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Event Capsules | October 30, 2018

ACERT Event Capsule – Participatory Pedagogy and Connecting Classrooms to Student Backgrounds

By ACERT
Topics : Course design, Pedagogy, Student Engagement

In this Event Capsule, Gustavo Jiménez, Christina Katopodis, Kahdeidra Monét Martin, and Siqi Tu discuss their October 11th, 2018 Lunchtime Seminar, in which they demonstrated student-centered activities and then provided opportunities for seminar participants to try out the activities themselves.

News and Announcements | October 25, 2018

Register as a presenter for “Small Teaching Part II: Lightning Talks on Teaching and Learning”

By ACERT
Topics : Events, Opportunities

For the final Lunchtime Seminar of the fall semester on November 1st, 12-2pm, ACERT invites 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.

News and Announcements | October 24, 2018

CUNY Digital Humanities Initiative “lightning talks” event: Tuesday, November 13, 2018 from 6:30 to 8:30 PM

By ACERT
Topics : Events, Opportunities

CUNYs Digital Humanities Initiative is hosting its annual “lightning talks” event in a few weeks. I’ve participated in this event a couple of times in the past. As a presenter, it offers a friendly audience of CUNY colleagues and requires minimal prep (a “lightning talk” is a roughly three-minute precis of a project with maximum three slides). As a spectator, it offers a breathtaking array of work from colleagues across the CUNYverse representing a diverse range of disciplines and approaches. Pedagogical projects are warmly welcomed. The deadline is November 6th to apply as a presenter.

News and Announcements | October 10, 2018

City Tech’s OpenLab Pedagogy Event, Thursday October 18th

By ACERT
Topics : Events, Opportunities

The amazing team at City Tech’s OpenLab is hosting a discussion of open digital pedagogy next week. If you don’t know about OpenLab, it’s an inspiring project that grew out of collaborations among faculty at City Tech over the past …

Event Capsules, Teaching Hacks | October 2, 2018

ACERT Teaching Hack – Social Annotation with Hypothes.is

By ACERT
Topics : Asynchronous teaching, Course design, Online writing and reflection, Student Engagement, Technology

In this ACERT Teaching Hack, Jeff Allred (English) discusses using Hypothes.is to encourage students to "annotate socially," and engage more rigorously with assigned texts. First, he provides an overview about the software and how students can benefit from its application in the classroom. Then, Jeff shows walks us through a practical, hands-on segment highlighting some features of Hypothes.is.

News and Announcements | September 25, 2018

Ninth Annual Pedagogy Day at the Graduate Center

By ACERT
Topics : Events, Opportunities, Pedagogy

On October 26th, 2018 the Graduate Student Teaching Association (GSTA) will host the Ninth Annual Pedagogy Day at the Graduate Center CUNY. This event brings together people of all levels of experience who are interested in teaching of psychology and related disciplines.

News and Announcements | September 17, 2018

An evening of Poetry with Robert Cowan and Allen Strouse

By ACERT
Topics : Events, Opportunities

Join CUNY professors Robert Cowan and Allen Strouse for a presentation of their new collections of poetry on Wednesday, October 10th at 6:30 PM at Shakespeare & Co.

News and Announcements | September 17, 2018

Book Launch: Teaching Double Negatives: Disadvantage and Dissent at Community College

By ACERT
Topics : Events, Opportunities

Join us on Wednesday, September 26, at 6:00 PM in the Hunter College Faculty Lounge for the release of Rob Cowan's newest publication, Teaching Double Negatives: Disadvantage and Dissent at Community College. The event will feature wine and cheese and a book raffle.

News and Announcements | September 12, 2018

Preparation for Teaching Online: A Foundational Workshop for CUNY Faculty

By ACERT
Topics : Asynchronous teaching, Events, Hybrid classes, Online classes, Opportunities

We invite you to participate in a CUNY-sponsored workshop to prepare faculty for online and hybrid course instruction, offered by the faculty development team at the School of Professional Studies (SPS). This workshop will model effective design and facilitation skills and addresses design issues, pedagogical approaches to teaching online and hybrid courses, as well as organization and management of an online class.