Cultivating a Composing Process: Growing Critical Thinking and Student Success with ePortfolios

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Awarded Grant: $19,500 Principal Investigator: Dr. Timothy W. Gerken, Morrisville State College Electronic portfolios (ePortfolios) are well established learning tools that correlate well with student success. With this project, we plan to introduce them at Morrisville State College, targeting two specific areas that reflect barriers to student success within our population – writing skills capacity and development across courses and semesters, and engagement with the writing process within first-year composition courses as it relates to retention. We want to expand the use of ePortfolios to emphasize targeted student success related to composition. We will show how ePortfolios can be used creatively to develop active, integrative learning across our curriculum and over time, through the development of an ePortfolio-based interface enabling students and faculty to trace an individual’s writing strengths, struggles, strategies, & goals. We will also trace the effectiveness of ePortfolios correlated with student success and retention within first-year composition courses. Co-PI’s and Key Partners: Wyatt Galusky, PhD, Associate Professor, Humanities; Coordinator, Science, Technology, & Society Program, Morrisville State College Aron Efimenko, Assistant Professor, Humanities, Morrisville State College Matt Barber, Network and Systems Manager, Morrisville State College Reports and Resources: Project outcomes report Presentation at SUNY Council on Writing Mid-project report Project outcomes report V2.0 Creative Commons License:

Impact of a Cloud-Based Program on SLOs in an Online Health Assessment Course

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Awarded Grant: $19,400 Principal Investigator: Susan Deane, SUNY Delhi As clinical practicum experiences become more and more difficult for nursing students to acquire, alternatives need to be explored. SUNY Delhi will assess student outcomes utilizing the interactive digital clinical experience (DCE), ShadowHealth, for an online Health Assessment course in the RN-BSN program. Using ShadowHealth, students will interact with a virtual patient, Tina Jones™, in a virtual hospital setting conducting health history and system-based assessments. Student learning outcomes will be evaluated through the use of grading rubrics, module summaries, and written transcripts of student activities within the program. The relationship between student demographic characteristics, class retention, assessment of student learning outcomes, and student satisfaction among student using ShadowHealth will be identified. This use of technology is expected to have significant impact on nursing students to achieve successful course and program outcomes. Co-PI’s and Key Partners: Dr. Kirsty Digger, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, SUNY Delhi Dr. Mary Pat Lewis, Associate Dean, School of Nursing, SUNY Delhi Elizabeth Pratt, MSN, RNC, Assistant Professor, School of Nursing, SUNY Delhi Reports and Resources: Final project report Mid-project report Project outcomes report Creative Commons License:  

Integration of Virtual and Real Equipment Learning Tools Related to Sustainability Education

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Awarded Grant: $15,000 Principal Investigator: Mark A. Bremer, SUNYIT Sustainable energy, such as wind and solar, can contribute significantly to meet the energy demand of New York State. Implementing sustainable energy will require the development of technology as well as public understanding and acceptance of sustainable systems. Therefore, integration of sustainability education into SUNY programs as well as providing opportunities for K-12 students to see and interact with sustainable energy is crucial. The innovation of this project emphasizes the integration of a recently developed IITGrant virtual technical tool with real system learning tools including a portable, reusable solar/wind power plant to address sustainability issues. The objectives of this project are to create an integrated combination of sustainability related virtual – real activities/exercises that would be appropriate to 1) support undergraduate sustainability and alternative energy related courses, 2) support SUNYIT K-12 outreach programs both on and off campus, and 3) address teaching high risk young people. Co-PI’s and Key Partners: Philip Hofmeyer, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Renewable Energy Training Center, Morrisville State College Ibrahim Yucel, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Information Sciences and Technology , SUNYIT Christopher Urban, Lecturer, Computer Science, Computer Information Systems (CIS) Technology, SUNYIT Kenneth T Waight III, Ph.D., Senior Scientist/ Director of Atmospheric Modeling, MESO Inc. Xinchao Wei, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Civil/Environmental Engineering, SUNYIT Glenn E. Van Knowe, Ph.D., Adjunct Lecturer, Electrical Engineering Technology, SUNYIT Robert Keesee, Ph.D., Associate Professor Atmospheric Chemistry, University at Albany Brian Hong-An Tang, Ph.D., Assistant Professor Atmospheric Science, University at Albany Elizabeth Rossi, K-12 Outreach Director, SUNYIT Suzanne Tulino, Director, Taberg Residential Center for Girls, New York State Office of Children and Family Services (OCFS) Reports and Resources: Final report Project website with links to virtual exercises, minutes of calls/meetings, work plans, collaborator info “Green Home Energy Builder” virtual game Press release CIT 2014 presentation Mid-project report Project update Project outcomes report Project outcomes report 2.0 Creative Commons License:   

Math Course Redesign Project

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Cayuga Community College is redesigning our developmental math course sequence, starting with Elementary Algebra, where the traditional classroom lecture format is replaced with an individualized, actively engaged approach to learning mathematics using technology. The content is modularized where students can work at a guided self-pace, with a focus on content mastery. In effect, students may complete the modules, and hence the course, as early as they are able, or they may follow the guided pace and complete the course throughout the intended semester. This project will further develop materials to assist students with transitioning into a traditional math sequence.