Thursday 29 September 2011

Seminar Speaker: Cindy Grabe

Don't miss out on hearing about iPads in education! Last week Dr. Reiser discussed how one of the trends in our field is mobile learning...tomorrow Cindy Grabe hones in on the subject talking specifically about iPads in education.

Who: Cindy Grabe, Technology Education Specialist at University of North Dakota, Apple Distinguished Educator, and Google Certified Teacher
What:  iPads in Education
When: Tomorrow, Friday (9/30) 12:00-:1:00pm
Where: STB 3303

See you all tomorrow afternoon!

Tuesday 20 September 2011

Seminar Speaker: Bob Reiser

Dr. Bob Reiser will present on Ten Trends Affecting the Field of Instructional Design and Technology this Friday (9/23). 

The presentation will be from 12:00-1:30pm (Please note that this seminar will last 1.5 hours).

Not only is Dr. Reiser a faculty member in our department, he is now the Associate Dean of Research for the College of Education. If you didn't have the pleasure of having Dr. Reiser teach one of your courses, take this time to meet Dr. Reiser and learn about top trends in IDT. If you know Dr. Reiser and have taken one of his classes, then you know what a great seminar this will be! 


See you all on Friday. 

Call for Articles: Games and simulations in social sciences education

Academic Exchange Quarterly <http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/index.htm>

Summer 2012, Volume 16, Issue 2

Expanded issue up to 400+ pages.
Articles on various topics plus the following special section: Games and simulations in social sciences education


Feature Editor:
Maria Mavrommati
PhD Program Leader, Lecturer
AKMI Metropolitan College
Thessaloniki, Greece <http://www.amc.edu.gr/>


Focus:
The proposed issue will focus on electronic games and simulations applications in the social sciences classroom. Strategies and methods of teaching history, sociology, cultural studies, economics, philosophy, political science etc. in primary, secondary or tertiary education settings with the use of computer games is of primary interest to this special issue. We welcome papers on theoretical as well as practical research on the field.

Who May Submit: 
Submissions by academic and independent researchers, graduate students,<http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/rufengs.htm> teachers, games and simulations industry etc. Please identify your submission with keyword: GAMES



Article submission deadline: End of February 2012

See details for other deadline options like early, regular, and short. <http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/rufen1.htm#date

Early submission offers an opportunity to be considered for Editors' Choice<http://www.rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/edchoice.htm>



Submission Procedure:

Sunday 4 September 2011

First Fall IS Seminar Speaker: Doretta Gordon, PhD 9/9/2011

Please join us for the first IS seminar of the 2011-2012 school year. It will be Friday, September 9th.

Seminar is an event for the whole IS community. Seminar speakers share their experiences in the field as both practitioners and researchers. The faculty encourage students to attend seminar  not only to learn more about the happenings in the field but to take time to get know others in the program. Seminar is streamed online for our online students. Look for a message next week with the information to join us online.

Seminar Date: Friday 9/9
Time: 12:00 noon-1:00pm
Location: STB 3303
Speaker: Doretta Gordon, PhD
Doretta is an IS @ FSU alum, and she works for Southwest Research Institute where she is the Director of the Emerging Training and Performance Technologies Department. The seminar topic will be Expert Knowledge Transformation. "We depend on the experts in our organizations.  But what happens when they walk out the door, taking all that valuable wisdom with them?  Loss of expert knowledge has crippled organizations, causing them to have to recreate or rebuild their corporate advantage. Expert Knowledge Transformation is a 5-step process to proactively capture the tacit wisdom and turn it into valuable learning content to build up the workforce and extend the corporate ROI."