CORE - Marvalene Hughes Research in Education Conference - April 1st, 2016

Join us at the Marvalene Hughes Research in Education Conference at the Stone Building on April 1st, 2016, 8:00AM - 2:00PM. Come and learn what our faculty members and students are studying, and get inspired! This conference is an annual event, organized by the Council on Research in Education (CORE) and aims to share current research projects of faculty and students at College of Education, Florida State University.

Take a look at the programs from here.
For future participation and information, check out the CORE webpage.

Look forward to seeing you there!

ISLT Spring Potluck Lunch, This Saturday!

Join us this Saturday, April 2, 1:00 to 3:00 pm for the traditional ISLT Spring Potluck Lunch.
Here is the detailed information:

• Where: @ Dr. Shute's home
• When: Saturday, April 2 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. 
• Who: You + family or guests. ISLT faculty, students, online students, administrators, and alumni are welcome! 
• Why: Because it's fun! Come meet your fellow students, faculty, and alumni in an informal setting and enjoy recipes from all over the world. 
• BYOF OR BYOD: Please, bring your own food or drink to share. This can be representative of your culture, your tastes, or your favorite aisle in the grocery store. ISSA will provide plasticware and drinks. 
• Need a ride?  Email Zhongrui (zy13c@my.fsu.edu). If you're willing to give people rides, please, also email Zhongrui.

See you on Saturday!

– The ISSA team (Zhongrui Yao, Kevin Smith, Fabrizio Fornara, Xinhao Xu, Zhaihuan Dai, Chen Sun, Logan Arrington, Devin Bedgio)

ISLT Exhibits at FSU DIGITECH 2016

Mark your calendar and save the date to attend the FSU DIGITECH event on March 30 (Wednesday) at Turnbull Conference Center. Several ISLT students will present their innovative projects, there.

Virtual Ancient Asia Project

• Project Team: Jewoong Moon (ISLT, FSU), Seungbeom Yu (Education, Chonnam National Univ) and Taehyeong Lim (ISLT, FSU)
• Project Oversight: Dr. Jeeheon Ryu 
• The team developed an immersive virtual environment themed with ancient Asian village, using Oculus Rift and Leap Motion.

Click here to learn more about the FSU DIGITECH 2016 event.

Save the Date: Our Next Spring Seminar (March 25, 11:30-12:30 PM), "Open Educational Resources in Florida Higher Education"

Dear ISLT Faculty, Alumni, and Students:

Mark your calendars! Save the date! Our next spring seminar will be March 25 from 11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. (EST). Kendall St. Hilaire and Nicole Kenna, and Alexis Carlson, alumni of the ISLT program who work with Indian River State College, will present on the use of Open Educational Resources in higher education in the state of Florida. Their work is part of an initiative to promote affordability for students, and the seminar is sure to be of interest to the faculty, alumni, and students of the ISLT program. We would love you to join us virtually if you cannot attend the session in Tallahassee in the Morgan Studio. Click here to join the session virtually through Adobe Connect.
Please click here to let us know if you will be attending.

NOTE: There will be no viewing session held in the Morgan Studio. Please plan to attend the seminar virtually.

Best,
The Spring Seminar Student-Alumni Team

ISSA: Nominate a ISLT Master Student for the VIce President of ISSA

Dear. ISLT students,

To better serve the whole ISLT student community, we would like to have a master student to be the Vice President of ISSA and help us reach everyone in the program. The vice presidency may last for half a year to one year, considering that some master students may graduate within a year. We welcome any master student to nominate yourself or someone who would be a good fit for the position.

Some of the vice President's duties include:

• Identify challenges encountered by master students
• Organize activities to address needs of master students
• Represent ISSA at the annual Fall EPLS Orientation. 

Your experience as the vice president will be surely a rewarding one, and a shining point on your resume. So if you are interested in this position, please respond by emailing me (zy13c@my.fsu.edu) with a self-nomination. Students in the program may also nominate any master student by emailing me the name of the nominees. In case a nomination is made on someone's behalf, the nominee will be contacted to confirm interest in the position. The nomination period will remain open from March 16. We are looking for nominations…

Thanks for your support to ISSA!

Best,
Zhongrui Yao (ISSA)

RSVP now for ISLT Alumni Mini-Conference 2016

Dear ISLT Students,

Please take this short online survey if you are planning to attend 2016 Alumni Mini Conference which will start on the evening of Thursday, April 14th, and continue until noon on Friday, April 15th. You are also invited to the Friday evening drink & dinner event with the alumni of our program. Also, we would like to hear if you are willing to help us at the conference as a volunteer. The conference will be at no cost to students.

Survey link (if the link doesn’t work, you can copy and paste it in the web browser): https://fsu.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_aY7oSupsLxQqQTP

Please contact me at yy13@my.fsu.edu if you have any questions.
I hope to see many of you at the conference.

Yasin

Upcoming Event: ISSA Student Meeting, This Friday!

Hi, ISLT family,

We have an upcoming event on Friday. Please join us and talk about any issues you have.
Please mark your calendar:

• March 18 (Friday), 12:00-1:00PM, Morgan room, student meeting to talk about courses, research, papers, etc.

-Zhongrui Yao (ISSA)

ISL Brown Bag Series - Dr. Fengfeng Ke will be discussing innovative uses of cyberlearning technology on March 16th.

Dr. Fengfeng Ke will have her presentation entitled "Innovative Uses of Cyberlearning Technology" at Institute for Successful Longevity (ISL) Brown Bag Series.
Mark your calendars for Noon March 16th. The place will be Shores Building, The Collaboratory - Goldstein Library.

Dr. Dennen will give a keynote speech at MDLA Spring Conference, March 10th

Dr. Vanessa Dennen will give a speech as a keynote speaker at Maryland Distance Learning Association (MDLA) Spring Conference on March 10th, 2016.

This full-day conference provides opportunities to share their research and experience on distance learning through networking, demonstrations, and hands-on opportunities for learning.

Click here to see the schedule for the day.
For more information, visit the MDLA website at:
http://marylanddla.org/index.php/events/spring-conference