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Assess It! | November 10, 2016

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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?

Event Capsules | November 7, 2016

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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.

Teaching Tips | November 3, 2016

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Coffee & Pedagogy on First Fridays: Developing a discussion group focused on teaching in the library

By ACERT and John Taylor Pell
Topics : Discussion, Library

You might not know this, but librarians at Hunter do a good bit of teaching. We manage hundreds of invited class sessions every semester as well as many sections of a semester long credit-bearing research course. We teach first year students and doctoral students and everything in between. We care about teaching well and we want to get better at doing it. One thing we do to improve our teaching is set aside a dedicated time each month to get together with colleagues in our department and talk about it.

News and Announcements | November 2, 2016

Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web and Technology Conference

By ACERT
Topics : Events

CUNY IT Accessibility Task Force, CUNY Computing and Information Services and Hunter College Library are sponsoring a subscription to Accessing Higher Ground: Accessible Media, Web and Technology Conference, to be held from November 14 – 18, 2016.

News and Announcements | October 28, 2016

CUNY Academic Commons Faculty Fellowships – Spring 2017

By ACERT
Topics : Fellowships

The CUNY Academic Commons (CAC), in collaboration with the Graduate Center’s Teaching and Learning Center (TLC), requests applications for CUNY Academic Commons Faculty Fellowships for the Spring 2017 semester. CAC Faculty Fellows will have the opportunity to teach a course using the CUNY Academic Commons during the Spring 2017 semester with dedicated technical and pedagogical support from the CAC and the TLC teams. Proposals must be submitted by midnight on November 15, 2016.

Assess It! | October 27, 2016

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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.

Event Capsules | October 24, 2016

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ACERT Event Capsule – Going long: Designing semester-long collaborations in the classroom

By ACERT
Topics : Assignments & exams, Course design, Online writing and reflection

In this Event Capsule, Lisa Anderson and David Alm discuss their experiences in creating semester-long projects in the classroom. They share their methods, showcase their final products, and share advice on how faculty members can design their own semester-long collaborative projects.

News and Announcements | October 18, 2016

Poster with text “Hunter College Libraries Wikipedia Edit-a-thon” alongside a globe graphic with puzzle pieces.

Wikipedia Art & Art History Edit-a-thon

By ACERT
Topics : Events, Library

The Hunter College Library is hosting a Wikipedia Art and Art History Edit-a-thon during Open Access Week at the Zabar Art Library. The event will focus on editing Art & Art History articles, and will provide participants with the opportunity to help improve the encyclopedia.

What We’re Reading | October 13, 2016

Being a Scholar in the Digital Era

By ACERT
Topics : Data visualization, Social and sharing, Technology

With the backdrop of today’s rapidly changing academic landscape, there are vast opportunities for using new technologies in scholarly work. Polly Thistlewaite and Jessie Daniels explore using digital technologies to bring together academics, journalists, and activists to produce knowledge and promote social justice.