Awarded Grant: $52,600 Principal Investigator: Kathleen Stone, Empire State College This project will develop a SUNY-wide, Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) on online course accessibility. The collaborative team includes instructional designers, disability services professionals, technologists, and faculty members from SUNY Empire State College and Buffalo State College. The MOOC will be in live session and “on demand” format, and modular based for easy updating and excerpting. Participants will earn badges for successful completion. Content will be customizable to meet training needs across multiple campuses, and can serve as professional development for teaching faculty and staff. Course materials could also be similarly utilized by Open SUNY COTE. By providing faculty with a knowledge base to minimize potential barriers to online learning faced by students with disabilities, this project meets the IITG program mission and vision of providing access for all students. It also acknowledges trends in higher education policy, and the ways in which system training can widely and efficiently support campus needs. Co-PI’s and Key Partners: Ginger Bidell, Instructional Designer, Buffalo State Michele Forte, Assistant Professor and Mentor, Empire State College Antonia (Tonka) Jokelova, Coordinator of Curriculum and Instructional Design, Empire State College Anne Lane, Application Management and Support Specialist, Empire State College Meghan Pereira, Senior Instructional Designer, Buffalo State Julie Rummings, Coordinator of Curriculum and Instructional Design, Empire State College Sumana Silverheels, Technology Accommodations Coordinator in Disability Services, Buffalo State Kelly Hermann, Director of Disability Services, Empire State College Reports and Resources: Mid-project report

Principal Investigator: Sen Zhang, Oneonta Introduction to computer science courses vary widely from campus to campus within SUNY as well as outside the SUNY system. This project aims to explore and develop a semi-standardized and accessible introduction to computer science course that can potentially be adopted by multiple SUNY campuses. The course will be developed by the PI and Co-PIs (SUNY collaborating computer science instructors, see below), with review and input from other CS faculty members, and piloted (via online instruction) in the classes of the PI and Co-PIs. Course materials will be shared within the SUNY system through the SUNY Learning Commons and presentation at the annual SUNY CIT conference. The outcomes of the proposed work will align with Open SUNY and support seamless transfer, as well as address national, state and SUNY (https://www.suny.edu/educationpipeline/stemeducation.cfm) STEM-C (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science) education priorities. Reports and Resources: Final report SUNY CIT 2015 presentation abstract CCSCNE 2015 paper Project website Mid-project report Creative Commons License:     

Principal Investigator: Jeffrey Linn, SUNY Brockport Hybrid and on-line coursework is an indispensible tool for the delivery of instruction at all colleges and universities. But technology is not pedagogy. Research findings by the US Department of Education (2010) indicate that online and hybrid instruction models can be successful in teaching critical thinking and higher level thinking but only if courses using these technologies are re-designed and restructured. For this interdisciplinary project, professors in Educational Administration, Nursing and Teacher Education will investigate, design and implement curriculum for asynchronous courses that combine rigorous assignments and assessments that lead to critical thinking and are aligned with the K-12 Common Core Learning Standards. The work will be assessed using a combination of student surveys, focus groups and class evaluations and the final products will presented at the statewide CIT conference in the Spring of 2014 and course designs made available through the SUNY Learning Commons. Co-PI’s and Key Partners: Lynae Sakshaug, Associate Professor, Masters of Arts in Teaching, Empire State College Frank McDonald, Assistant Professor, Master of Arts in Teaching, Empire State College Elizabeth Heavey, Associate Professor, Nursing, SUNY College at Brockport Reports and Resources: Critical thinking for college learners: Blended and online activities in multiple disciplines Mid-project report Project outcomes report Creative Commons License: