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| This program provides financial support for intercampus scholarly conference. Since the first call for proposals in the spring of 1990, twenty conferences have been funded. They have represented the disciplines of Nursing Education, Health Sciences Education, History, Teacher Education, Psychology, Medicine, Distance Learning, Agricultural Education, English/Writing, Computational Science, Library Science, Music, Engineering and Chemistry. Host campuses for these conferences have been: |
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| For further information on COCID and the application process, contact Mr. Eric Feinblatt, FACT COCID ombudsman, via e-mail at: eric_feinblatt@fitnyc.edu or Ms. Lisa Raposo, SUNY Training Center, at: lmraposo@tc.suny.edu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| For prospectus, guidelines, and submitting proposals, follow the link below; it provides information regarding amounts awarded, who can apply, and how to apply for COCID funding. COCID submission guidelines and information. "COCID - Conferences on Computing in the Disciplines" - Presented by Eric Feinblatt and Lisa Raposo at CIT 2006 |
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| CIT was established in 1992 to provide faculty and instructional support professsionals with an opportunity to come together to share experiences and expertise, discuss common problems, brainstorm solutions, and explore innovative avenues for improving the learning environment with technology. CIT is held annually on a SUNY campus. The on-campus environment of housing and conference rooms creates an informal atmosphere of sharing and networking among colleagues. The resultant camaraderie promotes sharing by discipline and cross disciplines among faculty from all campus types-university centers, four-year campuses, technology/specialized colleges, and community colleges. Scholarships offered by FACT encourage broad participation. |
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The FACT Advisory Council is pleased that the next Conference on Instructional Technologies (CIT 2007) will be at SUNY Plattsburgh. CIT continues to be sponsored by both the University Faculty Senate and the Faculty Council of Community Colleges, thus, reiterating the significance of this unique conference opportunity to faculty, instructional support professionals, and administrators on all 64 SUNY campuses. To find out more information about CIT, find out how to become a host campus, and to take a look at photos from previous conferences visit the "Official CIT Web Site" at http://cit.suny.edu. |
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| The Student Computing Access Program (SCAP) was created to insure that the SUNY system would not fall behind in the efforts to introduce computing technologies into every class where it would be appropriate. The idea originated with the Computer Officers Association Academic Subcommittee; and after being approved by SUNY, it was implemented with the cooperation of the Division of Budget and the legislature. Initially, this mechanism played a major role in the development of instructional computing at the state-operated campuses; and although it is now supplemented by other campus funds, it is still a critical factor in technology development. Thus far, efforts to include the community colleges in this program have not been successful, and so it is limited to the state-operated campuses. For more information on SCAP, visit their web site at: http://www.oswego.edu/scap/. |
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| The Learning Systems Subcommittee was created to serve as a resource for campus CMS management teams and for the former ALIS CMIS Program (renamed the TLT @ SUNY project). Members of the former ALIS CMIS program had the opportunity to meet with many campuses regarding the use of CMS products; they found significant evidence of several different CMS products being used and evaluated independently by campuses. Campus efforts were further duplicated as the number and functionalities of the products grew. Currently, the top three CMS applications are WBT TopClass, Blackboard CourseInfo, and WebCT. To commence a logical and systematic product evaluation was the initial charge for this committee. This committee recognizes the need for establishing an on-going SUNY-wide assessment process of the current and forth-coming CMS packages as they appear to be improving and changing in the academic marketplace. Dr. Craig Lending, from SUNY Brockport, and Ms. Sue Gallagher, from Hudson Valley Community College, agreed to co-chair this committee. Current comparative studies, including those conducted by this committee, have been linked to the TLT @ SUNY web site and are available for review. The most recent study compared several CMS packages evaluated using a faculty/student perspective; the results are published here: http://tlt.suny.edu/reviews.htm. For further questions, contact Craig Lending via email at clending@brockport.edu or Sue Gallagher via e-mail at gallasus@HVCC.edu. |
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| The FACT Academic Software Initiative Subcommittee was created to serve as a resource for campus academic departments to identify the state-of-the-art software applications that are supporting teaching and research efforts within higher education. The subcommittee will organize their findings based on typical academic disciplines that exist within SUNY. Following the acceptance of an academic software package(s) by SUNY FACT, it will be recommended that System Administration negotiate a system-wide purchasing agreement for the purpose of creating the most affordable product for the SUNY community. Dr. Wayne Jones, from SUNY Binghamton, and Mr. Douglas Jones, from Columbia Greene Community College, agreed to co-chair this committee. For further question, please contact Wayne Jones via e-mail at wjones@binghamton.edu or Douglas Jones via e-mail at jones@sunycgcc.edu. Academic Software Initiative Reports are available. |
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