Recently two of the Health Science Librarians, Molly Higgins and Jamie Saragossi presented, “A Comparison of two 3D printing programs in Academic Library Settings” at the annual SUNY Librarians Association conference. The presentation highlighted how 3D printing is being introduced to students and adopted into health sciences curricula at different institutions.
Achieving the Dream (ATD) is not a tech tool, but it’s using technology to make college more accessible. ATD awarded grants to 38 community colleges across 13 states to transition their entire degree programs from traditional textbooks to open educational resources (OER). This will save their students an estimated $1,300
Bizness Apps is a suite of app building tools that is focused on small businesses, but they have just made their tools free for students to help encourage young entrepreneurs. Bizness Apps’ own founder launched the platform when he was just 21 and started the initiative to give other young
Ball State Achievements is an app created by Ball State University to help improve retention by reinforcing positive behaviors outside of class. The app was inspired by weight loss apps that incentivize small positive changes to help inspire big results. By engaging with the University through academics, athletics, culture, and
Formative is a realtime feedback app that lets instructors connect with their students in moments of learning. Instructors can load questions into the formative app and students can log on with their own devices using a classroom key. Once everyone is connected, the instructor can watch as students work through
Looking for information and resources in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics? The SBU Libraries have a new STEM web page to provide easy access to all of our STEM resources and to connect you to our expert librarians in the sciences, technology, and the health sciences. This site provides easy
The North Reading Room is now open. While furniture placement and construction continues, please test out the new furniture and spaces and let us know what you think at bit.ly/LibraryFurniture. The Central Reading Room will be closed for construction through the summer and will reopen in Fall Semester 2016. Thank
Tableau is a data visualization and sharing tool that makes it easy to create meaningful charts and stories around all kinds of data. The tool, which is available in both free and paid versions, has a simple drag-and-drop organization that can help all levels of users look like data wizards.
2U has seen a lot of excitement lately! They lost their president, Jim Shelton, to Mark Zuckerberg’s education initiative, but they also recently announced impressive profits and exciting continuations with their higher education partners. 2U is an online education platform that uses synchronous engagement and real world experiences to provide
Michael Huang, Coordinator of the Office of Global Library Initiatives and Health Sciences Librarian, presented “The evolving role of academic health sciences libraries and librarians” at the Capital Medical University Library, Beijing, China, on Wednesday, April 20, 2016.
