RTD October 2014 Newsletter

RTD Professional Development Webinar

This 30 minute webinar will provide an overview of the events, meetings, and sessions from the Research and Theory Division of AECT at the 2014 International Convention. The presentation will also include a discussion of the featured research sessions being offered both by our division as well as sessions we are cosponsoring with other divisions. We hope you will join us for these highlights from our division.

• Webinar Date/Time: October 23 (Thu.) at 1:00 pm (EST)
• Topic: AECT 2014 RTD sessions and highlights
• Presenter: Dr. Jonathan McKeown (RTD President Elect)
• Click on the link below to register!

2014 Research & Theory Division Award Result!

2014 AECT Young Researcher Award

Presented to Sungwon Shin* with Thomas A. Brush & John Saye
*Indiana University
“The Use of Technology-Enhanced Cases in Teacher Education: An Interpretive Case Study” Led by Krista Glazewski, Indiana University, Award Chair

Dean and Sybil McClusky Research Award

Sponsored by the ECT Foundation and AECT's Research & Theory Division


Presented to Erkan Er 


The University of Georgia


“Help-Seeking among College Students via a Social Networking Site – EchoLu”

Outstanding Journal Article Award

Sponsored by AECT's Research & Theory Division
Presented to Dirk Ifenthaler
Deakin University
“Development and validation of a learning analytics framework: Two case studies using support vector machines”
Published in Technology, Knowledge and Learning

Outstanding Book Award

Sponsored by AECT's Research & Theory Division

No award this year.

Outstanding Research and Theory Division-Sponsored Accepted Proposal

Sponsored by AECT’s Research & Theory Division
Presented to Bo Young Yoon*, Jong Tae Lee*, Ikseon Choi**, Seokjin Choi*,
Tae-Hee Kim*, Hye Rin Roh* & Byoung Doo Rhee*
*Inje University College of Medicine, **The University of Georgia
“Using Standardized Patients vs. Video Cases as a Method of Representing Clinical Problems in Problem-Based Learning ”

2014 AECT/NSF Early Career Symposium Result!

Please join us in congratulating 2014 AECT/NSF Early Career Symposium Participants! These are the participants for the 2014 Early Career Symposium sponsored by the National Science Foundation: Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies.

Junior Faculty
Dr. Eunjung (Grace) Oh, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Michael Rook, Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Kun Huang, Mississippi State University
Dr. Xiaojun Chen, St. John's University, Queens, NY
Dr. Royce Kimmons, University of Idaho
Dr. So Mi Kim, University of Missouri
Dr. Akesha Horton, Concordia University Chicago
Dr. Bertha Adriana D Alba, University of West Georgia

Doctoral Students
Jamie Loizzo, Purdue University
Tiffany Roman, Indiana University
Yeol Huh, Indiana University
Sylvia Rogers, University of South Alabama
Yunjeong Chang, University of Georgia
Jenny Wakefield, University of North Texas
WooRi Kim, Purdue University
Zerrin Ondin, Virginia Tech

The symposium will be held on Tuesday, November 4 and Wednesday, November 5 at the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront in Jacksonville, Florida.

RTD's Featured Research Presentation Info

Featured Research - Examining Differences between Facilitated and Non-Facilitated Case Discussions: Extent and Quality of Problem Space Coverage (RTD)

• Time: Wed., Nov 5, 2:15 to 3:15pm, 2nd Level, Grand 7
• Full Session: Concurrent Session
• Presenter(s): Peg Ertmer and Adrie Koehler, Purdue University

Featured Research - Facilitating Variable-Length Computerized Classification Testing In Massively Open Online Contexts Via Automatic Racing Calibration Heuristics (RTD)

• Time: Fri., Nov 7, 9:15 to 10:15am, 2nd Level, Grand 7
• Full Session: Concurrent Session
• Presenter(s): Andrew Barrett and Ted Frick, Indiana University