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Task Group Name
Learning Environments Initiative
Stakeholders
- SUNY ProvostCampus
- Chief Academic Officers
- SUNY Construction fund staff
Goals
- Collect information on innovative learning environments used in SUNY and other campuses internationally.
- Advise the SUNY system on the design and implementation of all types of learning environments - physical and virtual.
- Communicate with stakeholders at all levels throughout the system about best practices regarding learning environment development and utilization.
Expected Outcomes/Deliverables
- A catalog of innovative learning environment throughout SUNY
- Assigned faculty liaisons to the SUNY Construction Fund to advise on learning environment design and development
- A report on Innovative Learning Spaces
- An Innovative Spaces track at CIT involving instructional technologists, academic champions and facilities leadership
Team
David Lavallee, University Provost,Sponsor
Joseph Moreau, Chief Technology Officer, Oswego,Chair
Lisa Stephens, Associate Director of Academic Services, Buffalo (FACT2 Chair)
Joan Getman, Sr. Strategist for Learning Technologies, Cornell
Graham Glynn, Assistant Provost, Stony Brook
Wayne Jones, Chemistry Department Chair, Binghamton
Mary Jo Orzech, Director of Libraries, Brockport
Joe Smith, Director of Educational Communications, Upstate Medical
Leanne Washauer, Associate Professor of English, Suffolk County CC
Emily Trapp, Director of Instructional Media Services, New Paltz (EdTOA)
Mitch Fields, Assistant Director of Capital Program Management, SCUF
Geoff Hamburg, Capital Program Manager SCUF
Jeffrey Bartkovich, Vice President of Educational Technology Services, Monroe CC
Shihong "Steve" Chen, Chief Information Officer, Hudson Valley CC
Benefit or value to the SUNY System and SUNY Campuses
Campuses throughout SUNY are doing groundbreaking work in the development of innovative learning spaces. However, there is currently no catalog or clearinghouse to collect outstanding design samples, best practices for implementation and use, and lessons learning from the design, implementation, and use of modern instructional space. Building on work being done by Educause and other higher education technology groups nationally, the Learning Environment Subcommittee of FACT2 will collaborate with the SUNY Construction Fund to develop a catalog or innovative spaces that can information SUNY space standards and future design and construction projects throughout the system to optimize the benefits to students, faculty, and staff.
Tasks, Deliverables, and Timeline
| Task | Deliverable | Due By | Responsibility |
|---|---|---|---|
| Form Task Group | Task Group Name, Leader, Team Members, and Goals identified | End of June FACT2 Retreat | FACT2 Chair |
| Set up Collaboration Space for Task Group | Confluence Space created Notification to Council |
July 31st | FACT2 Secretary |
| Finalize Task Group Charge | Draft of Task Group Charge Template submitted to Council Charge finalized and posted in Confluence |
September 30th | Task Group Leader, FACT2 Chair, & Provost Liaison |
| Engage FACT2 Reps | Outreach to FACT2 reps occursTask Group Meetings conducted Status updates provided in Confluence |
November 30th | Task Group Leader |
| Submit Interim Report | Interim Report submitted to Council and posted in Confluence | November 30th | Task Group Leader, FACT2 Chair |
| Submit CIT Abstract | Determination made on what CIT session will be and who will present itAbstract for CIT submitted | January 15th | Task Group Leader |
| Engage FACT2 Reps | Outreach to FACT2 reps occurs Task Group Meetings conducted Status updates provided in Confluence |
March 1st | Task Group Leader |
| Submit Interim Report | Interim Report and submitted to Council Interim report posted in Confluence |
Prior to March meeting with the Provost | Task Group Leader, FACT2 Chair |
| Meeting with Provost | Update to Provost providedFeedback received from Provost | March 31st | Task Group Leader, FACT2 Chair |
| Engage FACT2 Reps | Report from meeting provided to FACT2 Reps Final outreach to FACT2 Reps occurs Task Group Meeting Conducted |
May 1st | Task Group Leader |
| Deliver Final Report at CIT Session | Final report/paper developed CIT Session Designed Presenters Identified Materials developed Report/paper delivered |
CIT Conference (May) | Task Group Leader |
Assumptions
- Greater collaboration between academic community throughout SUNY and the SCUF is highly desirable.
- Collection of new and different data may be necessary to design and justify the learning spaces of the twenty-first century.
Communication Plan and Engagement of Stakeholders
- Provide access to ongoing data collection and space catalog development through the FACTT web site, the Confluence wiki site, and other digital dissemination channels.
- Report out the activities of the Learning Environment Subcommittee in one or more sessions and the annual SUNY CIT conference.
- Schedule an annual briefing to the SCUF management and/or the SUNY physical plant leadership.