Achievements

Angela Thering, lecturer of adult education, was awarded a 2026 SUNY Online Effective Practice Award for her practice: Developing Students' A.I. Fluency Through Custom Prompts and Persona-based Instructional Design. The practice is implemented in a graduate online instructional design course in the Adult Education Program (ADE 608). It centers on a multiphase, persona-based learning sequence that builds AI literacy and fluency through targeted learning activities. This is the second consecutive SUNY Online Effective Practice Award for Dr. Thering and the fourth SUNY Online Award for the Buffalo State Adult Education Program.