Archive | Pedagogy

Assess It! | October 7, 2015

Danish educational humor: Part 2

By ACERT and Meredith Reitman
Topics : Assignments & exams, Course design, Identify outcomes, Map to assessments

Reflections on the award-winning video "Teaching Teaching & Understanding Understanding," which illustrates John Biggs' theory of "constructive alignment."

Teaching Tips | October 6, 2015

A librarian in the classroom

By ACERT and Iris Finkel
Topics : Assignments & exams, Course design, Online writing and reflection

Hunter librarians can work with faculty and students throughout the semester, attending classes and assisting students in less traditional ways.

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...]

Assess It! | September 30, 2015

Danish educational humor: Part 1

By ACERT and Meredith Reitman
Topics : Assignments & exams, Course design, Identify outcomes, Map to assessments

Reflections on the award-winning video "Teaching Teaching & Understanding Understanding," which illustrates John Biggs' theory of "constructive alignment."

Tool Talk | August 26, 2015

Borrowing tools from journalists

By ACERT and Stephanie Margolin
Topics : Assignments & exams, Mapping, Online writing and reflection, Rich media & presentation tools

As an academic librarian who teaches students about research, I often look to journalists to give me research ideas for my students. Here are some new ideas from Columbia's "the 11 best journalism experiments."

Refine your assignments to explore student learning

By ACERT
Topics : Assignments & exams, Course design, Identify outcomes, Map to assessments

Wednesday
Oct 28, 2015
10:00 am - 11:30 am
1203 HE

Refine your assignments to explore student learning

Presenter(s): Meredith Reitman (Office of Assessment and ACERT)

Come learn how to design assignments that best allow you to see what your students know. [Details...]

Easy assessment makeover

By ACERT
Topics : Assess student work, Close the loop, Course design, Identify outcomes, Map to assessments

Wednesday
Sep 30, 2015
10:00 am - 11:30 am
1203 HE

Easy assessment makeover

Presenter(s): Meredith Reitman (Office of Assessment and ACERT)

Walk through an "easy assessment makeover" of two of Meredith's courses and try it out for yourself. [Details...]

Teaching Tips | August 17, 2015

Giving students a warm welcome

By ACERT and Shiao-Chuan Kung
Topics : Asynchronous teaching, Course design, Rich media & presentation tools

The first day and week of a course can set the tone for the whole semester. Here are some ideas about how to introduce your course to your students and help them get ready for a new semester.

Teaching Tips | July 30, 2015

Principles and practices in syllabus design

By ACERT and Laura Baecher
Topics : Course design, Identify outcomes

The syllabus can be much more than a contractual document, serving as an expression of our personal teaching philosophy, a way to motivate our students, and a reflection of our expertise in course design.

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.