Archive | Rich media & presentation tools

Tool Talk | March 11, 2019

Voicethread Upgraded: Now with Automatic Captions

By ACERT and Shiao-Chuan Kung
Topics : Assignments & exams, Discussion, Hunter Resources, Learning outside the classroom, Mobile apps and devices, Rich media & presentation tools, Student Engagement

If you have been using VoiceThread for mini-lectures or assignments, I bring good news! This presentation and discussion tool has been upgraded. From now on, all new audio and video content created on VoiceThread will have captions automatically generated a few minutes after the recording is uploaded.

Tool Talk | March 1, 2019

PlayPosit: A Remedy for the Passive Viewing of Videos

By ACERT and Shiao-Chuan Kung
Topics : Assignments & exams, Asynchronous teaching, Rich media & presentation tools, Student Engagement, Technology

How do you guide students through videos that you assign as part of their coursework? How do you help them focus on areas that an expert eye like yours would notice, but novice viewers might not? Interactive video tools such as PlayPosit and Edpuzzle might help. They can help you turn video-watching into an active learning experience for your students.

Evidence-Based Instruction: Emerging Best Practices for Effective Teaching & Learning

By ACERT
Topics : Assessment, Course design, Discussion, Pedagogy, Rich media & presentation tools

Wednesday
Oct 4, 2017
2:00 pm - 3:30 pm
1203 HE

Evidence-Based Instruction: Emerging Best Practices for Effective Teaching & Learning

Presenter(s): Manashi Chatterjee (Chemistry)

This TSC will consist of a series of workshops in which we will discuss the development of engaging classroom activities. During this series, we will discuss and explore teaching strategies that have been shown to lead to increased student interest, more active student participation, and better faculty teacher evaluations. [Details...]

Event Capsules | November 7, 2016

Two people seated side by side in front of a wall of bookshelves, one holding a notebook while the other speaks in an interview-style setting.

ACERT Event Capsule – Web scrawlers: Annotating digital objects with students

By ACERT
Topics : Rich media & presentation tools, Technology

What happens to the time-honored tradition of scribbling in the margins when texts migrate from the page to the screen? In this Event Capsule, Jeff Allred and Philip Ewell discuss their use of Skim and hypothes.is to annotate digital documents.

News and Announcements | May 23, 2016

Digital Pedagogy Prizes

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

This semester, ACERT organized two new prizes to call attention to some of the innovative and exciting work happening at Hunter in the area of digital pedagogy: a Faculty Assignment Prize and a Student Digital Writing Prize. Here, we would like to share with you a small sample of the winning projects.

The digital future of academic research and writing

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

Friday
Apr 15, 2016
10:00 am - 12:00 pm

The digital future of academic research and writing

Presenter(s): Dennis Paoli (WAC Program Co-coordinator)

Faculty who have successfully used online platforms, digital formats, or multi-media in their courses will present their pedagogical models at each of the four sessions of the Digital Future of Academic Research and Writing. They will share their, and often their students', work, and their development models; we can all learn from their learning curves, and admire their creativity. [Details...]