Archive | Pedagogy

Event Capsules | April 5, 2017

ACERT Event Capsule – Serious play: Games in the classroom

By ACERT
Topics : Course design, Student Engagement

We often think of play as the opposite of the work that we do in the classroom as teachers or students. However, in this Event Capsule, Leah Potter and Jeff Allred discuss using games to transform their pedagogy.

What We’re Reading | March 29, 2017

Serious play: Games in the classroom

By ACERT
Topics : Course design, Learning outside the classroom, Student Engagement

Learn about some of the major themes and fascinating projects covered in last Tuesday's Lunchtime Seminar.

Teaching Tips | March 15, 2017

Embodied and mindful teaching

By ACERT
Topics : Student Engagement

Alyson Greenfield (English Department) employs “unconventional” teaching methods to enliven the classroom and student experience as a whole.

Online course development: First takes

By ACERT
Topics : Online classes

Thursday
Mar 2, 2017
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
1203 HE

Online course development: First takes

Presenter(s): Irene Morrison-Moncure (Classics), Jared Simard (Classics)

In this seminar, two Classics instructors will describe their experiences as first-time developers of fully online courses. [Details...]

If at first you don’t succeed: What we learn from failure

By ACERT
Topics : Discussion

Tuesday
Feb 28, 2017
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
1203 HE

If at first you don’t succeed: What we learn from failure

Presenter(s): Stephanie Margolin & Sarah Ward (Hunter College Libraries)

Are you ready to talk about your failures in the classroom? In this workshop we will reflect on our failures in a supportive environment using active learning strategies. [Details...]

What We’re Reading | January 12, 2017

Hillary Clinton and beyond

By ACERT
Topics : Assignments & exams, Online writing and reflection, Student Engagement

Professor Wendy Hayden's (English) rhetoric course, Hillary Clinton and Beyond, explored rhetoric in the context of the recent election. The course experimented with a crowdsourced syllabus in which Wendy chose the readings for the first four classes of the semester and then turned the syllabus over to the students. By the end of the semester, her course uncovered answers to some of the guiding questions about Clinton and the power of rhetoric.

Teaching Tips | November 3, 2016

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.

Event Capsules | October 24, 2016

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.