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News and Announcements | October 4, 2018

Screenshot of a Chronicle of Higher Education page titled “Small Changes in Teaching,” listing articles about course design, grading choices, and end-of-class strategies.

Small Teaching and Hypothes.is

By ACERT
Topics : Discussion, Online writing and reflection, Opportunities, Social and sharing

Introduced at the Lunchtime Seminar on October 2nd, during the fall 2018 seminar series, ACERT will be trying out a new online discussion activity. We invite all Hunter faculty, staff, and administrators to read, comment, and try out activities described in James Lang’s blog posts on the Chronicle of Higher Education’s website. We will be using hypothes.is and its annotation extension to highlight and comment on any aspect of the blog posts.

Event Capsules | July 3, 2018

ACERT Event Capsule – Open Teaching on the Commons

By ACERT
Topics : Course design, Social and sharing, Technology

In this Event Capsule, Jeff Allred (English), Julie Van Peteghem (Romance Languages), and Luke Waltzer (GC, Teaching and Learning Center) explore some possibilities afforded by the CUNY Academic Commons, a long-standing space for collaboration among CUNY faculty and staff that has recently begun hosting courses as well.

Tool Talk | January 30, 2018

Recording of “The Cure for Discussion Board Fatigue” VoiceThread Workshop

By ACERT
Topics : Online writing and reflection, Rich media & presentation tools, Social and sharing, Student Engagement

George Haine, VoiceThread's instructional designer, recently led an ACERT online workshop. VoiceThread has provided a link to the recording of the workshop. Check it out, and see what creative uses of the tool you can come up with!

ACERT Connections | March 7, 2017

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Introduction to OpenLab

By ACERT
Topics : Learning outside the classroom, Social and sharing

Have you heard about City Tech's OpenLab? It's an open-source digital platform where students, faculty, and staff meet to learn, work, and share their ideas. Built by and for City Tech using open source software, the OpenLab is designed to provide opportunities for students, faculty, and staff to connect and collaborate across the college.

What We’re Reading | November 18, 2016

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Information literacy is now more important than ever

By ACERT
Topics : Library, Research, Social and sharing

In the wake of the recent election cycle, people are waking up to the idea that perhaps the news sources they were consuming were not telling the whole story. Information literacy seems more relevant and important now than ever before.

What We’re Reading | October 13, 2016

Being a Scholar in the Digital Era

By ACERT
Topics : Data visualization, Social and sharing, Technology

With the backdrop of today’s rapidly changing academic landscape, there are vast opportunities for using new technologies in scholarly work. Polly Thistlewaite and Jessie Daniels explore using digital technologies to bring together academics, journalists, and activists to produce knowledge and promote social justice.

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