Project Outcomes
Making Movement Stick: Delivering a Movement Analysis Course
Dr. Helena Baert
Cortland
2017
Tier Three
Amount of Award:$42,000.00
Digital Scholarship Collaboration: Linking Humanities with the Library as a Model for Campus-Wide Digital Scholarship Initiative
Dr. John Rocco
Maritime College
2017
Tier Three
Amount of Award:$40,000.00
Keeping Pace with Web-based Technology: A MOOC for Lifelong Learning in a Digital Age
Ms. Roberta (Robin) Sullivan, Online Learning Specialist
University at Buffalo
2017
Tier Three
Amount of Award:$46,500.00
This MOOC will focus on advancing learning and optimizing career opportunities by offering accessible, curated information and application exercises that improve participants’ confidence, knowledge, and skills and encourage participants to construct a schema upon which to continue lifelong exploration regarding the effective implementation of emerging technology tools.
This MOOC brings digital literacy and lifelong learning skills to faculty, staff, students, and anyone in the world interested in learning more about the 4Cs of 21st century learners, including communication, collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking. The material in the MOOC, and the complementary crowdsourced EmTechWIKI, are available free of charge and open to everyone. SUNY affiliated participants earn a Coursera Certificate of Completion at no cost, and everyone may earn a Mastery Badge, while others pay a small fee if they want a Coursera certificate. This project supports progress towards a degree by helping participants master technical skills such as video, blogs, and infographic creation to be able to effectively apply the 21st century skills described above. It also helps them learn how to be a savvy consumer of information on the web. The project helps build career skills that employers are looking for in today’s job market. Some of these skills are critical thinking/problem solving, oral/written communication, teamwork/collaboration, and information technology application.
Reducing Student Isolation: The Development of a Campus Life Model to Improve Retention Rates of Students in Online Degree Programs
Ms. JoAnne Fassinger, Grants Coordinator
Canton, College of Technology
2017
Tier Three
Amount of Award:$33,000.00
iSucceed: The First Year College Experience
Prof. James Jensen, Professor and Director of Undergraduate Studies, Environmental Engineering
University at Buffalo
2017
Tier Three
Amount of Award:$60,000.00
This pilot leverages experts from WNY high schools, and three college sectors to create short, self-paced OER learning modules that address skill sets for all students transitioning from high school to college level learning; outcomes will provide early diagnostic tools to support learners throughout their college careers.