Quality by Design: Strategies for Effective Teaching and Quality Course Design. An online faculty development course and Open Educational Resource (OER)

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Awarded Grant: $19,850 Principal Investigator: Anne Reed, University at Buffalo Quality by Design: Strategies for Effective Teaching and Quality Course Design (QbD) is a faculty development course and OER that will serve the vision of Open SUNY, including open content, cross- collaboration, asset-sharing, and the development of high quality courses. Participants of QbD will learn about quality course design, strategies to increase student engagement, improved assessment techniques, and how to provide students with the support they need to be successful learners.This asynchronous online course will be offered through Creative Commons and will be widely available for on-demand learning or re- purposing at individual campuses. QbD will serve the goals of Open SUNY by incorporating the Open SUNY COTE Quality Review (OSCQR) rubric, as well as content and participation by COTE Fellows, and additional SUNY-branded elements. The assessments of this project will contribute research and scholarship to the SUNY community and to the larger fields of faculty development and instructional design. Co-PI’s and Key Partners: Jeremiah Grabowski, Online Programs Coordinator, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo Roberta (Robin) Sullivan, Online Learning & Innovative Instruction Specialist for the Center for Educational Innovation, University at Buffalo Cherie van Putten, Instructional Designer for the Center for Learning and Teaching, Binghamton University Nathan Whitley-Grassi, Faculty Instructional Technologist, Empire State College Martha Greatrix, Instructional Support Specialist for the Center for Educational Innovation, University at Buffalo Caryn Sobieski-VanDelinder, Senior Education Specialist, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo Steven Sturman, Instructional Designer for the School of Social Work, University at Buffalo Christopher Price, Academic Programs Manager, SUNY Center for Professional Development Lisa Dubuc, Coordinator of Electronic Learning and Instructional Designer, Niagara County Community College Dan Feinberg, Senior Instructional Designer, Open SUNY, Center for Online Teaching Excellence Reports and Resources: Mid-project report  

Implementing and Assessing Open Access Physiology Learning Modules

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Principal Investigator: Keith Schillo, SUNY Oneonta The major goal of this project is to use instructional technology to create and disseminate a new pedagogy for enhancing physiology education in a wide array of learning environments. The project will support implementation and evaluation of “Revolution in Physiology Education: RIPE for Change,” an NSF-funded project consisting of problem-based learning modules made available via an open-access website. NSF funds supported development of the RIPE concept, whereas the IITG funds will be used to adapt RIPE for dissemination and evaluation using instructional technology. The learning modules provide instructional tools for guiding students through active-learning exercises designed to develop higher-order thinking skills, improve mastery of difficult concepts and engage students in scientific methods. The highlights of the modules are state-of-the-art animations that illustrate important physiological concepts and high-quality videos of live experiments involving modern physiology instrumentation. The project relies heavily on student interns from graphic arts and biology and provides a platform for a unique type of experiential learning that blends art and science. Co-PI’s and Key Partners: Susan MacLeod, Instructor, Fulton-Montgomery Community College Katherine Spitzhoff, Lecturer, Art Department, SUNY Oneonta John Bugyi, Adjunct Instructor, Art Department, and Web Developer, Office of Communications, SUNY Oneonta Reports and Resources:

Increasing technology-based pedagogy in graduate nursing students using the TPACK Model

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Awarded Grant: $20,000 Principal Investigator: Cheryle Levitt, SUNY Delhi Nursing education in the United States is experiencing a significant faculty shortage. Causative factors include aging faculty who are approaching retirement, significant faculty vacancies in nursing schools, and limited capacity to admit thousands of qualified students, due to insufficient faculty. With 38 campuses offering nursing, SUNY can actively prepare more nursing educators to teach in online or blended environments. This would cross geographic boundaries and diminish barriers to recruiting qualified faculty. However, many nursing faculty lack sufficient skills in digital pedagogy and are not ready to prepare students for roles in technology-rich healthcare environments. The purpose of this project is to increase technology- based pedagogical skills in graduate nursing education students through development and implementation of an online training program, framed by the TPACK model. This program will improve preparation of digitally fluent nursing educators, support Open SUNY goals, and ultimately be shared across SUNY nursing programs in a MOOC format. Co-PI’s and Key Partners: Kirsty Digger, Associate Professor, School of Nursing, SUNY Delhi Michelle Rogers-Estable, Manager of Online Education, SUNY Delhi Mary Pat Lewis, Dean of the School of Nursing, SUNY Delhi Reports and Resources: Mid-project report

Instructional Technology to Stimulate, Enhance, and Attract Students In The Engineering Technology Field

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Principal Investigator: Lucas Craig, SUNY Canton The Bureau for Labor Statistics predicts that the U.S. will face a projected shortfall of qualified advanced- degree STEM workers by 2018. Part of the projected shortfall is for engineering technologists. In this proposal, a project-based engineering course will be developed and will use two primary teaching technologies to deliver engineering content to improve attraction and retention rates in Engineering Technology at SUNY Canton: a 3-D projector system and a gesture controlled armband, called the Myo. The 3- D projector system allows students to view items in 3 dimensional space and the Myo analyzes muscle movement provided by an individual’s arm to control technology. These teaching technologies will provide students with the opportunity to view applications and showcase engineering technology in a new, novel way. Co-PI’s and Key Partners: Christina Smith, Instructional Technologist of Online Learning, SUNY Canton Feng Hong, Associate Professor of Engineering Technology- Physics, SUNY Canton Rashid Aidun, Associate Professor of Engineering Technology- Electrical Engineering Tech, SUNY Canton Reports and Resources: