornerstones for Teaching and Research: Faculty Resources at Hunter College – CANCELED

By ACERT
Topics : Assessment

Thursday
Nov 10, 2016
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
425 E 25th St, Gebbie Room

Cornerstones for Teaching and Research: Faculty Resources at Hunter College - CANCELED

Hunter College Libraries, Office of the Provost, the Office of Research Administration, and the Academic Center for Excellence in Research and Teaching (ACERT) are hosting a series of events that will bring faculty members together with representatives from college-wide offices and departments that offer resources for faculty research and teaching. Each department will provide information and details about their resources in an informal setting, with ample time for questions and discussion. [Details...]

Cornerstones for Teaching and Research: Faculty Resources at Hunter College

By ACERT
Topics : Assessment

Tuesday
Nov 8, 2016
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
1007 HW

Cornerstones for Teaching and Research: Faculty Resources at Hunter College

Tool Talk | October 6, 2016

Presentation slide titled “Student Directed Teaching Using iPads with AirServer,” showing chemistry problem examples for “Group A – Missing formal charge” and “Group B,” alongside text: “Acid-Base Reactions,” “Providing formative Assessment,” and “Helps Reinforce Conceptual Understanding.”

Enhancing student engagement using Airserver

By ACERT and Manashi Chatterjee
Topics : Assess student work, Data visualization, Lectures, Mobile apps and devices, Student Engagement

Traditional methods of teaching organic chemistry via lecture do not provide active learning opportunities for students. Instead, meaningful learning occurs when students are encouraged to participate and work on problems rather than waiting to copy instructors’ answers. We report how the use of “iPad with AirServer” in an organic chemistry lecture course can make student thinking visible.

Assess It! | September 29, 2016

Presenter gestures toward a research poster on an easel during a conference or workshop session.

Assessment in Action in Hunter’s learning communities

By ACERT and John Taylor Pell
Topics : Assessment

A project conceived by the 2014-2015 Assessment Fellows made an appearance at the ACRL Assessment in Action poster session at the annual meeting of the American Library Association this summer. The project was an effort to activate Hunter’s learning communities by fostering deeper collaboration between faculty in the library and in the first-year writing program.