Project Outcomes
Improving Student Performance in SUNY Orange Placement Assessment and Developmental Courses Through the Use of Video Presentations
Mary Ford
Orange County Community College
2012
Type of GrantIITG Tier Two
Amount of Award:$12,749.00
Creation of video presentation series about how the college uses Accuplacer placement assessment. These video modules will focus on 1) the purpose, format and ramifications of the exam; 2) subjects covered in the math and reading components of the exam and the rubric used to evaluate the essay component; and 3) available online resources to help students prepare for the exam.
Integrated Online Database for Plant Identification and Use in the Landscape
Nina Bassuk
Cornell University, NYS College of Agriculture & Life Sciences
2012
Type of GrantIITG Tier Two
Amount of Award:$12,200.00
- Open Educational Resources (OER)
Creation of a woody plant database with intent to expand to GPS referencing that can be accessed on smart phones and tablets for field application.
Learner eXperience Designers (LXD) Exploring the Feasibility of Badging
Beth Burns
Buffalo State College
2012
Type of GrantIITG Tier Two
Amount of Award:$20,000.00
The Learner eXperience Designers (LXD), will spearhead the exploration of integrating badging on campus and in higher education. Specifically, the LXD are committed to evaluating the logistics and effectiveness of badging in three specific areas: within a course, within a student training program, and within professional development.
Through our exploration of badging in three areas: in an open course, in a help desk training program, and in faculty development, we came up with a badging application that could be used by the SUNY community in order to easily incorporate the course badging process onto campuses.
Open SUNY Textbooks
Cyril Oberlander
University at Buffalo
2012
Type of GrantIITG Tier Two
Amount of Award:$20,000.00
- Open Educational Resources (OER)
Pilot to develop a SUNY partnership to explore and create an Open SUNY Textbook initiative to reduce cost of higher education to students by incentivizing faculty publications.
Project website provides free access to over 15 textbook titles and is soliciting new material.
Osw3go.net: Alternate Reality Simulations as Learning Tools
Ulises Mejias
Oswego
2012
Type of GrantIITG Tier Two
Amount of Award:$20,000.00
Development of a template to support interdisciplinary 'alternate reality' simulations that are collectively played by students using the Web. These simulations ask participants to analyze a fictional problem based on real-life situations, articulate a variety of possible responses to it, and examine the question of what form action should be taken.
Developed games to investigate issues such as Islamaphobia and hydrofracking.