Tier Three Awards

Tier Three Awards (Projects up to $60,000)

2022-23

Principal Investigator	Campus	Project Name
Gary Halada	Stony Brook University	The i-STEAM Project: A Gamified Faculty Development Learnshop for Enhancing Inclusive Teaching in STEM
Michele Thornton	Oswego	Accessibility Challenge: Content/A Way for Everyone to Level-up
Lisa D’Adamo-Weinstein	Empire State College	Early Identification Systems, Tools, and Professional Development for Prior Learning Assessment
Andrew Hashey	Buffalo State College	Evolving SUNY’s Thought Leadership: Preparing Today’s Faculty for Tomorrow’s Learners
Lawrence Hurst	Stony Brook University	Anatomic Structures at Risk: A Digital Educational Tool for Teaching Hand Laceration Anatomy
Kristina Boylan	SUNY Polytechnic Institute	Creating Collaboratively Across Visual Abilities (CCAVA): Open Library of Methods and Tools for Collaboration and Connection among Conventional and Assistive Technology Users
David Murray	University at Buffalo	SPEAR and SHIELD: A Cybersecurity Attack and Defense Simulation for Hands-On Learners
Louanne Bakk	University at Buffalo	Scaling Up and Sustaining an Immersive Virtual Reality (VR) Learning Environment: Using VR to Build Student Knowledge, Skills, and Empathy for Integrating Trauma Informed Practices
Helen (“Nellie”) Drew	University at Buffalo	Project Power Play: Mobile Pathways for Players on the Move!
Mara Huber	University at Buffalo	Scaling Locally-Led Development and Sustainability (LLDS) Projects with Digital Badges
Zhangyu Guan	University at Buffalo	SUNY OpenIoTLab: The SUNY Laboratory Federation for Wireless Intelligent Internet of Things

2019-20

Principal Investigator	Campus	Project Name
Paul Schacht	SUNY Geneseo	A Laboratory-Based Introduction to Digital Scholarly Editing
Diane Gal	Empire State College	The Open Home Project
Jonathon Little	Monroe Community College	Open Geospatial Lab (OGL) and Remote Workforce Opportunities Across Rural New York State
Christine Kroll	University at Buffalo	Evolving SUNY’s Thought Leadership: Preparing Today’s Faculty for Tomorrow’s Learners
David Murray	University at Buffalo	Open Cyber Arena Virtual Lab
Michelle Withers	Binghamton University	Creating Points of Transformation in SUNY STEM Education
Sarah Lynch	Binghamton University	ePATIENT: Educational Program Advancing Training in Interprofessional Networked Treatment – Phase 2
Robert Wahler	University at Buffalo	Implementation and Evaluation of Micro-Credentials on the Pharmacists’ Patient Care Process in Pharmacy and Pharmacy Technician Programs: Promoting Patient-Centered Care

 2018-19

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

2017-18

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

2016-17

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

2015-16

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

2014-15

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

2013-14

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

2012-13

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