Project Outcomes
The SUNY Open Education Research Lab
Samuel Abramovich
University at Buffalo
2016
Type of GrantIITG Tier Two
Amount of Award:$11,500.00
- Open Educational Resources (OER)
The SUNY Open Education Research Lab’s core mission is to both actively engage and support empirical research of of SUNY’s Open Education efforts. We will do this by engaging in our own research of Open SUNY projects and, when appropriate, providing consultation and research to other Open SUNY educational efforts.
The SUNY Virtual Herbarium: Increasing Access and Improving Botanical Education
Sean Robinson
Oneonta
2016
Type of GrantIITG Tier Two
Amount of Award:$19,000.00
Herbaria, collections of preserved plants, are valuable sources of data essential to studies in the biological sciences. The primary goal of this project is to increase access to herbarium collections at SUNY institutions, as well as to develop and disseminate a new pedagogy for enhancing botanical education using digitized specimens.
Utilizing Assistive Technology and a Student-driven Universal Design Methodology to Improve Course Accessibility, Classroom Inclusivity and Student Engagement
Craig Levins
Oneonta
2016
Type of GrantIITG Tier Two
Amount of Award:$19,000.00
Students with disabilities face many challenges that may hinder their ability to receive an equitable opportunity in the classroom. This project is designed to directly address these issues by funding a team of students with disabilities to trial, assess, and collaborate with staff and faculty to explore individual and classroom usefulness of various procured assistive technologies (AT), and to create learning modules that can be shared openly across campus and SUNY system-wide.
Oucomes TBD
Video Pedagogy: Research based best practices for creation and integration of videos into college teaching
Rebecca Rotundo
University at Buffalo
2016
Type of GrantIITG Tier Two
Amount of Award:$19,500.00
- Video Production
This project seeks to create a formal research-based pedagogy to educate faculty in best practices in creating and using videos for various instructional purposes.
Our project supports SUNY Excels by providing a rubric and professional development plan that will improve the quality of videos produced for instruction. We are confident that our project will improve instructors’ ability to produce higher quality videos, which will in turn improve the quality of education in the SUNY system.
Alfred State Micro Credentialing Project
Mr. Jonathan Hilsher, Director of Civic Engagement
Alfred State College
2017
Type of GrantIITG Tier One
Amount of Award:$10,000.00
The Alfred State Micro Credentialing Project employs the NACE competencies for career readiness to promote all aspects of the SUNY Excels performance framework by challenging student employees to participate in activities, online coursework, and projects that demonstrate their ability to grow and impact their academic and professional success.