Project Outcomes
Increasing Access to Nonprofit Management and Leadership Education
Yvonne Harrison
University at Albany
2014
Type of GrantIITG Tier One
Amount of Award:$10,000.00
Creation of a MOOC to develop leadership to non-profit organizations. Includes use of an Open SUNY textbook and board development diagnostic tool.
Original Coursera course has been modularized to a specialization with capstone experience.
Online Initiative to Foster and Research Writing-Skills Transfer Across the Curriculum and Beyond
Peter Khost
Stony Brook University
2014
Type of GrantIITG Tier One
Amount of Award:$7,500.00
Develop a tool to support transfer of skills and knowledge from required first-year writing classes to courses across the curriculum and beyond graduation, which research shows neither typically nor sufficiently occurs.
Outcomes TBD
Prior Learning Assessment: A Competency-Based, E-Portfolio Framework
Nan Travers
Empire State College
2014
Type of GrantIITG Tier One
Amount of Award:$59,750.00
Examines how Prior Learning Assessment (PLA) can be documented by students and assessed through use of an e-Portfolio, and provides professional development to faculty advisors and evaluators to assess college/university-level learning acquired outside traditional academic environments in support of student success and degree completion.
This IITG project worked to scale-up with five proof-of-concept sub-projects across SUNY Empire State College and SUNY Potsdam.
Designing Innovative Online Learning: Integrating a Coursera MOOC with Open SUNY Badging
Trudi Jacobson & Tom Mackey
University at Albany
2014
Type of GrantIITG Tier Three
Amount of Award:$60,000.00
- Learning Space (Facility)
Integration of MOOC content on Coursera and Canvas platforms with Open SUNY Badging. Expands on an earlier project to promote student metaliteracy through a MOOCs and badge-based competencies.
Development and Assessment of a Multiplayer, Cloud Module for Teaching Population Genetics with Badge Incentives
Katharina Dittmar
University at Buffalo
2014
Type of GrantIITG Tier Three
Amount of Award:$35,400.00
- Open Source Programs and Apps
Expands on previous development and assessment of a multiplayer, cloud module for teaching population genetics with badge incentives to K-12 and undergraduate students.
A multiplayer game app available on iOS, Google Play, and the cloud to introduce students to population genetics and evolution in real time.
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