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News and Announcements | March 2, 2016

Apply to be an ACERT Faculty Fellow

Each spring, ACERT invites applications from potential Faculty Fellows for the following academic year. Fellows serve on the ACERT Steering Committee and facilitate programming for Hunter colleagues.

Teaching Tips | February 10, 2016

Some outlets for publishing undergraduate academic research

By ACERT and Wendy Hayden
Topics : Assignments & exams

Asking undergraduate students to undertake the difficult task of research invites them into the scholarly community. Professor Wendy Hayden has compiled a list of outlets for undergraduate publishing and invites you to share your resources.

Teaching Tips | February 8, 2016

How to identify and intervene with distressed students

By ACERT and Sabrina Rubin
Topics : Office hours and advising, Student Services

As educators on a college campus, you’re likely to face situations in which a student’s behavior and/or emotional well-being become cause for concern. It’s helpful to discuss situations that you’ve faced or may encounter in the future, and our February 11 workshop, How to identify and intervene with distressed students, will provide you with that opportunity.

News and Announcements | February 8, 2016

NYC Digital Humanities Week, February 8-12

By ACERT and Jeff Allred
Topics : Events

The annual NYC DH Week next is a fantastic event for anyone curious about the digital humanities or interested in building skills with tools ranging from Omeka to Python.

News and Announcements | February 5, 2016

Spring programming starts February 11

By ACERT
Topics : ACERT

ACERT has a full schedule of Lunchtime Seminars, Assessment Breakfasts, workshops, and other events planned for spring 2016.

Tool Talk | January 19, 2016

Encouraging students to read what you assign… slowly and closely with Actively Learn

By ACERT and Shiao-Chuan Kung
Topics : Assignments & exams, Online writing and reflection

Professor Kristen Hodnett uses Actively Learn to help students engage with their reading assignments.

Assess It! | November 30, 2015

Students as researchers: Using Google’s DocuViz to learn about how you write

By ACERT and Andrew Laudel
Topics : Assess student work, Assignments & exams, Group work, Online writing and reflection

Students use DocuViz, a Google app that visualizes how documents evolve, to explore the fundamental questions: what do you do when you write, and why?

Event Capsules | November 17, 2015

Embedding a librarian in your class

By ACERT
Topics : Assignments & exams, Course design, Library

Our October 8 Lunchtime Seminar featured three pairs of faculty and librarians who have collaborated on semester-long pedagogical projects. In this event capsule video, you'll hear two of these pairs (Elizabeth Geltman and John Pell; Iris Finkel and Jeff Allred) give a synopsis of what they talked about.

ACERT Connections | November 16, 2015

Chemistry meets education

By ACERT
Topics : Assess student work, Assignments & exams

Hear about how Lindsay Portnoy (Education) and Mandë Holford (Chemistry) met at an ACERT event and embarked on a series of collaborations, including cross-class assignments and the development of an educational game.

Tool Talk | November 3, 2015