Call for Participants: 2014 Early Career Symposium

AECT's Research and Theory Division announced the call for participants for the 2014 Early Career Symposium sponsored by the National Science Foundation: Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies. The symposium will engage participants in a day and a half of focused career mentoring and networking. It will also reimburse each participant with $200 for transportation, 2 nights at the convention hotel, and convention registration fee.

• When: November 4 (full day) and November 5 (half day), 2014
• Where: At the annual AECT International Convention (the Hyatt Regency Jacksonville Riverfront in Jacksonville, Florida)
• Application Deadline: September 20th, 2014

The intended outcomes

• Mentoring of doctoral student into the social/professional network as partners in ideation, prototyping, idea execution, and knowledge curation;
• Supporting early-career faculty and doctoral students in developing viable short- and long-term cyberlearning research agendas;
• Providing specific feedback and guidance to early-career faculty and doctoral students about their research agendas (e.g. how to build a research agenda, pursue funding, and maintain successful collaborations);
• Expanding and strengthening the cyberlearning community by creating a community of researchers committed to designing the next generation of learning technologies and increasing understanding of how people learn in technology rich-learning environments.

Eligibility

• Must be AECT members in good standing
• Must have not participated in a previous Early Career Symposia
• Must be current doctoral graduate students or faculty (within first five years of career) 
• Applicants will be selected based upon their strength of argument for participation. Additionally, the Review Panel seeks to accept a diverse group of scholars representing the entirety of the membership of AECT. 

Application

Doctoral Graduate Student applicants

• Cover letter discussing career goals, including description of dissertation and progress toward completion. Also, it should discuss how they are qualified for the Early Career Symposium and how it would benefit their careers (limit to a single page)
• Updated Curriculum Vita 
• Statement Supporting participation from dissertation advisor (limit to one paragraph)

Faculty applicants

• Cover letter providing a career statement as well as discussing why they would like to attend the Early Career Symposium, how they are qualified and how it would benefit their careers (limit to a single page)
• Updated Curriculum Vita

Please follow this link to learn more about this symposium!