Awarded Grant: $10,000 Principal Investigator: Dr. Jinseok Heo, Buffalo State College This project will develop a Virtual Instrumental Analysis Laboratory (VIAL) for Buffalo State and SUNY campuses. Thanks to a newly built science building, the Department of Chemistry at Buffalo State is now equipped with major up-to-dated analytical instruments for use in advanced chemical analysis, forensic investigation, and materials characterization. We will examine how we might help students and others learn to successfully collect and analyze data obtainable on our analytical instruments. The VIAL platform will initially be used to provide online-based experiences for those who need training before they actually use an advanced instrument. We will assess the effectiveness of the VIAL for students’ gaining knowledge and skills in using the analytical instruments. Furthermore, we will also try to demonstrate that the analytical instruments can be remotely controlled, so that off-campus users can directly benefit from our advanced facilities. Co-PI’s and Key Partners: Dr. Alexander Nazarenko, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Buffalo State College Dr. M. Scott Goodman, Associate Professor and Chair, Department of Chemistry, Buffalo State College Dr. Jaime Kim, Associate Professor, Department of Chemistry, Buffalo State College Reports and Resources: Project outcomes report Project outcomes report 2.0 CIT 2014 presentation 2014 IUCr Conference presentation Mid-project report Tutorial videos on how to use analytical instruments were created and used in several undergraduate classes. Raman tutorial 01, Thermo DXR Raman basics Raman tutorial 02, How to use OMNIC1 Raman tutorial 03, How to use OMNIC2 Raman tutorial 04, How to use Atlus Raman tutorial 05, How to use MCR How to use Brucker Avance III 400 MHZ NMR How to use Agilent GC 7890A How to use Agilent GC-MS How to use Shimadzu GC2014 Creative Commons License:   

Awarded Grant: $10,000 Principal Investigator: Christine Faraday, Nassau Community College The goal of this project is to encourage collaborative student work that is enhanced by web 2.0 tools. Currently group projects can be a frustrating process for faculty and students due to space and monetary limitations. This project would create a space within the library to house a media:scape mini collaborative station to allow students to easily connect mobile devices and share information. During this pilot phase, students will be asked to use the media:scape mini to participate in a specific campus-wide project. This project will be part of this year’s Campus-Wide theme “Speak, Memory” and will require students to create a video or Pinterest board based on one of the books connected to this project. Selected videos and boards will be showcased on the “Speak, Memory” LibGuide which is used by faculty across campus to stimulate ideas for infusing the theme into classes and activities. Co-PI’s and Key Partners: Marsha Spiegelman, Professor, Library Department, Nassau Community College Reports and Resources: Project outcomes report Survey given to ART 103 students at the end of the semester to gauge their satisfaction using the Collaborative Student Space in the library, and the survey results Statistics for student use of the Collaborative Student Space in 2014 Project website Presentation at SUNYLA 2015 Mid-project report Project outcomes report V2.0 Creative Commons License:

Awarded Grant: $3,200 Principal Investigator: Celia Easton, SUNY Geneseo A newly conceived course, “Jane Austen from New York to Bath,” provides a model for constructing online courses in the Humanities that allow students to share learning communities without walls, to communicate internationally on their course topic, and to ladder study-abroad experiences to provide international experiences to multiple students, regardless of time and financial resources. This course model demonstrates how to convert a conventional, classroom-based course into an online learning community, with the added component of content provided by students living and studying in different parts of the world. By utilizing course management software, wikis, blogs, embedded video, and file sharing, this course model demonstrates how the essence of discussion-based humanities courses can be sustained in a global, virtual classroom. Reports and Resources: Project final report Mid-project report Project outcomes form Project outcomes report 2.0 Creative Commons License:

Awarded Grant: $6,000 Principal Investigator: Mohammed Abdallah, SUNYIT Online learning is the optimal solution for many students. However, current online learning approaches in engineering curriculum may lack some of the components necessary for experiential “hands-on” lab-based learning.  This project will prove the concept of the possibility of separating the hardware from the software side by removing the software access burden to various tool components through campus-based hosting while maintaining the access to local hardware. Students will be able to interact with local hardware and learn from the device engagement and interacting in the same manner their on-campus peers do. Co-PI’s and Key Partners: Nick Merante, Instructional Support Assistant, Systems Administrator, Adjunct Lecturer, SUNYIT Reports and Resources: Mid-project report Project outcomes report Project outcomes report 2.0 PPT presentation Creative Commons License: