The State University of New York (SUNY) Polytechnic Institute (POLY), SUNY Broome Community College, and SUNY Oswego will use grants that “enhance teaching and learning and have the potential to be brought to scale throughout SUNY.”
The regional campuses are among 21 SUNY schools awarded a total of $633,000 in funding through the Innovative Instruction Technology Grants (IITG) program.
SUNY Chancellor Nancy Zimpher announced the grant awards in a news release distributed today.
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SUNY POLY is the new name of the merged SUNY Institute of Technology in Marcy and College of Nanoscale Science and Engineering in Albany.
SUNY awarded Daniel Jones at the Polytechnic Institute up to $20,000 for his development of e-student remote laboratory experiments. The effort seeks to “determine efficacy of remote student access to lab environments for online delivery of physics labs,” according to the news release.
The project will allow students to fulfill general-education requirements, even if they don’t have direct access to labs and equipment.
The project requires 25 percent matching funds.
In addition, Andrea Wade at SUNY Broome Community College will use a grant of up to $20,000 toward her development of a “massive open online course.”
The course responds to the “fast growing” need for well-trained home health-care workers, according to SUNY.
Students and local employers will have “easy” access of online materials with the aim to launch and build upon “more formal education opportunities.”
The project also requires matching funds of 25 percent.
The program also awarded a grant of up to $10,000 to a project at SUNY Oswego that is a collaboration between students in creative writing, illustration, graphic design, and multimedia design
Nearly all IITG-funded projects include partnerships involving two or more campuses and/or with local organizations and businesses, according to SUNY.
Project organizers share outcomes “openly” across SUNY, enabling colleagues statewide to “replicate and build upon the innovations,” the system said.
Since its inception in 2012, the IITG program has funded more than 106 campus-based projects for more than $2.25 million.
Contact Reinhardt at ereinhardt@cnybj.com
