Archive | Student Engagement

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...]

Student Taskscapes: Understanding CUNY Undergraduates’ Lived Experiences

By ACERT
Topics : Discussion, Student Engagement

Tuesday
Oct 17, 2017
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
1203 HE

Student Taskscapes: Understanding CUNY Undergraduates’ Lived Experiences

Presenter(s): Maura Smale (Library, City Tech) & Mariana Regalado (Library, Brooklyn College)

This presentation explores research on "academic taskscapes": the term encompasses the totality of students' experiences at CUNY, including perceptions of their schoolwork, locations where they work, the tools or support that are available to them, and the people they interact with along the way. [Details...]

Active Learning is Lecturing⁻¹

By ACERT
Topics : Course design, Student Engagement

Tuesday
Oct 10, 2017
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
1203 HE

Active Learning is Lecturing⁻¹

Presenter(s): Malcolm Campbell (Biology, Davidson College)

Are we doing everything we can in our classes to maximize student learning? In this workshop, Malcolm Campbell, Professor of Biology from Davidson College, will highlight evidence-based, active learning teaching methods that empower students to construct their own knowledge, better retain class information, and achieve success in our courses. [Details...]