2009 RTD Award Winners

(with Jared Danielson): Ioan Gelu Ioanas, Winner of the ECT Foundation’s 2009 Dean and Sybil McClusky Research Award for his research proposal entitled, “Self Explanation & Causal Reasoning"

(with Jim Klein): Ian Aronson, New York University – Winner of the Outstanding Featured Research Paper entitled, “Fine-tuning Educational Video: The Effect of Ethnic Concordance and Emotional Content in Educational Multimedia Video Presentations on HIV Prevention Knowledge and Behavior”

(with Jared Danielson): Khitam Azaiza, Winner of the ECT Foundation’s 2009 Dean and Sybil McClusky Research Award for her research proposal entitled, “Women’s Dialog and Distance Education: A University in the Arab World.”

Please join us at http://aectrtd.ning.com/

Building on the momentum of last week's 2009 AECT Convention, we have created a new social network for the AECT Research and Theory Division. We hope this site will help facilitate more communication and collaboration among division members as well as increase participation. Please join us at http://aectrtd.ning.com/. Feel free to post convention photos, participate in discussions, and/or just communicate with each other.

Zeni Colorado, Ph.D.
AECT Research and Theory President-Elect

Convention Photos

http://picasaweb.google.com/randtaect/Aect2009#

Special Events - AECT Convention in Louisville, KY

1) AECT Division and Affiliate Welcome Reception

- Wednesday - 10/28/09 -
Following the closing of the First General Session
Join in the fun to meet up with your long-standing colleagues and take an opportunity meet and welcome AECT convention first timers. Each AECT Division and/or Affiliated Organizations will be represented to answer questions regarding division/affiliated organizations planned for the upcoming year. Many dinner groups will form after the reception to carry on the evening.

2) Research & Theory Division and Design & Development Division Awards Luncheon - $30.00 - Thursday - 10/29/09 - 11:45 AM - 12:45 PM
Along with the Design & Development Division, the Research & Theory Divisions will present our annual awards recognizing outstanding achievements in the instructional design and research fields.

3) Relaxin' on the River - River Steamboat Cruise- $25.00 - Friday - 10/30/09 - Boarding begins at 8:00 PM for the 8:30 - 10:30 PM cruise.
Join the ECT Foundation aboard the oldest operating river steamboat in the U.S.Docked steps away from the Galt House, our Convention Hotel, this evening's cruise
offers you a memorable way to wind down this year's AECT Convention. View the cityscape as night descends; enjoy a variety of desserts while listening or dancing to the
music of AECT members Tom Atkinson, Greg Clinton and friends; explore the historic vessel; listen to the rush of water and the steady rhythm of the paddle wheel; all while
relaxing with your AECT friends and helping raise funds for ECT Foundation funded awards and scholarships. This is an evening event not to be missed!
Seating is limited so add your ticket to your registration for the 2009 AECT International Convention in Louisville.
Only $25 per person (dessert included)

To add the luncheon or cruise event to your registration, simply log into http://www.aect.org - go convention registration and - CLICK to REGISTER

I hope you can join your Research and Theory Division colleagues for these fine events!

Marc Childress
AECT Board of Directors Representative
Research and Theory Division

Dean and Sybil McClusky Research Award

The ECT Foundation's Dean and Sybil McClusky Research Award is presented to honor the most outstanding doctoral research proposal in educational technology, as selected by a jury of researchers from the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT).

The awardee receives a cash award of $500 with a plaque of achievement presented during the awards ceremony at the 2009 annual convention to be held October 27-31, 2009 at Galt House Hotel and Suites (http://www.galthouse.com/), Louisville, Kentucky.

Criteria: Submitted proposals may follow acceptable formats of individual schools but must include at least:
1.The definition of the problem including a statement of significance.
2.A review of pertinent literature.
3.Research hypothesis to be examined.
4.Research design and procedures including statistical techniques.
Applicants must be presently enrolled in a doctoral program in educational technology and have obtained committee acceptance of their proposal.

Intention Statement:The winner will be expected to sign a statement of the effect that he/she will complete the proposed doctoral study in accordance with the sponsoring university's graduate school policies (including any time limitations) or be required to return the award received.

Deadline:Deadline for nominations is August 28th, 2009.

Submission Procedure:Prepare a cover letter that briefly discuss the background of your research project and include both yours and you advisor's contact information. Your proposal must be within 2000 words. The title page and the references are not included in this word count. Make sure that you address the criteria for this award in your proposal.

Please send your cover letter and proposals to AECT Research and Theory Division Past President Jared Danielson jadaniel@iastate.edu

Please click Here to download a complete document for more details.

New President-Elect for Next Year

Welcome to our new President-Elect for next year, Zeni Colorado. Dr. Zeni Colorado is an Assistant Professor in the Instructional Design and Technology Department at Emporia State University. Her research interests include issues related to the instructional design for online courses including, the self-regulated learning characteristics of students in the online learning environment, web accessibility issues, social community in the online classroom, and models for training and professional development.

AECT 2009: Submission deadline February 16th

Dear Member of the Research and Theory Division of the AECT,

The deadline for submissions to AECT 2009 has been changed. Convention proposals are being accepted until midnight February 16th. This year we encourage authors to submit their work in the following categories:
Category 1: Completed Study - Report findings from a study that is complete.
Category 2: Work in Progress - Report the progress of a study currently underway.
Category 3: Research Methodology - Report research methodologies that are interesting to the AECT community.

Authors can submit their work in any of the above categories that fit the interest of the R&T division interest, conference theme, and conference subthemes. We welcome proposals that fit the 3 categories in the traditional paper presentation format as well as the special features of this conference:
. Interdisciplinary panels
. Presentations at a distance
. Reflection papers
. Interactive workshops.

The accepted submissions can be published in the AECT Proceedings - this do not prohibit subsequent publication of an expanded and fully elaborated paper in a journal assuming that proper credit and citation of the AECT Proceedings is made and that the complete data analysis is not published in the Proceedings (rarely occurs due to length restrictions for the Proceedings). For details, please see the entire Call for Proposals at http://www.aect.org/events/call/

In addition, EARLY-BIRD registration is now available. Members and Nonmembers who register before Feb. 9th can save $160.00 from the regular registration. For details, please check http://www.aect.org/events/registration/