Hello AECT RTD members!
We hope you are having a great start to the 2013 - 2014 academic year. We are sending out our first RTD newsletter. The newsletter will inform you about news, announcements, and events related to AECT and the Research & Theory Division.
RTD is Looking for Facilitators!
AECT Member Campaign
We hope you are having a great start to the 2013 - 2014 academic year. We are sending out our first RTD newsletter. The newsletter will inform you about news, announcements, and events related to AECT and the Research & Theory Division.
RTD is Looking for Facilitators!
- Help us facilitate one of our sessions during the 2013 annual conference.
- Facilitating a session means:
- Introducing the speakers
- Keeping track of speaker time
- Collecting evaluation forms at the end of the session.
- Please visit the link below and add your name and e-mail address next to the session that you are interested in facilitating
- Sign-up Sheet to Facilitate an RTD Session
AECT Member Campaign
- Share AECT with friends, colleagues, and students
- Feel free to request AECT brochures: aect@aect.org
- The Join AECT promo: http://aect.org/join/
- Reward for each division: 50 new members per division equals $250 to division board
- Start recruiting!
AECT Strategic Plan
- AECT has an ongoing examination of their strategic plan
- More updates will be provided after the next AECT board meeting
- Remaining Town Hall Meeting Dates/Times (all times Eastern):
- Outcome 2: Wednesday, August 21, 3 p.m.
- Outcome 2: Thursday, August 22, 4 p.m.
- Outcome 3: Wednesday, August 28, 3 p.m.
- Outcome 3: Friday, August 30, 11 a.m.
Congratulations to our RTD award winners!
Outstanding Book Award:
Conducting Educational Design Research
By: Susan McKenney and Thomas Reeves
Published by Routledge
Outstanding Journal Article Award:
Examining the effects of computer-based scaffolds on novice teachers’ reflective journal writing
By: Guolin Lai and Brendan Calandra
Published in Educational Technology Research & Development
Dean and Sybil McClusky Research Award:
An examination of direct and indirect effects of instructor feedback, students’ feedback orientation, and goal orientation on students’ motivation and performance in online learning
By: Serdar Abaci
Outstanding Research and Theory Division-sponsored Presentation Award
Examining Student Engagement in the Problem Space Afforded by
Case-based Discussions
By: Peg Ertmer and Adrie Koehler
RTD Board Members Recent Publications
- Baran, E., Correia, A.-P. & Thompson, A. (2013). Tracing successful online teaching in higher education: Voices of exemplary online teachers. Teachers College Record, 115(3). p. -. Retrieved from https://www.tcrecord.org/library/abstract.asp?contentid=16896
- Gikas, J. & Grant, M. M. (2013). Mobile computing devices in higher education: Student perspectives on learning with cellphones, smartphones & social media. The Internet and Higher Education, 19, 18-26. doi: 10.1016/j.iheduc.2013.06.002
- Grant, M.M. & Barbour, M.K. (2013). Mobile teaching and learning in the classroom and online: Case studies in K-12. In Z. Berge & L. Muilenburg (Eds.), Handbook of mobile learning (pp. 285–292). New York, NY: Routledge.
- Liu, M., Horton, L., Kang, J., Kimmons, R., and Lee, J. (2013). Using a ludic simulation to make learning of middle school space science fun. International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations, 5(1).
- Romero, E.J. (2013). Training Effects of Adaptive Emotive Responses from Animated Agents in Simulated Environments (doctoral dissertation). Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA.
- Tamim, S.R. & Grant, M.M. (2013). Definitions and uses: Case study of teachers implementing project-based learning. Interdisciplinary Journal of Problem-based Learning, 7(2). Available at http://dx.doi.org/10.7771/1541-5015.1323
- Veletsianos, G., Kimmons, R., and French, K. (2013). Instructor experiences with a social networking site in a higher education setting: Expectations, frustrations, appropriation, and compartmentalization. Educational Technology Research & Development, 61(2), 255-278.
- Yusop, F., & Correia, A.-P. (2013). The benefits and Challenges of Implementing Service-learning in an Advanced Instructional Design and Technology Curricula: Implications for Teaching Professional Courses. The New Educational Review, 32(2), 220-232.