Innovative Instruction Research Council (IIRC): About Us
IIRC Mission:
The Innovative Instruction Research Council (IIRC) makes recommendations in support of academic innovation and transformation. The Chancellor, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost have endorsed solutions that leverage tools and processes that collaboratively increase efficiency and capacity for SUNY-wide delivery of high quality instruction by:
- Fostering and scaling innovation through Innovative Instruction Technology Grants (IITG) request for proposal language and secondary proposal review. The IIRC and SUNY Provost Staff offer funding recommendations to the SUNY Provost to support experimentation with new tools and processes at the instructional level.
- Exploring how IITG projects may be aligned to “scale up” through Performance Improvement Fund initiatives and Communities of Practice to sustain SUNY-wide innovation.
- Embracing pedagogical research to continually improve the instructional practices of SUNY faculty and staff – and collaborate with the SUNY Provost’s Faculty Advisory Council on Teaching and Technology (FACT2) to offer task group investigations of how SUNY may leverage emerging teaching and learning models.
- Openly sharing outcomes of investigations and scholarly effort to enable collaboration and scaffolding of innovation in service of students and programs in New York and across the globe.
IIRC Members:
Patricia Aceves, EdD
Assistant Vice President and Assistant Provost
University at Stony Brook
Center of Excellence in Learning and Teaching
Nicola Marae Allain, PhD
Academic Area Coordinator
Empire State College
Digital Media/Learning and Emerging Technologies
Susan Deer, PhD
Provost/Executive Vice President
Rockland Community College
Billie B. Franchini, PhD
Interim Director
Institute for Teaching, Learning and Academic Leadership
Carey Hatch
Associate Provost for Academic Technologies and Information Services
State University of New York (SUNY)
SUNY System Administration
John Kane, PhD
Professor
SUNY Oswego
Department of Economics
Christine Kroll, PhD
Assistant vice provost and Director
University at Buffalo
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Mark McBride, PhD
Senior Library Strategist
SUNY Office of Library and Information Services
Phillip Ortiz, PhD
Assistant Provost for Undergraduate and STEM Education
State University of New York (SUNY)
Alexandra Pickett
Director of Online Teaching
Open SUNY
James Pitarresi, PhD
SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor; Vice Provost and Executive Director
Binghamton University
Department of Mechanical Engineering; Center for Learning and Teaching
Christopher Price, PhD
Academic Programs Manager
SUNY Center for Professional Development
Lisa Raposo
Interim Director
SUNY Center for Professional Development
Kim Scalzo
Executive Director
SUNY Online
Paul Schacht, PhD
Professor
SUNY Geneseo
Department of English
Peter J. Shea, PhD
Associate Professor
University at Albany, School of Education
Department of Educational Theory and Practice
Lisa A. Stephens, PhD
Assistant Dean for Digital Education
University at Buffalo
School of Engineering and Applied Sciences