Archive | Course design

Student Success and Retention

By ACERT
Topics : Course design, Discussion, Pedagogy, Student Services

Tuesday
Oct 30, 2018
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
1203 HE

Student Success and Retention

Presenter(s): Barbara Barone (DMLC), Alicia Ramos (Romance Languages), Clifford Irizarry (Chanin Language Center), Marcia Liu (Asian American Studies), Yvette Boafo and Tyler Sampson (Advising)

Barbara Barone of the Dolciani Mathematics Learning Center will speak about the Early Alert system the DMLC uses in collaboration with the Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics to identify students at risk of not succeeding and reach out to them before it is too late. Placing students correctly is a challenge essential to ensuring students will be able to succeed in their coursework. Alicia Ramos (Romance Languages) and Clifford Irizarry (Chanin Language Center) will talk about the their placement procedures that have proven very effective. Marcia Liu from Asian American Studies will speak about her research on supporting students and its practical implications, as well as the cultural issues pertinent to the topic of mental health. Finally, Yvette Boafo and Tyler Sampson (Advising) will discuss their work with the Student Success Center and programs for helping students who are on academic probation. [Details...]

Event Capsules, Teaching Hacks | August 20, 2018

ACERT Teaching Hack – Embodied Teaching

By ACERT
Topics : Course design, Group work, Student Engagement

In this ACERT Teaching Hack, Alyson Greenfield (English Department) employs “unconventional” teaching methods to enliven the classroom and student experience as a whole.

Making Your Digital Content Accessible

By ACERT
Topics : Course design

Monday
Aug 20, 2018
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Online - register for details

Making Your Digital Content Accessible

Presenter(s): Nancy Guerrero (TTLG)

The Principles of Universal Design can be used to make digital content more accessible to all users. In this workshop, you will learn about best practices for creating and designing accessible MS Word documents, PowerPoint presentations, and PDF files. We will also discuss options for adding closed captions and subtitles in Youtube and Amara, a web-based subtitle editor for video captioning and translation. [Details...]

Event Capsules | May 31, 2018

ACERT Event Capsule – Designing an Accessible Classroom

By ACERT
Topics : Course design, Student Engagement

Kristen Hodnett (Special Education), Antonia Levy (School for Professional Studies), Louis Olander (Special Education), and Gina Riley (Special Education), discuss how they use principles of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) to create welcoming, usable, and accessible courses for students with a broad range of characteristics, including students with disabilities.

| December 22, 2017

ACERT Event Capsule – Close Looking and Teaching Students to Read Images – Part 2

By ACERT
Topics : Course design, Learning outside the classroom

In this Event Capsule, Caitlin Mondello (CUNY Graduate Center), Caitlin Hennigsen (The Frick Collection), discuss visual culture and "close looking" activities developed by Frick staff and used in Hunter undergraduate courses.

Module-making Camp: Day 3

By ACERT
Topics : Asynchronous teaching, Course design, Learning management systems, Online meetings

Wednesday
Jun 6, 2018
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
C105 HN

Module-making Camp: Day 3

Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung (ICIT) & Nancy Guerrero (ICIT)

Participate in 2.5-day camp on building or refreshing your hybrid or online courses in June. We will work intensively to support you as you design one online learning module for a course you will be teaching in a future semester. [Details...]

Module-making Camp: Day 2

By ACERT
Topics : Asynchronous teaching, Course design, Learning management systems, Online meetings

Tuesday
Jun 5, 2018
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
C105 HN

Module-making Camp: Day 2

Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung (ICIT) & Nancy Guerrero (ICIT)

Module-making Camp: Day 1

By ACERT
Topics : Asynchronous teaching, Course design, Learning management systems, Online meetings

Monday
Jun 4, 2018
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
C105 HN

Module-making Camp: Day 1

Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung (ICIT) & Nancy Guerrero (ICIT)

Module-making Camp: Day 3

By ACERT
Topics : Asynchronous teaching, Course design, Learning management systems, Online meetings

Wednesday
Jan 10, 2018
10:00 am - 12:00 pm
C105 HN

Module-making Camp: Day 3

Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung (ICIT) & Nancy Guerrero (ICIT)

Participate in 2.5-day camp on building or refreshing your hybrid or online courses in January. We will work intensively to support you as you design one online learning module for a course you will be teaching in a future semester. [Details...]