NCCC Electronic Learning Compliance Initiative

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Principal Investigator: Lisa Dubuc, Niagara County Community College The Niagara County Community College (NCCC) eLearning department is seeking funding to launch a new initiative designed to assess and assist faculty in ensuring that all online courses meet the compliance requirements set forth by the Higher Education Act (HEQA), Middle States, and the American Disabilities Act (ADA). NCCC will expand upon the efforts already set in place by the SUNY FACT2 Advisory Council and the Open SUNY Center for Online Teaching Excellence (COTE) Competency Development Team. Specifically, funds will be used to initiate the Electronic Learning Compliance Initiative in an effort to better gauge existing compliance problems and to create an action plan that will allow NCCC eLearning faculty to better learn about accessibility and their legal obligations when creating content for distribution online. Ultimately,the College will be able to offer customized professional development opportunities, workshops, online “tips of the week”, blog posts, and/or online webinars and videos designed to address main areas of concern. Co-PI’s and Key Partners: Donna Simiele, eLearning Technologies Integration Specialist, Niagara County Community College Reports and Resources:

Use software simulation to foster student learning in microcontroller related LABs and projects

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Principal Investigator: Lijian Xu, Farmingdale State College Microcontrollers are widely used in homes, offices, cars, factories, etc., and they have been an essential component of electrical and computer engineering education. Microcontrollers and their applications normally involve both software and hardware. It means that in microcontroller related LABs and projects, students often need to test and troubleshoot the software they develop on hardware platforms they build. This is often a challenging task for students because of the nature of software/hardware co-design. In this project, we aim at using software simulation to improve students’ learning experience in microcontroller LABs and projects. Specifically, we have the following objectives: i) to help the students complete their microcontroller related LABs and projects in a more manageable way; ii) to design simulation demos that can be used in lectures to help the students understand the course materials; and iii) to reach out to high school students with microcontroller simulations in order to promote their interests in studying STEM in college. Various assessment methods will be used to evaluate the project outcomes, based on which we will further improve and sustain the activities proposed in this project. Co-PI’s and Key Partners: Marjaneh Issapour, Professor, School of Engineering Technology, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology, Farmingdale State College Carlos Jativa, Instructional Support Associate, School of Engineering Technology, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology, Farmingdale State College Reports and Resources:

iMOOC: A Multiuser Platform for International Online Learners: Phase Two

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Awarded Grant: $20,000 Principal Investigator: Valeri Chukhlomin, Empire State College iMOOC is a cross-campus collaborative project aimed at preparing international online learners (both on- campus and off-campus) to seamlessly navigate and successfully integrate into U.S. online learning environments by learning about the American culture, American academic system and student-centered pedagogies, and by refining critically important skills and getting familiar with some of the U.S. educational technologies. During Phase One of this project, the project team developed and prepared to launch an OPEN SUNY course “iMOOC101: Mastering American eLearning” (https://www.coursera.org/course/imooc). During Phase Two, the project team proposes to focus on sustainability and scalability of the project by: a) developing and launching a low maintenance, competency-based, on-demand version of the above course; and b) working with partner colleges (both within and outside SUNY) to develop a scalable “adoption model” where iMOOC will be incorporated into preparatory and remedial services for incoming, on-campus and off- campus international students. Co-PI’s and Key Partners: Bidhan Chandra, Professor, Empire State College Anant Deshpande, Assistant Professor, Empire State College Aiko Pletch, ESL Lecturer, Haggerty English Language Program, SUNY New Paltz Reports and Resources: Mid-project report  

Bring Your Own Learning (BYOL): Using MDM to Personalize Learning Environments to Students

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Principal Investigator: Ken Fujiuchi, Buffalo State Learning is a social activity that evolves from our interactions, daily activities, and education. We incorporated two key elements of situated learning theory: “communities of practice” where learning is achieved through the social and collaborative interaction in a common environment, and “learning in context” where students have the opportunity to learn on demand when the need arises based on location, environment, time, or social context. Using a mobile device management (MDM) system, we can deliver a learning environment that can dynamically adjust and tune to the needs of our student’s mobile devices. Also because of the portable nature of mobile devices, the students don’t have to limit their learning process to a specialized lab or class time. This allows all students to start with the same technological foundation, but maintain the flexibility to experiment with tools and content to adapt to their own learning needs. Co-PI’s and Key Partners: Andrew Chambers, Library Information Management Officer, Buffalo State Kerry Renzoni, Assistant Professor of Music and Coordinator of the Undergraduate Music Education Program, Buffalo State Reports and Resources: