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News and Announcements | October 7, 2019

CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative

GC Digital Initiatives Call for Presentations for the event CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative Lightning Talks 2019. Present your digital humanities work and learn about other projects and initiatives at CUNY! Event on October 30, 2019, 6:30 PM – 9:00 PM at the Graduate Center, CUNY. Submit your presentation by October 18, 2019 at cuny.is/cunydhi

Event Capsules | May 3, 2019

Ungrading: Rethinking Assessment in the Classroom

By ACERT
Topics : Course design, Pedagogy, Student Engagement

On March 7, the Lunchtime Seminar turned to the idea of ungrading, as a means of questioning not only how we grade, but why we grade in the first place. Could there be better practices for encouraging deep learning on the part of students?

News and Announcements | May 1, 2019

Innovative Course Design with OER

By ACERT
Topics : Open Educational Resources

Join us on May 9, 2019 12:00-1:00 p.m. for “Innovative Course Design with OER” - a lunchtime webinar. Our faculty co-host will be Helen Chang, Adjunct Lecturer in Lehman’s Political Science Department, will share her experience in designing her course with OER.

News and Announcements | April 30, 2019

MoMA’s Modern Arts and Ideas Professional Development Seminar for CUNY Faculty/Librarians

By ACERT
Topics : Events, Library, Opportunities

CUNY Faculty and Librarians interested in incorporating modern and contemporary art into their course syllabus, engaging with MoMA educators, and looking at modern and contemporary art through a variety of thematic and participatory approaches are invited to attend MoMAS's Modern Arts and Ideas Professional Development Seminar for CUNY Faculty/Librarians.

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.

Tool Talk | April 4, 2019

Using Gradescope at Hunter

By ACERT
Topics : Assignments & exams, Technology

Gradescope excels as an on-line platform for automating the grading of programs. It allows immediate feedback on student work, and helps manage and organize paper and pdf’s. In this post, Katherine St. John discusses how she uses Gradescope in her classroom to streamline the grading process.

News and Announcements | March 21, 2019

An Open Forum with Dylan Emmons: “Working Meaningfully with Students on the Autism Spectrum”

By ACERT
Topics : Events, Office of AccessABILITY, Opportunities

The Office of AccessABILITY in collaboration with ACERT, presents: An Open Forum with Dylan Emmons,“Working Meaningfully with Students on the Autism Spectrum." This presentation will discuss often hidden or uncommunicated issues that impact students on the spectrum, and will offer strategies for addressing student needs preemptively in curriculum and other planning, as well as interacting with and serving the population with problems that arise spontaneously.

News and Announcements | March 19, 2019

Register as a presenter for “Lightning Talks on Teaching and Learning” on March 28th

By ACERT
Topics : Discussion, Events, Opportunities

For our final lunchtime seminar of the spring on March 28th (12-2pm in 1203 HE as always), ACERT will once again invite volunteers to present short “lightning talks” on any aspect of their teaching and learning. The topic for presentations is open, and presenters are encouraged to talk about anything that they feel will be interesting to the ACERT community.