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02/08/2020

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02/05/2020

The University at Buffalo Libraries invite you to join us for
Knowledge Frontiers: From the Classroom to the Operating Room.

Thursday, March 19th, 2020 from 9:00 am –12:30 pm
University at Buffalo Center for Tomorrow

This informative and inspiring half-day symposium will explore the issues surrounding ethics, virtual and augmented realities, and 3D printing technologies in both traditional and clinical medical education environments.

Breakfast and a snack will be provided. Cost of attendance is $35. Advance registration is required.

Please register here.

Speakers:
- Keynote speaker Maya Georgieva is the Director of Education Futures and XReality Center at the New School in New York City and the co-founder of Digital Bodies, an award-winning website focusing on VR/AR/MR and their impact on media and society. Her talk is titled “XR and Ethics: Living in a World of Abundant Experiences.”
- Mike Springer, Vice President of Technology and Operations for the Jacobs Institute (JI) in Buffalo, NY, oversees all aspects of technology, including engineering, product development, and program management for the i2R, Idea to Reality Center, at the JI. He has helped to establish the JI as a leader in 3D printing of vascular flow models.
- Ken Fujiuchi, Emerging Technology Librarian at the E.H. Butler Library at SUNY Buffalo State College, and Joe Riggie, Head of Information Management at the E.H. Butler Library at SUNY Buffalo State College, will speak about “Libraries in the Age of Extended Reality: Changing the way we think about discovery, access, and preservation of information.”
- Dr. Mojgan Matloob Haghanikar, a physics and astronomy educator at SUNY Polytechnic Institute, is a founder of a start-up called VISTA LINKS SCIENCE LABS (VLS labs). Their aim is to use augmented reality platforms in teaching sciences, engineering, and workforce training. Her presentation is titled, “Cyberlearning with Augmented Reality (AR): Use cases of AR in science and engineering education.”

There will also be 5-minute lightning presentations by our sponsors Crosswater Digital Media, iTours 360VR, The Law Office of Stephanie Adams (LOSA) PLLC, Microsoft, and zSpace.
More details, including the full schedule, are coming soon.

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02/05/2020

Experiential learning to expose students to science and art in unique ways. http://bit.ly/2H0uOMQ "Nonhuman collaboration
Students from PS 192 Buffalo Academy recently got some hand-on experience with DNA, microbes and the tools of science to create living artwork during a workshop presented by Coalesce: Center for Biological Art." Photos: Meredith Forrest Kulwicki

12/20/2019

Save the date!
*Knowledge Frontiers: From the
Classroom to the Operating Room*
March 19, 2020, University at Buffalo, Center for Tomorrow

You are invited to join the University at Buffalo Libraries for an informative and inspiring half-day symposium. This second annual symposium will explore the issues surrounding ethics, virtual and augmented realities and 3D printing technologies in both traditional and clinical medical education environments. Check-in begins at 8:15 am, with speakers beginning at 9. There will be plenty of opportunities for networking with colleagues and vendors. Further details and registration available in early 2020.

12/20/2019

Students incorporate experiential learning into their college experience through UB ELN's Project Portal. A great example of a project that students can get involved in is, "Building VR Neighborhoods and Moments for Dementia Patients." This project, in particular, would benefit greatly from having a few women undergrad STEM students get involved in the development, implementation, or research elements of this worthy endeavor. Cynthia Tysick is the Project Mentor.

Virtual Reality offers dementia patients the opportunity to relive happy moments in familiar surroundings from the comfort of their chair.

10/30/2019

UB Sam Abramovich, professor of learning and instruction, and director of the Open Education Research Lab receives an NSF grant to continue research on micro-credentials in education.

The award should help position UB as a national leader in the digital system of recognizing skill and knowledge.

08/28/2019

It's very cool to see one of UB's faculty featured on the recently released SUNY Open Educational Resources (OER) handout to help encourage the adoption of OER. Jessica Sloan Kruger is a great asset to UB and SUNY and she is also this year's FACT2 teaching excellence recipient. In talking with her, it is clear that she cares deeply about making a difference in student's lives.

07/15/2019

Registration is now open for Fall Case Study Teaching in Science Conference

Friday, Sept. 27 to Saturday, Sept. 28, 2019 • Buffalo, NY

The annual Fall Case Study Teaching in Science Conference, led by Clyde (Kipp) Herreid, SUNY Distinguished Teaching Professor and director of the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science, offers sessions for both the beginner and advanced case study teacher.

Workshop sessions include teaching cases using backward design, multimedia learning principles, developing cases using biointeractive videos, high school methods of engaging students and more.

Joseph Kim, associate professor in psychology, neuroscience and behavior, McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, will address the general conference on "Motivating Durable Learning: Focused Attention Through Instructional Design."

> Learn more about the 2019 Fall Case Study Teaching in Science Conference

The case study method of teaching applied to college science teaching, from The National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science

07/12/2019

University at Buffalo faculty member, Stuart Inglis, is implementing virtual reality to give gross anatomy students new insight on the human body. http://bit.ly/ubvr071219

Working with Crosswater Digital Media, UB instructors use virtual reality to innovate the teaching of gross anatomy.