RTD September 2013 Newsletter

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!

• Help us facilitate one of our sessions during the 2013 annual conference.
• Facilitating a session means: 
1. Introducing the speakers
2. Keeping track of speaker time
3. 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.