Call for Virtual Presentations: Global TIME

Global Conference on Technology, Innovation, Media & Education (Global TIME) is an online conference organized by AACE.

Proposal Deadline: November 4, 2011

Conference Dates: March 28-April 1, 2012

For more information: http://aace.org/conf/gtime/call.htm

IS Seminar Speaker: Stephan Hrastinkski 11/2 (Wednesday)

Who: Stefan Hrastinski Associate Professor, KTH Royal Institute of Technology 

What:  Student-Student Online Coaching: The Case of Math Coaching 
When: Wednesday 11/2 12:00-1:00pm*
Where: STB 3rd Floor Morgan Studio

Dr. Hrastinski is visiting for two weeks. If you would like to meet with him individually, please contact Dr. Dennen. For more information on his work, click here.  

*please note the change in the day and time for this seminar speaker

Seminar Speaker: Jack Dempsey (Friday)

Who: Jack Dempsey, Professor and Director Innovation in Learning Center,  University of South Alabama, 1988 IS alum and recent winner of a Distinguished Alumni award

What:  How the Inmates Run the Asylum: A Training Model  
When: Friday (10/28) 12:00-:1:00pm
Where: STB 3303 

Save the Date: Developing a Curriculum Vitae workshop

On November 4th 12:00PM-1:00PM there will be a workshop for students on Developing a Curriculum Vitae.  Christen Perry from the career center will presenting the workshop. It will be in the Stone building, room 3303.

When you are looking for a job, often the first impression you are going to give is the one that the employer will remember. Think of your vita as an extension of that first impression. In order to get your foot in the door and be considered for an interview, you need to have a stellar curriculum vita. Your curriculum vita needs to be effective in showing off your skills, attributes, experiences, and well YOU! Join us for this workshop so you can learn how to develop your vita. Another perk is getting to spend time with other students in our program. Looking forward to seeing you all there.

A big thank you goes out to the Instructional Systems Alumni Association Jobs and Internships Committee and the ISSA for organizing this workshop for our students. Thank you!

Morgan Studio Updates!

The Morgan Studio is complete! Here are a few pictures. This is a space designed for meetings*, research (including gaming research!), class, presentations, hanging out with fellow IS folks, and so much more!

How are you using the space? Make sure you take pictures and send them my way :)

*There are large tables for group work that are not captured in the photos.

Congratulations Chris Iansiti and Jack Dempsey!

This week is COE week @ FSU, and there will be many celebrations and events throughout the week, culminating in the celebration of COE alumni receiving Distinguished Alumni awards.

It should come as no surprise -- but certainly as a great delight -- that not one, but TWO of our alumni have won this year! 

Let's all congratulate Chris Iansiti and Jack Dempsey on being recognized as Distinguished Alumni!

Details of the award and information on their bios:

The Florida State University College of Education recently named six recipients for the 2011 Distinguished Alumni Awards. Each year, the College recognizes deserving alumni who have distinguished themselves through scholarly, creative and humanitarian achievement and service to their profession. Peers nominate the candidates and an esteemed committee of College of Education Emeritus Faculty selects the winners.

Business and Industry

Christopher Iansiti, M.S., Instructional Systems, 1994

Christopher Iansiti's concepts on learning, education and leadership began to form at FSU and grew at Accenture and Delphi Performance Consulting. The concepts crystallized at IANSITI Performance Group, his national training and leadership firm that focused on large-scale strategic learning to effect meaningful and lasting change. A hands-on director of the firm, Iansiti guides corporate leaders to make strategic learning decisions using the "Think > Learn > Apply > Achieve" approach, a learning model he credits FSU's Instructional Systems Department for introducing to him.  Iansiti has been supportive of the College of Education since graduation by coaching students, providing internships and hiring FSU graduates. Since 2005, he has served on the Instructional Systems Alumni Council and has chaired the Alumni Relations Committee.


Postsecondary Systems

John V. Dempsey, Ph.D., Instructional Systems, 1988

Dr. John "Jack" Dempsey is Director of the Innovation in Learning Center at the University of South Alabama. Where he also holds an academic appointment as Professor of Instructional Design and Development. He received his Master's and doctoral degrees in Instructional Systems from Florida State University. A former Fulbright scholar, Dempsey has been a Department Chair and directed the former USA Online Learning Lab more than ten years. He has authored numerous publications and is co-editor, with FSU's Robert Reiser, of the award-winning Trends and Issues in Instructional Design and Technology, now in its third edition.

The 2011 College of Education Distinguished Alumni will be recognized at a dinner banquet held in their honor on October 29^th at 7:00 p.m. at the FSU Alumni Center. The event takes place as one of many celebrations during the first-ever COE Week. For a full list of events throughout COE Week, please visit: coe.fsu.edu/COEWEEK.

Seminar Speaker: Lisa Yamagata-Lynch

This Friday's seminar speaker is Dr. Lisa Yamagata-Lynch from University of Tennessee. She will be discussing activity systems in design research.


Who: Dr. Lisa Yamagata-Lynch from University of Tennessee, Activity Systems AnalysisWhat:   Activity Systems in Design ResearchWhen: Friday (10/21) 12:00-:1:00pm
Where: STB 3303