Archive | Lectures

Teaching Tips, Tool Talk | August 21, 2022

Engaging Large Classes

By ACERT
Topics : Course design, Lectures, Pedagogy, Polling & testing tools

Ways to create interactive moments in large classes.

Teaching Tips, Tool Talk | August 8, 2022

students sitting in a row, with notebooks open on their laps

Creating Interactive Moments in the Physical Classroom

By ACERT
Topics : Discussion, Group work, Lectures, Polling & testing tools

Ideas for engaging and checking in with students during in-person classes.

Event Capsules, Teaching Tips, Tool Talk | August 13, 2021

The ACERT and Center for Online Learning Resources and Tool Kit

By ACERT
Topics : Assignments & exams, Asynchronous teaching, Course design, Discussion, Group work, Hunter Resources, Hybrid classes, Lectures, Online classes, Online writing and reflection, Pedagogy, Polling & testing tools, Social and sharing, Technology

A selection of recent resources created by ACERT and the Center for Online Learning for your online, hybrid, or in-person classes.

Teaching Tips | August 24, 2020

Resources from Summer 2020 Faculty Working Groups

By ACERT
Topics : Asynchronous teaching, Discussion, Hybrid classes, Lectures, Online classes, Pedagogy

We provide links to resources that came out of the faculty working group meetings. In particular, the two faculty leaders of the Active Learning group, Julie Van Peteghem and Jeff Allred, compiled a robust group of resources in folders on a shared Dropbox site.

Module-Making Camp: Day 1

By ACERT
Topics : Course design, Hybrid classes, Lectures, Online classes, Pedagogy

Monday
Jan 7, 2019
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
C105 HN

Module-Making Camp: Day 1

Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung (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...]

Event Capsules | October 20, 2017

ACERT Event Capsule – Active Learning is Lecturing⁻¹

By ACERT
Topics : Assessment, Course design, Discussion, Lectures, Map to assessments, Student Engagement

In this Event Capsule, Malcolm Campbell, Professor of Biology from Davidson College, discusses his October 10th presentations at Hunter College.

Tool Talk | October 6, 2016

Enhancing student engagement using Airserver

By ACERT and Manashi Chatterjee
Topics : Assess student work, Data visualization, Lectures, Mobile apps and devices, Student Engagement

Traditional methods of teaching organic chemistry via lecture do not provide active learning opportunities for students. Instead, meaningful learning occurs when students are encouraged to participate and work on problems rather than waiting to copy instructors’ answers. We report how the use of “iPad with AirServer” in an organic chemistry lecture course can make student thinking visible.

OLC Innovate: Innovations in blended and online learning

By ACERT
Topics : Hybrid classes, Lectures, Online classes, Rich media & presentation tools

Friday
Apr 22, 2016
10:45 am - 1:00 pm
ICIT conference room

OLC Innovate: Innovations in blended and online learning

Presenter(s): Online Learning Consortium and MERLOT

ACERT will be streaming sessions from the OLC Innovate Conference on April 20 - 22. Join us for sessions on a variety of topics (see daily event pages for schedule). [Details...]

Creating mini-lectures for your hybrid, online and flipped classes

By ACERT
Topics : Asynchronous teaching, Lectures, Rich media & presentation tools

Wednesday
Nov 18, 2015
11:30 am - 1:00 pm
E016, Brookdale Campus

Creating mini-lectures for your hybrid, online and flipped classes

Presenter(s): Donna Nickitas, Nancy Guerrero (TTLG), Marty Dornbaum (HPEC)

Many professors create short videos or screen-recordings as part of hybrid, online and flipped courses. These “mini-lectures” can be used to introduce students to a class or online module; to explain how to solve a problem; or to demonstrate how to navigate a website or use a software program. [Details...]

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.