Archive | Student Engagement

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.

Teaching Hacks | May 11, 2018

ACERT Teaching Hack – Finishing Strong

By ACERT
Topics : Discussion, Group work, Student Engagement

In this Teaching Hack, Paul McPherron (English) discusses his end-of-semester activity that encourages students to reflect on what they've learned throughout the course. This activity prompts students to think about what they might want to take with them into their future studies and careers, and it gives Paul feedback as to what they liked most about the course and what could be improved.

Event Capsules | November 13, 2017

ACERT Event Capsule – Close Looking and Teaching Students to Read Images – Part 1

By ACERT
Topics : Course design, Library, Student Engagement

In this Event Capsule, Sarah Ward, Stephanie Margolin, and Mason Brown (Library) discuss their work with the SEEK Summer Bridge students, in which students look closely at and ask questions about comic panels and pages as an introduction to the research process.

Teaching Tips | October 30, 2017

Pedagogy and/as Play: “Playing” a Novel via Ivanhoe for WordPress

By ACERT and Jeff Allred
Topics : Events, Student Engagement

Jeff Allred details his adaption of Billy Budd into a Wordpress-based role-playing game and how it engaged his students. His project will also be featured as part of a "digital panel" at the American Studies Association conference in early November.

ACERT Connections | October 24, 2017

Hunter Taskscapes

By ACERT and Jeff Allred
Topics : Student Engagement

This week, ACERT invited two CUNY colleagues to campus, Maura Smale (Head Librarian, City Tech) and Mariana Regalado (Library, Brooklyn College). They presented their work on what they call, borrowing from social anthropologist Tim Ingold, the “taskscapes” of students from several CUNY campuses (including Hunter’s).

Event Capsules | October 24, 2017

ACERT Event Capsule – Student Taskscapes: Understanding CUNY Undergraduates’ Lived Experiences

By ACERT
Topics : Student Engagement

In this Event Capsule, Mariana Regalado (Brooklyn College Library) and Maura Smale (City Tech Library) discuss their presentations at an October 17th Lunchtime Seminar.

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.

Identity and Purpose: Supporting Asian American Students at Hunter College

By ACERT
Topics : Student Engagement, Student Services

Thursday
Oct 19, 2017
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
1203 HE

Identity and Purpose: Supporting Asian American Students at Hunter College

Presenter(s): John Chin (Urban Policy and Planning), Marcia Liu (HCAP Mental Health Educator), Linh An (HCAP ELL Specialist), Kimmi Tsoi (Hunter College Student), Naheed Hossain (Hunter College Student)

Approximately one third of Hunter College’s population identifies as Asian American Pacific Islander (AAPI). During this Lunchtime Seminar, staff of the Hunter College AANAPISI Project (HCAP) will discuss issues AAPI college students face and strategies on how best to support them. [Details...]