Archive | Pedagogy

Event Capsules | May 3, 2019

Ungrading: Rethinking Assessment in the Classroom

By ACERT
Topics : Course design, Pedagogy, Student Engagement

On March 7, the Lunchtime Seminar turned to the idea of ungrading, as a means of questioning not only how we grade, but why we grade in the first place. Could there be better practices for encouraging deep learning on the part of students?

Course Creation Workshop

By ACERT
Topics : Course design

Wednesday
Jun 12, 2019
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
C105 HN

Course Creation Workshop

Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung & Abigail Torres (ICIT)

Calling all former participants of Module-making Camp and all professors getting ready to teach hybrid and online courses! Participate in a 3-day workshop to build components of a course beyond the weekly modules. Learn strategies to maintain a strong instructor presence online and craft your interaction, communication and assessment plan for the semester. Consider ways to streamline the navigation of your course and conduct a self-review using a course evaluation rubric. [Details...]

Course Creation Workshop

By ACERT
Topics : Course design

Tuesday
Jun 11, 2019
10:00 am - 4:00 pm
C105 HN

Course Creation Workshop

Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung & Abigail Torres (ICIT)

Course Creation Workshop

By ACERT
Topics : Course design

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

Course Creation Workshop

Presenter(s): Shiao-Chuan Kung & Abigail Torres (ICIT)

News and Announcements | May 1, 2019

Innovative Course Design with OER

By ACERT
Topics : Open Educational Resources

Join us on May 9, 2019 12:00-1:00 p.m. for “Innovative Course Design with OER” - a lunchtime webinar. Our faculty co-host will be Helen Chang, Adjunct Lecturer in Lehman’s Political Science Department, will share her experience in designing her course with OER.

Event Capsules | April 25, 2019

ACERT Event Capsule – Learning at the Museum Across Disciplines

By ACERT
Topics : Learning outside the classroom, Student Engagement

Hunter’s central location and partnerships with cultural institutions in the city greatly facilitate learning opportunities at the museum. In this ACERT Event Capsule, Monica Calabritto (Romance Languages), Fiore Sireci (English), and Joanne Spurza (Classical and Oriental Studies) discuss how they have incorporated museum activities into their courses and curriculum.

Is Your Syllabus Accessible?

By ACERT
Topics : Student Engagement

Wednesday
Aug 14, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Online - register for details

Is Your Syllabus Accessible?

Presenter(s): Abigail Torres (ICIT)

Are you getting ready for the new semester? Is your syllabus accessible? If it is not accessible, then students who use screen-readers will not be able to read it. Join us for an online workshop on how to run the accessibility checker and make Word documents accessible. [Details...]

DIY Video captioning for Busy Professors

By ACERT
Topics : Student Engagement

Wednesday
Aug 21, 2019
12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Online - register for details

DIY Video captioning for Busy Professors

Presenter(s): Abigail Torres (ICIT)

Are you creating video lectures or review sessions for your classes? Are they captioned and accessible? At this online workshop, we will show you how to modify the automatically generated captions provided by YouTube so that they are perfectly accurate. [Details...]

Assessment Fellows Research Presentations and Discussion

By ACERT
Topics : Assess student work, Assessment, Identify outcomes, Map to assessments, Open Educational Resources, Student Engagement

Wednesday
May 1, 2019
10:00 am - 11:30 am
Chanin (B126 HW)

Assessment Fellows Research Presentations and Discussion

Presenter(s): Kirsten Grant (Chemistry), Manashi Chatterjee (Chemistry), Scott Gentile (Mathematics & Statistics)

Join us on Wednesday, May 1st, for a special presentation from Hunter College's Assessment Fellows. They will present their research projects and lead us in a discussion about assessment practices at Hunter and beyond. [Details...]