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ISSA Events and Activities - Fall 2015

Dear ISLT family,

Here we are again, ready for a new and exciting semester! At ISSA, we are happy to announce the calendar of events and activities for this Fall. Please, mark your calendar and keep on checking your email for further details on the events and activities to come.

August 26, 5:30 pm, Morgan Studio: ISLT Students Meeting
If you are a new (or not so new) ISLT student and want to meet your fellow ISLT students for some peer-advise, join us at the first students meeting of the year.

September 5, 5 pm, College of Education area + Doak Campbell Stadium: Tailgating + FSU vs Texas State Football Game. 
The real Nole experience. If you have never watched a football game live, if you have never been to the Doak Campbell Stadium, if you have never sung together with other 80,000+ Noles, you should get started with your fellow ISLT students. Experienced Noles are welcome too! Please, “buy” your own free ticket.

September 20, 1-3 pm, The Rez: ISLT Potluck Lunch.
Join the ISLT family at our traditional Fall potluck. Bring your favorite food and drink and enjoy recipes from all over the world. Significant others are welcome.

September 25, 12-1 pm, location TBA: ISSA Professional Development Series – An introduction to AECT. 
Invited Speaker: Dr. Anne Mendenhall (University of Nevada, Las Vegas)
Come to learn about AECT, the most important professional organization in the ID&T field, with Dr. Anne Mendenhall, the AECT Design and Development Division director.

October 9, 12-1 pm, location TBA: ISSA Professional Development Series – Stimulating Learner Motivation: ARCS-V Model Characteristics, Applications, and Example. 
Invited Speaker: Dr. John Keller (Professor Emeritus, Florida State University)
We are honored to have Dr. John Keller talk about his ARCS-V model. In his words, “This presentation will describe how both instructional and motivational design play a role in the creation of effective and appealing learning environments and will then focus on the model formerly known as ARCS (attention, relevance, confidence, and satisfaction) which has recently been expanded to include the concept of volition; hence, ARCS-V model.”

October 30, 12-1:30 pm, location TBA: Research Mixer Session.
Come to practice your AECT presentation with us – good feedback guaranteed! To register, please, contact Fabrizio at ff11@my.fsu.edu.

November 19, 6-8 pm, location TBA: Movie Night. 
Join ISSA for another inspirational and fun movie night – the movie title will be announced soon. A discussion will follow the screening.

December 4, 6:30 pm, Sakura Sushi: Dinner.
Let’s end the semester the best way possible! Join your fellow ISLT students for great food and a lot of fun. Significant others are welcome.

For more information about ISSA and how to join our team, please, contact Fabrizio at ff11@my.fsu.edu or Ji Yae at jb11ab@my.fsu.edu.

We hope to see you all there!

The ISSA Team – Fabrizio, Jiyae, Kevin, Xinhao, Zhongrui, Zhaihuan, Devin

Photos: ISLT Master's Orientation, Last Thursday!

Last Thursday afternoon, we had our program orientation for new master students at Morgan. After having a great time of getting to know each other through an icebreaker activity, Jiyae Bong, a vice president of ISSA (Instructional Systems Student Association), introduced the ISSA group and upcoming social events. Sue Ebbers, one of our alumni, also visited and talked about Alumni Advisory Council & Mentorship program. At the end, Dr. Klein, Dr. Dennen, Dr. Darabi, and Dr. Ke shared information related to their master's degree career. This orientation was organized by Diana Martin, a master student, and Dr. Klein. It was a wonderful time to welcome our new master students together. We also had another orientation for online master students at 8 pm and Dr. Jeong and Dr. Ke were online to welcome our online students.

Congratulations to all summer 2015 ISLT graduates!

ISLT Faculty Conference Travels, Summer 2015

Dr. Shute to Present at Conference in Australia

Dr. Valerie Shute will share her research on Stealth assessment in video games at the Australian Council for Educational Research (ACER) 2015 Research Conference. The annual meeting theme will be "Learning assessments: Designing the future" and it will take place on August 16-18 in Melbourne, Australia.

In the presentation, she will explore how games can use stealth assessment to measure and support the learning of critical 21st century competencies. Also, she will share some examples within the context of a game called Physics Playground that she designed and developed with her team.

*Dr. Shute is the Mack and Effle Campbell Tyner Endowed professor in Education in the Department of Educational Psychology and Learning Systems (ISLT). In April, she received a 2015 Graduate Student Mentor Award.

Dr. Dennen Presented at Conference in China

Dr. Vanessa Dennen was invited as one of four featured speakers at the AECT (Association for Educational Communications and Technology) - LKAOE (Learning and Knowledge Analytics in Open Education) 2015 Summer International Research Symposium. It took place on June 16- 19 in Shanghai, China.

In her presentation, she highlighted some of the ways that analytics can be used to help better understand the interactions that take place among learners in an online setting. Also, she discussed uses ranging from modeling interactions to formative and summative assessments.

She also provided two preconference workshops. The topics were (1) Social Media MOOCs for Professional Development and (2) Badges, Credentials, and Other forms of assessment.

Dr. Ke Presented at Conference in Sweden

Dr. Fengfeng Ke shared her study, 'Immersive Simulation on Collaborative Learning about a Complex Dynamic Systems' at the International Conference on Computer Supported Collaborative Learning. The annual meeting theme was "Exploring the material conditions of learning: Opportunities and challenges for CSCL." And it took place on June 7-11 in Gothenburg, Sweden.

She examined the effect of Astronaut Challenge, an immersive, flight-simulation-based learning program, on the collaborative learning process and science knowledge development of ninth grade students.

The conference proceedings (volume 1 & volume 2) are available at their website. 

iThenticate Plagiarism Detection Software Now Available

The Office of Research announced that faculty, staff, and students now have access to an additional plagiarism detection tool called iThenticate.
iThenticate is an intellectual property verification tool designed to screen more scholarly works, such as dissertations, research proposals, journal articles, and conference presentations.
For more information about iThenticate and request an iThenticate account, please visit here.
And to learn more about avoiding plagiarism, please visit the Office of Research Compliance Program’s updated website on Research Misconduct.