October 11, 2023
October 10th News & Notes
Tags: AECT, Association for Educational Communications and Technology, cyber school, education, high school, newsletter, research, virtual school
A newsletter from the Association of Educational Communications and Technology. Note that both the Distance Learning Division and the Teacher Education Division have been quite friendly to K-12 distance, online, and/or blended learning sessions at past conferences.
October 10th, 2023
AECT Fellows Announcement
Information About the Fellows
The AECT Fellows Program is an honor bestowed upon members with exemplary or groundbreaking educational communications and technology accomplishments.
The AECT Fellows will be recognized during the 2023 Convention in Orlando, FL, and will be expected to participate in AECT activities and showcase their achievements during the following year and/or the 2024 national convention.
Dr. Florence Martin
Professor at North Carolina State University
Dr. Florence Martin is a Professor in Learning Design and Technology at North Carolina State University. She received her Doctorate and Master’s degrees in Educational Technology from Arizona State University. Prior to her current position, she was a Full Professor at University of North Carolina Charlotte and a tenured Associate Professor at University of North Carolina Wilmington for 15 years. She has worked on instructional design projects for Shoolini University, Viridis Learning, Maricopa Community College District, University of Phoenix, Intel, Cisco Learning Institute, and Arizona State University. Dr. Martin engages in research to create transformative learning experiences through effective design and integration of digital teaching and learning innovations. In recent years,she has researched on the design of online and digital learning environments and cybersecurity education. She has published the results of her research in several leading journals in the field of educational technology including Educational Technology Research and Development, Computers and Education,British Journal of Educational Technology, Internet and Higher Education,Educational Research Review, and Educational Technology & Society. She has received over 2 million dollars in funding from the National Science Foundation to support her research. Her research has resulted in over 115 publications and175 presentations. Dr. Martin served as the President of Multimedia Production Division and as the President of the Division of Distance Learning for Association for Educational Communications and Technology. She also served as the Vice President for Marketing and Communications with International Society for Performance Improvement Charlotte and as Director-at-Large for International Board of Standards for Training, Performance and Instruction. She is currently serving as the AERA Division C Section Chair for Engineering and Computer Science, and on the board for North Carolina Virtual Public Schools and as a Senior Associate Editor for Online Learning Journal. She has won awards for teaching, research and service from Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT), Online Learning Consortium (OLC), United States Distance Learning Association (USDLA), and Professional, Continuing and Online Education Association (UPCEA). More details can be found at https://florencemartin.wordpress.ncsu.edu/about-me/.
Charles M. Reigeluth
Professor Emeritus, Indiana UniversityDr. Charles Reigeluth is a world-renowned educational researcher and consultant. He received a B.A. in Economics from Harvard University in 1969 and a Ph.D. in Instructional Psychology from Brigham Young University in 1977. He taught high school science for three years, was a professor in the Instructional Design, Development, and Evaluation program at Syracuse University for 10 years, was a Professor in the Instructional Systems Technology Department at Indiana University for 25 years, and was chairman of the IST Department for three years. His research focuses on paradigm change in public education, including the design of high-quality personalized, competency-based, learner-centered learning experiences, the design of technology systems to support such learning experiences, the process for transforming school systems to the learner-centered paradigm of education, guidance for conducting research-to-improve, or formative research, and guidance for developing practical design theory based on the situations-methods framework for all of these lines of inquiry.
Reigeluth facilitated a paradigm change process in the Decatur Township Schools in Indianapolis for 11 years to develop more knowledge about how to help school systems to transform to the learner-centered paradigm. He is internationally known for his work on instructional methods and design theories. He has published 13 books and over 200 journal articles and chapters on those subjects, and eight of his books received an “outstanding book of the year” award from the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT). Among his numerous awards are the “Distinguished Service” award from AECT in 2001, the “Honored Alumnus” award from Brigham Young University’s School of Education in 2002, and the Special Service Award from AECT in 2016.
Reigeluth’s most recent books are Merging the Instructional Design Process with Learner-Centered Theory: The Holistic 4D Model (2021), which incorporates many innovations into the instructional development process, including integrating learner-centered instructional theory into the ID process; Vision and Action: Reinventing Schools through Personalized Competency-Based Education (2020), which is the culmination of much of his work on paradigm change and instructional design theory; and Instructional-Design Theories and Models, Volume IV: The Learner-Centered Paradigm of Education (2017), an edited volume that describes some of the most important developments regarding the design of personalized competency-based, project-based, learner-centered education.
More information is available at
Call for Proposals:
The International Journal of Designs for Learning (IJDL) calls for proposals for a Special Section on Design Ethics in Learning Design. Please read the full CfP here (https://bit.ly/IJDL23CfP).
This Special Section will be Guest-Edited by Dr. Stephanie Moore (University of New Mexico), Dr. Colin M. Gray (Indiana University), and Dr. Victoria Abramenka-Lachheb (University of Michigan).
1000-word proposals are due October 31, 2023.
Journal of Applied Instructional Design (JAID)
Special Issue: Designing Extended Reality (XR) Environments and Experiences for Authentic LearningSpecial Issue Editors:
Victoria L. Lowell, Purdue University, vllowell@purdue.edu and Paula MacDowell, Ph.D. University of Saskatchewan, paula.macdowell@usask.caSpecial Issue Description:
For this special issue, we are interested in presenting current research in applied instructional design methods for utilizing VR, AR, MR, and other immersive technologies to foster authentic learning experiences. We are inviting articles that will provide readers with practical ideas, strategies, methods, and techniques on topics related to designing, implementing, and evaluating instruction using XR for authentic learning experiences. Furthermore, we seek contributions that provide evidence about the efficacy of XR technologies, including the challenges encountered during their application in authentic settings. The articles should inform the study and practice of immersive learning in preschool, K-12, higher education, or work-based contexts. We invite scholar-practitioner perspectives to disseminate and develop new ideas in instructional design. We aim to share expertise, success stories, and lessons learned from failure.Article Proposals Due: October 15, 2023
Register for The Convention Reminder
We are 5 days away from our annual convention!
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THE CONVENTION
Remember to also sign up for our workshops & meal events. We have a fabulous line-up of workshops from our members that we encourage you to attend!
VIEW THE FULL LIST OF WORKSHOPS HERE
As a reminder, tomorrow is the LAST DAY to register for AECT Meal events before the deadline ends on Wednesday, October 11th. Make sure to secure your spot!
Everyone is invited to attend the International Division Dinner and Awards Ceremony on Tuesday, October 17, but registration is required before attending.
You can view all the add-on options and register for Meal Events by clicking on the link below.
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