Archive | Student Engagement

News and Announcements | August 25, 2017

Hunter College AANAPISI Project (HCAP) 2017 Fall Kickoff Event

By ACERT
Topics : Events, Student Engagement, Student Services

The HCAP Faculty and Staff invites you to the Hunter College AANAPISI Project (HCAP) 2017 Fall Kickoff Event. HCAP is funded by the U.S. Department of Education for the next four years to help support Asian American and Pacific Islander students at Hunter College through their college experience.

Teaching Tips | May 10, 2017

Nothing Succeeds Like Failure

By ACERT and Jeff Allred
Topics : Student Engagement, Technology

Narrative of instructive failed assignment as part of the Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy’s wonderful Teaching Fails feature.

Teaching Tips | April 19, 2017

Mentoring college students for graduate study

By ACERT and Keith R. Okrosy
Topics : Student Engagement, Student Services

Keith Okrosy from Student Affairs/Career Development Services lays out a wide range of resources available to Hunter students interested in graduate study.

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.

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.

Tool Talk | October 6, 2016

Enhancing student engagement using Airserver

By ACERT and Manashi Chatterjee
Topics : Assess student work, Data visualization, Lectures, Mobile apps and devices, Student Engagement

Traditional methods of teaching organic chemistry via lecture do not provide active learning opportunities for students. Instead, meaningful learning occurs when students are encouraged to participate and work on problems rather than waiting to copy instructors’ answers. We report how the use of “iPad with AirServer” in an organic chemistry lecture course can make student thinking visible.