Project Outcomes
TimeStitch Database: Crowdsourcing and Community Engagement
Dr. Alla Myzelev
Geneseo
2018
Type of GrantIITG Tier Two
Amount of Award:$16,800.00
TimeStitch (http://timestitch.geneseo.edu/items/browse) is a database that was developed and populated with the help of the IITG Tier 1 Grant. In this next stage we would like to develop the following: 1) crowdsourcing plugin that will help to digitize objects such as antiques that are in the possession of general public to create a 3-dimensional component that will help students in planning virtual and real exhibitions and offer the TimeStitch package to museums as a tool of making their collections available online.
Understanding Collegiate Varsity eSports: Team Culture and Biopsychosocial Health
Dr. Barat Wolfe
Canton, College of Technology
2018
Type of GrantIITG Tier Two
Amount of Award:$15,000.00
- Student Supports
This study explores the health, campus engagement, academic performance, and culture of collegiate varsity eSports athletes, with the goal of understanding this new and unique population of students for recruitment and retention purposes.
Using Excelsior's OER OWL to Promote Writing in the Disciplines
Professor Stephen Burke
Rockland Community College
2018
Type of GrantIITG Tier Two
Amount of Award:$15,000.00
- Open Educational Resources (OER)
This Open Writing in the Disciplines (WID) Project will build a community of practice at Rockland, Monroe, and Clinton Community Colleges with the Excelsior OWL that will create model faculty training, curriculum development, and assessment, all of which will be openly available in collaboration with SUNY OER Services.
Virtual Reality as a Means to Prepare Preservice Teachers
Dr. Richard Lamb
University at Buffalo
2018
Type of GrantIITG Tier Two
Amount of Award:$20,000.00
- Immersive Environment (Virtual Reality)
Accurately representing common challenges novice teachers face in the urban classroom is a difficult and demanding challenge; the classroom VR environment proposed in this project was developed in collaboration with administrators and teachers from a large urban school district with a large population of minoritized students.
Virtual Reality Training Program: Using 360 Degree Videos to create an Immersive Learning Environment
Ms. Julie Ramnarais
Maritime College
2018
Type of GrantIITG Tier Two
Amount of Award:$20,000.00
SUNY Maritime College will explore the use of 360 Degree Videos incorporated with Virtual Reality Technology as an experiential learning platform, allowing them to developing a structured methodology to support the learning process created through the use of the 360 Degree Videos which utilizes the incorporation of a structured assessment process to guide the students towards established learning outcomes.