ACERT and Laura Baecher

Author Archive | ACERT and Laura Baecher

Teaching Tips | July 30, 2015

Principles and practices in syllabus design

By ACERT and Laura Baecher
Topics : Course design, Identify outcomes

The syllabus can be much more than a contractual document, serving as an expression of our personal teaching philosophy, a way to motivate our students, and a reflection of our expertise in course design.

News and Announcements | May 13, 2015

Guided Exploration starts June 1

By ACERT
Topics : ACERT, Events

Building or refreshing an online or hybrid course? Explore strategies and tools that will help you organize and design your courses, utilizing a range of technologies to support your teaching goals.

Student Reflections | May 7, 2015

Integrating technology and assessment

By ACERT and Nikki Nagler
Topics : Assess student work, Polling & testing tools

As educators integrate technology into their pedagogy, they should also consider integrating it into their assessment practices. Technologies such as clickers, online quizzes, and multimedia assessments can add value to current practices.

Assess It! | May 6, 2015

The need for feedback

By ACERT and Lindsay Portnoy
Topics : Assess student work, Close the loop

Research indicates that when properly constructed, rubrics provide valuable feedback, engaging students in critical thinking, and offering support for developing writers. But how can you construct rubrics that help students improve their work on successive drafts?

Student Reflections | May 5, 2015

Creating an ePortfolio

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

An ePortfolio is an online archive of an individual student’s academic career. Throughout the experience of creating one, I came to many realizations which all led to the same conclusion: ePortfolios are useful.

News and Announcements | May 4, 2015

Partnering with the Community – May 5

By ACERT and Meredith Reitman
Topics : Events, Office of Research Administration

Come to a forum on exploring partnerships with community organizations, organized by Hunter's Office of Research Administration.

Tool Talk | May 4, 2015

Designing and creating slidecasts (Part 2)

By ACERT and Shiao-Chuan Kung
Topics : Asynchronous teaching, Lectures, Rich media & presentation tools

Things to think about when narrating and saving slidecasts - self-contained presentations combining images and narrations, which can be used in a variety of ways for teaching and learning.

Tool Talk | May 1, 2015

Designing and creating slidecasts (Part 1)

By ACERT and Shiao-Chuan Kung
Topics : Asynchronous teaching, Lectures, Rich media & presentation tools

Things to think about when planning and selecting tools for slidecasts - self-contained presentations combining images and narrations, which can be used in a variety of ways for teaching and learning.

Tool Talk | April 30, 2015

“Generation Z” presentation tools

By ACERT and Shiao-Chuan Kung
Topics : Assignments & exams, Lectures, Rich media & presentation tools

Your students are Generation Z. Are you still asking them to make presentations with text heavy Generation X or Generation Y tools? Consider switching to assignments that include audio and video narrations synched to slides.

Assess It! | April 28, 2015

How do you know when you don’t know?

By ACERT and Lindsay Portnoy
Topics : Assess student work

In my scholarly work I've studied the way people come to know what they don't know by looking at the questions they ask. In my teaching, I try to understand what it is students don't know by modeling and encouraging questioning.