2021 AECT ISLT Presenters
Instructional Systems and Learning Technologies (ISLT)
Tuesday, November 2
- 7:30 am - 8:20 am CDT
- CLT- Innovate! Diversify Your Constructs, Theories, Citations and Reading Lists (h)
- Chia-Wei Hsu
- This study uses Internet archive data to identify how people from an Asian country deliver, use, and create knowledge of studying abroad on two local social media channels, demonstrating how informal learning occurs. These findings will help people serving international students, especially educators, researchers, and administrators in higher education settings, understand the experiences and perspectives of the application process and university life from Taiwanese international students.
- 7:30 am - 8:20 am CDT
- Networked Knowledge Activities by Spanish-speaking English Language Learners on Facebook
- Dawn Adolfson
- This poster will review how Spanish-speaking use networked knowledge activities (NKAs) to learn English as a second or foreign language using Facebook groups and in which language the posts are written and what language content is being learned. The target audience for this study is language educators and learners that will benefit from seeing how NKAs can be facilitated by the Facebook group platform and what language concepts are being learned and practiced.
Wenesday, November 3
- 12:15 pm - 1:15 pm CDT
- Systematic Literature Reviews and Meta Analysis How-tos
- Dana AlZoubi of Iowa State University, Hajeen Choi, Curtis J. Bonk of Indiana Unversity, Vanessa Dennen, Florence Martin of University of North Carolina Charlotte
- Palmer, Wilson
- Systematic review is a research methodology that aims to examine secondary data by retrieving, synthesizing, and assessing existing knowledge on a subject in a logical, transparent, and analytical manner (Martin et al., 2020). The increase in primary research on learning technologies and environments has led to a need for systematic approaches to conduct secondary research and analyses. This panel features three educational technology leaders who recently edited a special issue of ETR&D on systematic reviews and meta-analyses of emerging learning technologies and environments.
- Exploring future instructional designers’ perceptions of and practices for online problem-based learning
- Chih-Pu Dai, Yujin Park, Anita Mitchell
- Palmer, Indiana
- In this sequential mixed-methods study, we explored future instructional designers’ online Problem-Based Learning (PBL) perceptions and practices. Qualitative data were collected with semi-structured interviews; quantitative data were collected with surveys. Results showed a distinction between theoretical epistemic beliefs and technology integration. Further, face-to-face and online PBL were perceived to be equally effective; but there was a significant difference between usefulness, feasibility, and expected frequency of designing PBL for each environment. Suggestions and implications were discussed.
- Non-Instructional Interventions to Support Teaching and Learning Affordances in Distance Learning Environments
- Jill Stefaniak of University of Georgia, Lauren Bagdy
- Palmer, Kimball
- In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, the rapid pivot to distance learning illuminated many systemic challenges impacting both teaching and learning online. In this presentation, we discuss these challenges and how non-instructional strategies can be implemented to support teachers and learners in distance learning environments in P-12 contexts. We present practical, achievable strategies, which are applicable both now and post-pandemic to support P-12 distance learning initiatives.
- 2:45 pm - 3:45 pm CDT
- Presidential Panel: Systematic Reviews of Research on Distance Learning
- Ayesha Sadaf of University of North Carolina Charlotte, Larisa Olesova of George Mason University, Florence Martin of University of North Carolina Charlotte, Dirk Ifenthaler of Unversity of Mannheim, Meina Zhu of Wayne State University, Yujin Park, Hajeen Choi, Ji Yae Bong* of Concordia University, Montreal
- This presidential panel will present, discuss, and share systematic literature reviews in the field of distance education. Specifically, the panelists will share their systematic reviews and the key findings from their studies on online teaching and learning, learning analytics, and MOOCs. The panelists will discuss current trends in the field of online teaching and learning, their views on the future of the field, and the directions for the areas of further research.
Thursday, November 4
- 8:45 am - 9:45 am CDT
- Complex Problems - Creative Solutions: Using Common Technologies to Gamify Professional Development and Visualize Participation Data
- Melissa K. Jones, Carla M. Nevarez of University of Central Florida
- Virtual, Chicago 6A
- The session offers ways in which common higher education technologies can be used as solutions to gamify professional development and streamline data visualization workflows. Multiple strategies will be presented, including a case study about a faculty leaderboard project. The project management plan, lessons learned, and initial data will be shared. This session will be valuable to those in educational development and instructional design environments where funding may be limited, but collaborative, creative solutions are valued.
- DELT- Consumer or Creator? College Students’ Social Media Use, Transmedia Literacies, and Informal Learning
- Vanessa Dennen, Dawn Adolfson, Bella Zaccor, Denasia Howard
- Virtual, Chicago 7A
- College students are heavy users of social media and related online environments, but does all of that time spent staring down at a smartphone translate into online consumption or creation? In this survey study, we explore college students’ self-reported online dispositions and skills and discuss implications for how these social media, informal learning, and transmedia literacies can be refined and applied in the higher education classroom.
- Build-Your-Own Support Systems: Identity-Agency and Professional Learning with Social Media
- Bret Staudt Willet
- Virtual, Chicago 5B
- This presentation focuses on identity-agency as a framework to better understand professional learning networks in social media research. The study addressed reasons why early career teachers construct support systems during induction, the skills and resources they seek, from whom, and how they use social media to expand the tools, people, and spaces available to them. Semi-structured interviews with nine early career teachers provided data for exploring how social media create new opportunities and tensions.
- 10:00 am - 11:00 am CDT
- Qualifications and Duties for IDT Faculty: A Job Posting Analysis and Panel Discussion
- Lauren Bagdy, Logan Arrington* of the University of West Virgina, Ji Yae Bong* of Concordia University Montreal, Alison Moore* of University of South Carolina, Bret Staudt Willet
- Palmer, Wilson
- This session will present the results of a job posting analysis that focused on tenure-track assistant professor positions in Instructional Design and Technology (IDT) from 2013 to 2020. We analyzed job postings to determine the qualifications, expectations, and application materials required for jobs as new faculty in IDT pertaining to research, teaching, and service. The session will include a panel discussion on how these findings transfer to new faculty experiences.
- Design matters: The impact of supports in a digital STEM learning game
- Ginny L. Smith, Fengfeng Ke, Valerie J. Shute
- Palmer, Indiana
- In this session, we explore the impact of students’ use of supports in a digital STEM learning game on various outcome measures. We examine the performance of eight distinct supports embedded in the game. Our results provide evidence that designing and implementing intrinsically integrated supports positively impacts student outcomes from gameplay. Based on our results we highlight emerging opportunities for research on the design and development of supports in digital learning games.
- 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm CDT
- Diversify Your Constructs, Theories, Citations and Reading Lists
- Katherine Walters of University of Georgia, Lili Yan of Utah State University, REbecca Clark-Stallkamp of Virginia Tech, Paula Marcelle of Indiana University, Kristin Herman of Old Dominion University, Kae Novak of University of Colorado Denver, Carla Fernandez-Soto of Purdue University, Chris Luchs of Colorando Communicty Colleges Online, Melissa K. Jones, and Juhong Christine Liu of James Madison University
- Palmer, Kimball
- Language, constructs, and theories have the potential to start the enactment of social justice. This is a crowd-sourced session based on webinars and readings done by the CLT critical studies doctoral student group and inspired by the Diversify Your Booklist: Developing Citation Practices at NCSU. It will begin by covering key concepts and vocabulary of critical race theory, intersectionality, and social justice work. Presenters have created a glossary, list of frameworks, annotated bibliography, readings, and recordings.
- Understanding students’ situational lurking behaviors and sentiments in online discussion
- Hajeen Choi, Dan He, Omer Arslan, Vanessa Dennen
- Palmar, Salon 10
- This qualitative study is a part of the larger study about graduate students’ feelings and experiences in online learning. This study investigates students’ lurking behavior and sentiments behind it. The interview data from 27 graduate students were analyzed to understand students’ situational lurking behaviors and their feelings in various situations. The findings highlight both positive and negative feelings associated with situational lurking behaviors depending on the reasons and timing of lurking.
- 2:15 pm - 3:15 pm CDT
- Asking Questions, Seeking Advice, and Supporting One Another: Higher Education Professionals on Reddit
- Bret Staudt Willet
- Palmer, Salon 2
- Higher education (HE) professionals (e.g., administrators, faculty, staff members) perceive the importance of professional development. Social media offer affordances allowing people to pursue just-in-time professional learning without geographical and temporal limitations. We explored participation, interaction, and major topics in Reddit by HE professionals over two summer periods in 2019 and 2020. Results show increased participation and interaction during COVID-19. Major topics shifted to pandemic-related discussions. Implications regarding using Reddit for professional learning are discussed.
- Using Social Network Analysis to Explore Interests, Collaborations, and Needs in an Academic Community
- Vanessa Dennen, Bret Staudt Willet, Anita Mitchell, Heather Kent
- Palmer, Salon 2
- This study reports findings of a social network-based study of an academic program. A survey was used to explore scholarly collaborations and interests among faculty and Ph.D. students. Findings show how social network analysis can help identify and describe the nature of existing collaborations (e.g., average number of collaborators, relationship to advisory clusters, peak years for within-community collaborations). This study suggests a protocol for evaluating academic program collaborations, which has implications for making program decisions.
- A New Age of Non-Cognitives: Measuring Persistence in Game-based Learning using Bayesian Exploratory Factor Analysis
- Curt Fulwider, Zhichun Liu* of Universtiy Massachusetts Dartmouth, Ginny L. Smith, Valerie J. Shute
- Virtual, Chicago 2A
- In our proposed research project, we will use Bayesian Exploratory Factor Analysis (BEFA) to explore and expand on the traditional measurement of participants’ persistence on completing levels within a game using log data. This proposal will demonstrate how the progress of GBL may improve the precision of methods for measuring non-cognitive constructs like persistence.
- 3:30 pm - 4:30 pm CDT - Gallery Walk Showcase
- Roundtable(v): INT-Undisclosed stories of International Instructors' Perspectives on Teaching and Course Design in United States Universities
- Palmer, Salon 4-9 - Gallery 02 Enmerging Technologies in Distance Learning
- Zhongrui Yao
- The number of international graduate students in the United States increased every year. International students with teaching experience are more likely to teach undergraduate students as teaching assistants or instructors in U.S. institutions. Even if the international instructors have been in the US for years, they still encounter cultural differences, in terms of teaching philosophy, course design, teaching pedagogies, classroom management, etc. The purpose of this research is to study three female international instructors’ perceptions on their course design, teaching pedagogy, class management, and assessment from their teaching experience in U.S. universities. We hope this autoethnography study will build a chance for people to deeper understanding the international instructors in U.S. universities.
- Roundtable: DDL-Temporal Temperaments: Deadlines and Student Participation Patterns in Online Courses
- Vanessa Dennen, Jaesung Hur
- Palmer, Salon 4-9 - Gallery 04 Distance Learning
- The deadline is Friday at 5 pm. Do you: (a) Begin working on your assignment Monday morning, in hopes of submitting by Wednesday? (b) Start Friday morning and hit the submit button at 4:59 pm? Or (c) Start mid-day Friday and submit it when it’s done and hope for instructor mercy? In this presentation, we present findings from a survey of online students that explores their approaches to deadlines on discussion boards and larger course assignments.
- Poster: KSET-A Systematic Literature Review of Factors of Lurking in Online Discussion Activities
- Jaesung Hur
- Palmer, Salon 4-9 - Gallery 04 Distance Learning
- This study aims to identify the factors of learners’ lurking behavior in online courses through a systematic literature review. Findings show that various factors affect learners’ decisions on lurking behavior: learners’ characteristics, interaction with others, and the course design and implementation. This paper then compares the factors between formal and informal learning contexts and discusses possible instructional interventions to encourage learners to contribute more actively and visibly in online discussion activities.
- Poster: DELT-Learning by Making: The Pedagogical Potential of Plane-detection Augmented Reality for Learning Geometry
- Hun hui Na, Allan Jeong
- Palmer, Salon 4-9 - Gallery 06 Emerging Learning Technology
- The purpose of the study is to investigate the pedagogical potentials of plane-detection augmented reality (AR) for learning geometry. The plane-detection AR can allow students to make 3D shapes in real-world contexts and to foster an understanding of mathematical concepts inherent with geometric shapes. Based on the pedagogical potentials discussed, we propose a mobile plane-detection AR application developed and a pilot study design.
- Poster: DELT-Using Machine Learning for Enriching Folding Nets Learning Activities to Develop Spatial Ability
- Hun hui Na, Allan Jeong
- Palmer, Salon 4-9 - Gallery 06 Emerging Learning Technology
- The importance of spatial ability has been emphasized in mathematics curricula worldwide and learning about nets is one effective way to develop spatial ability. The purpose of the study is to discover and evaluate numerous kinds of nets shapes with folding sequences by employing machine learning (ML) to enrich the learning activities of folding nets. This poster also presents instructional strategies and proposes a study design based on the findings of the research.
- Poster: D&D-A Systematic Review of Empirical Evidence of the Learning Games in Math EducationDeEmerging Learning Technology
- Palmer, Salon 4-9 - Gallery 09 Designing with Games
- Chih-Pu Dal, , Yanjun Pan*, Fengfeng Ke
- The current review conducted a systematic search of databases to select relevant empirical studies that use the learning games for math education in K12 from time period of 2008 to 2018. Thirty-one papers were identified using a data extraction pro-forma. The findings revealed that the diversity of research was still the most notable feature. More empirical studies that focus on game-based learning in the field of mathematical education, especially qualitative studies, are warranted.
- Poster(v): CLT-American Teenagers’ Use of Social Media to Learn about College
- Daeun Jung
- Palmer, Salon 4-9 - Gallery 11 Design and Distance Learning in Higher Ed
- The primary purpose of this literature review is to synthesize the previous studies on teenagers’ learning about college through social media. I first give an overview of the features of the reviewed studies. Then, I review the literature by focusing on how teenagers learn about college through social media and what are some challenges and limitations in this process if any. Based on the findings from the literature review, I offer educational practitioners and researchers some suggestions for supporting teenagers considering postsecondary education.
- Poster(v): CLT-Literature Review: International Students' Social Networking Sites Usage and Cross-cultural Adaptation
- Dan He
- Palmer, Salon 4-9 - Gallery 13 International Perspectives
- International students come to study in the U.S. for academic and professional pursuits. However, research suggests that they encountered various challenges while studying abroad, affecting their mental well-being and academic achievement. This paper reviewed literature about social network sites (SNSs) usage with cross-cultural adaptation in three dimensions (social, psychological, and academic adjustment). Most studies were conducted through interviews, online surveys, and self-report. Conflicting results were found across studies. Directions for future studies are discussed.
- Roundtable(v): OTP-Applying Human Performance Technology: Strategies for Remote Workers
- Cyndy Loomis, James Klein
- Palmer, Salon 4-9 - Gallery 14 Trends and Perspectives
- Rapid adoption of remote work began in earnest in March 2020. This session will focus on how the Behavior Engineering Model was applied to research examining remote work strategies. The study is applicable to anyone who manages remote workers or who wants to improve their remote work skills. Participants will share their remote work experiences through small group discussions to learn new ways to manage remote workers or improve their own remote work strategies.
- What’s Trending? Exploring the Trends in IDT Database from Various Perspectives
- Jeffrey Phillips, Robert Reiser, Logan Arrington* of University of West Georgia, Alison Moore* of University of South Carolina
- Palmer, Salon 4-9 - Gallery 20 Design and Development Showcase
- This session provides participants with hands-on experience navigating a website and online database that focuses on trends in the field of Instructional Design and Technology. Participants will use their personal devices to explore the website, compare how online usability strategies improve the web browsing experience, and describe how the database can be used as a tool in academia and industry.
- 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm CDT
- Change Management: What Works? Using Evidence to Determine What Strategies Change Managers Use in the Field
- Virtual, Chicago 6A
- Jeffrey Phillips*, James Klein
- The presentation discusses the strategies that change management practitioners use in the field. I have gathered survey data from well-known change management organizations to determine how often practitioners use change management strategies found in popular change management models. Participants of this session will identify (a) the twelve common strategies found in six popular models, and (b) the frequency that practitioners implement these strategies.
Friday, November 5
- 8:15 am - 9:15 am CDT
- KSET- How Teachers’ Instructional Design Decisions Impact Student Engagement during COVID-19
- Ji Yae Bong*of Concordia University, Montreal, Zhichun Liu* of University of Masachusetts Dartmouth, Daeun Jung, Dan He
- Palmer Ashland
- This presentation reports a research study to examine the students’ perceived engagement and learning experience in a public girls’ high school in South Korea during the COVID-19 pandemic. The students’ learning experiences across the courses varied in response to the individual teachers’ instructional design decisions. Overall, the results indicated that teachers’ design decisions had a positive impact on students’ engagement. We will discuss how the teachers’ design decisions impacted their students’ reactions and learning experiences.
- Have Virtual Meeting and Webcam Comfort and Enjoyment Zoomed During the Pandemic? A Survey of Learning Professionals
- Vanessa Dennen, Kari Word, Omer Arslan
- Palmer, Salon 10
- This survey study investigates the virtual meeting and webcam experiences and preferences of learning professionals before and during the pandemic. Findings show that overall virtual meetings increased in frequency, as did comfort participating in them. Enjoyment, however, is a more complex issue. Pre-pandemic, they were positively correlated, but that has changed during the pandemic. Webcam use, like enjoyment, is complex and comfort levels vary by context. Implications for instructors and facilitators are shared.
- STC-K12 Practitioners’ Perceptions of Learning from Failure, Creativity, and Systems Thinking
- Logan Arrington* of University of West Georgia, Alison Moore* of University of Sourth Carolina, Lauren Bagdy
- This session will present the results of a collective case study exploring how K12 practitioners perceive the interaction of failure, creativity, and systems thinking within their professional practice. Participants described how learning from failure and creativity manifest within their practice and through systems thinking. Additionally, they identified that learning from failure and creativity are crucial components of problem-solving. Further insights into how these three concepts can impact professional practice will be addressed.
- 9:30 am - 10:30 am CDT
- Examining Twitter conference participants and their PLN activities from social networking to networked knowledge activities
- Hajeen Choi, Zhichun Liu* of University Massachesetts Dartmouth, Ji Yae Bong*
- Palmer, Salon 10
- This case study investigates a professional Twitter conference community. Twitter archive from OLC Accelerate 2018 conference was collected using its official hashtag #OLCAccelerate. Social network analysis was conducted to examine the structure of overall community and subgroups by membership. Conference tweets including both monologues and dialogues were analyzed to identify specific activities that digital conference participants were involved in. This proposal will discuss our initial findings about the community structure and dynamic PLN activities.
- 10:45 am - 11:45 am CDT
- International Students’ Learning Experiences in Online and Face-to-Face Instructions
- Dan He, Hajeen Choi, Omer Aslan, Vanessa Dennen
- Palmer, Kimball
- International Students’ Learning Experiences in Online and Face-to-Face Instructions
- This qualitative study is a segment of a larger investigation about international students’ feelings of othering in online learning environments. 17 international students and 10 of their domestic counterparts were interviewed. It was found that different delivery modalities compensate for some drawbacks, while bringing new challenges that impact their learning and level of engagement. This paper compares international participants’ experiences in two learning settings, and specifically, observes the barriers of language, social norms, and trust.
- 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm CDT
- Leading Through Editorship (Journals and Major Reference Works)
- Samanta J. Blevins of Radford University, Rebecca Clark-Stallkamp of Virginia Tech, Charles Hodges of Georgia Southern University, Jill Stefaniak of Unversity of Georgia, Tristtan E. Johnson of Boston College, Dirk Ifenthaler of University of Mannheim, Vanessa Dennen
- Palmer, Salon 12
- For Mid Career professionals, leadership roles in editorial positions at major journals or for major reference works are important to members (researchers and/or practitioners) working in the field. This interdisciplinary panel will present researchers and practitioners who have experience in leadership positions at major journals or for major reference works. Panelists will describe experiences, challenges, and opportunities as leaders in these positions.
- Exploring How Designers Apply Visual Design Principles to Create Visual Composition for Instructional Infographics
- Renata Kuba, Allan Jeong
- Virtual, Chicago 3A
- We conducted a case study to explore how graphic and instructional designers (N = 10) applied visual design principles to compose instructional infographics (involving layout, color selection, and graphic elements). The focus of the study was to identify differences in the strategies used to create higher versus lower quality infographics that were rated across 18 design criteria. We discuss our findings and suggest specific strategies that can help designers create better visual compositions and infographics.
- Narratives-supported math problem solving in game-based learning
- Chih-Pu Dai, Fengfeng Ke, Yanjun Pan*, Zhaihuan Dai
- Palmer, Harvard
- We explored how learners use narratives for math problem solving in game-based learning in this mixed-methods study. We analyzed data from video recordings, in-field observations, and semi-structured interviews. We report results from 2276 gameplay behavioral event logs. The findings suggested that learners interacted with five major types of narratives. Among them, the most common type of narrative used is object-oriented narrative that coordinates different representations; it also contributed the most to successful math problem solving.
- 1:45 pm - 2:45 CDT
- Artificial intelligence in virtual humans for teaching assistant training: A design and development case study
- Chih-Pu Dai, Fengfeng Ke, Luke West, Zhaihuan Dai, Saptarshi Bhowmilk, Xin Yuan
- Palmer Harvard
- In this case study, we presented the design and development of AI-integrated virtual humans. In a forty-nine weeks design period, we collected data from project meeting notes, paper prototyping, and functional prototype user-testing sessions. The current results revealed that the archetype of virtual humans are feasible for supporting propelling dynamic interactions with human users via machine learning techniques. User-testing sessions also suggested that agent modeling achieved reasonable fidelity. Implications and significance were discussed.
- Strategies to Mitigate Systemic Challenges That Arise in Instructional Design
- Jill Stefaniak of the University of Georgia, Todd Adrian of Indian River State College, Justin Sentz of Shippensburg University, Monica Sulecio de Alvarez of Independent Distance Learning Experience Designer & Coach, Lauren Bagdy
- Palmer, Kimball
- Faculty and practitioners have collaborated to discuss the role instructional designers have to mitigate systemic challenges when engaged in instructional design work. All panelists have instructional design experience in industry and higher education and hold advanced degrees in the field. The panel will discuss the challenges that many instructional designers face mitigating systemic barriers that arise in corporate, healthcare, higher education, and K-12 settings.
Saturday, November 6
- 8:45 am - 9:45 am CDT
- Promoting Mastery and Learner Control: Specifications Grading in an Undergraduate Educational Technology Course
- Vanessa Dennen, Lauren Bagdy
- Palmer, Kimball
- This presentation shares the specifications grading system that was implemented and evaluated in an undergraduate educational technology course. This system, which promoted mastery learning and offered learners a menu of choices, was rated favorably on an end-of-term survey. Most students felt it was fair, easy to understand, increased their control over their grade, and would like to take another course using this system. We will share course examples in addition to evaluation findings.
* FSU ISLT Alumni
