Tier Three Awards

Tier Three Awards (Projects up to $60,000 – 50% Matching Funds Required)

IITG 2018-19 Recipients

Principal Investigator Campus Project Name
Thomas Mackey Empire State College

Advancing Metaliteracy in a Post-Truth World through the Design of a Global MOOC

Amy Moore  University at Buffalo Blockchain Badging – Coursera-to-Credit
Nan Travers Empire State College Academic Sharing Community: A SUNY Catalog of Educational Projects and Innovative Initiatives (ASC SUNY)
Susan Jagendorf-Sobierajski Cobleskill

Displaying Transformation to the World: Global Learning Micro-credentials and Digital Badges

 Damian Schofield  Oswego

Interactive Video Systems: Improving the Communication Skills of a Range of Medical Professionals

M. Ete Chan  Stony Brook

DIY Hands-on Biotechnology Video Games with Lab Simulation Builder

Sarah Lynch Binghamton

ePATIENT: Educational Program Advancing Training in Interprofessional Networked Treatment

John Rocco  Maritime

Expanding Campus-Wide Digital Scholarship Collaboration at Maritime: Building Bridges Across Disciplines for a SUNY-Wide Digital Scholarship Initiative

IITG 2017-18 Recipients

Principal Investigator Campus Project Name
Valeri Chukhlomin Empire State College Career Brand Management for Everyone: Expanding Access to Career Development Learning by Launching an On-Demand, Competency-Based OPEN SUNY Specialization on Coursera
Helena Baert Cortland Making Movement Stick: Delivering a Movement Analysis Course
John Rocco Maritime Digital Scholarship Collaboration: Linking Humanities with the Library as a Model for Campus-Wide Digital Scholarship Initiative
Robin Sullivan University at Buffalo Crowdlearning: Towards Collaborative, Self-Sustaining Learning Environments and Practices
 Molly Mott  Canton Reducing Student Isolation: The Development of a Campus Life Model to Improve Retention Rates of Students in Online Degree Programs
James Jensen University at Buffalo iSucceed: The First Year College Experience
Alainya Kavaloski Canton Digital Studio Lab: A collaboration between Humanities & Engineering Technology
Kyunghee Pyun Fashion Institute of Technology Bamboo Canvas: Instructional Innovation for a Globalized Classroom

IITG 2016-17 Recipients

Principal Investigator Campus Project Name
Daniel Fletcher Cornell – College of Veterinary Medicine An open-source high fidelity veterinary patient simulator (VPS)
Nan Travers Empire State College Designing Competency-based PLA Pathways to Scale Up Completion and Learner Success
Isabelle Bichindaritz SUNY Oswego An innovative educational framework for interdisciplinary educational collaboration for biomedical data science based on online open educational resources
Alexander Nikolaev University at Buffalo Crowdlearning: Towards Collaborative, Self-Sustaining Learning Environments and Practices
Christine Kroll University at Buffalo Open Door to Open SUNY (ODOS): MOOC multi-dimensional subgroups, prediction, and implementation project
Richard Plotkin University at Buffalo Digital Music Notation with Auto-Grading and Immediate Feedback
Katherine Pitcher SUNY Geneseo Scaling up OER Discovery and Adoption: Building an open digital learning and publishing network across SUNY
M. Ete Chan Stony Brook “Lab-in-a-Cube” Hands-On Lab Learning with an Automatic Feedback
Stephanie Affinito University at Albany Scaling the Metaliteracy Badging System for Open SUNY: Collaborative Customization for Teacher Education Programs

IITG 2015-16 Recipients

Principal Investigator Campus Project Name
Yvonne Harrison Albany, University at Increasing Access to Online, On-Demand, Competency-Based Nonprofit Management and Leadership Education
Kathleen Stone Empire State College An Open SUNY Accessibility MOOC for Faculty and Staff Development: Creating Online Courses that Provide Access for All
Martha Rottman Rockland Community College Developmental Model Reform Initiative Expansion through a Digital Companion Course: Creating Reflective Practioners and Engaged Students
Mark McBride Monroe Community College SUNY Open Educational Resources: Improving Faculty Discovery and Adoption
Derrick Stevens Mohawk Valley Community College MVCC Open Physics Lab
Krista Vince Garland Buffalo State College TeachLivE from New York: It’s SUNY Wide! Enhancing Pedagogical Practice within a Simulated Environment

IITG 2014-15 Recipients

Principal Investigator Campus Project Name
Trudi Jacobson & Tom Mackey Albany, University at Designing Innovative Online Learning: Integrating a Coursera MOOC with Open SUNY Badging
Randy Yerrick Buffalo, University at SUNY Impact: Designing and Validating a Research-Based Model for Online SUNY Teaching (MOST)
Katharina Dittmar Buffalo, University at Development and Assessment of a Multiplayer, Cloud Module for Teaching Population Genetics with Badge Incentives
Daniel Murdock Cobleskill, College of Agriculture & Technology at WAVE-ExSEL
Anurag Purwar Stony Brook University Freshman Design Innovation
Martha Rottman Rockland Community College Rockland Community College’s Developmental Model Reform Initiative through the Implementation of a Digital Companion Course: Creating Reflective Practioners and Engaged Students
Valeri Chukhlomin Empire State College iMOOC: A Multiuser Platform for International Students to Navigate U.S.-style Virtual Learning Environments

IITG 2013-14 Recipients

Principal Investigator Campus Project Name
Monica Bugallo Stony Brook University Exploring New Horizons: Science And Engineering Everywhere, At Anytime And For Everyone
Steven M. Gallo University at Buffalo Virtual Infrastructure for Data Intensive Analysis (VIDIA)
J Tomás Henriques Buffalo State LOOP: A Project in Creative Instruction for Music Technology [Learn-Operate-Outreach-Perform]
Cyril Oberlander Geneseo SUNY Open Textbooks Renewal
Peter Shea University at Albany SUNY Games II
Roberta (Robin) Sullivan University at Buffalo Tools of Engagement Project (TOEP): On-demand Discovery Learning Professional Development (Phase 2)
Patrice Prusko Torcivia Empire State College Cross-Cultural Experiential Learning Evaluation Project
Lijun Yin Binghamton University iTutor and iDemo: 3D Computer Vision/Graphics with Intelligent Avatar Interaction

IITG 2012-13 Recipients

Principal Investigator Campus Project Name
Lori Bernard Geneseo SUNY Distance Mentored Undergraduate Research: Leveraging System Expertise to Enhance Learning
Trudi Jacobson University at Albany Developing a SUNY-wide Transliteracy Learning Collaborative to Promote Information and Technology Collaboration
Lori Scarlatos Stony Brook University Enviropedia: A Serious Game about Beverage Container Choices
Peter Shea University at Albany SUNY Co-laboratory on Immersive Virtual Environments for STEM Learning
Deborah Waldrop University at Buffalo Initiating Conversations About the End of Life: The Advanced Illness Decision Simulation Environment
Pam Youngs-Maher Upstate Medical University Observations of Students in Clinical Settings via iPads