FSU ISLT at the 2014 AECT International Convention

Last week, AECT hosted its annual convention at Jacksonville, FL. This year, we had over 30 faculty, staff, and student presenters in the 5-day program with concurrent research presentations, poster and roundtable presentations, the PacifiCorp competition, and so on. Here are some photos of us!

• Concurrent research presentations, poster and roundtable presentations

See the whole list of ISLT friends' presentations at http://isfsu.blogspot.com/2014/07/is-presentations-at-aect-annual.html

• Featured Research

Congratulations! Shuang Hao, Mengyao Cui, and Dr. Vanessa Dennen's research was selected as one of the featured research.

(Titled, "Analysis of mobile learning as an innovation in higher education - A comparative study of three countries," Shuang Hao, Mengyao Cui, and Vanessa Dennen, Florida State University; Yalin Kilic Turel, Firat University; and Li Mei, Hebei Finance University)

• Breakfast with Champions

With Dr. Marcy P. Driscoll, Dr. James Klein, and Dr. Robert Reiser.
This event brought the top professionals in the field together to interact with the attendees at an AECT-sponsored breakfast. We all enjoyed the conversations at the tables.  

• PacifiCorp Competition

Congratulations! Two ISLT PhD students, Alison Moore and Jiyae Bong, won the PacifiCorp Design and Development Award.

• Panel Discussion: D&D - The future of instructional design programs

With Dr. M. David Merrill and Dr. Vanessa Dennen.
The panel discussion discussed the idea of instructional design and technology program reform.

• Presidential Session - Federal Grant Opportunities for Educational Technology Research

Dr. Robert Reiser and Dr. Fengfeng Ke were invited to the presidential session and talked about federal grant opportunities for educational technology with Alison Moore, Terra Bradley, Weinan Zhao.

• NSF/AECT Early Career Symposium

Dr. Ke was invited to the symposium for the career mentoring and networking.

• GSA-Showcase for Emerging Tech Tools

Fabrizio Fornara shared his knowledge and experience on how the latest tools are being used or novel ways of using old tools with the hope of generating research ideas.

• Panel Discussion: ICEM-Learning Analytics. What is that? Why should  I care?

Lubin Wang presented at this panel discussion and share her knowledge on Learning Analytics.

• University Reception

FSU Students win the Pacifcorp Competition Again!

Two ISLT PhD students, Alison Moore and Jiyae Bong, won the Pacificorp Design and Development Award at the 2014 AECT Conference.

Congratulations, Alison and Jiyae, on a job well done! We're very proud of you!

We had a fun Halloween Costume Party last Saturday!

ISSA-Sponsored Halloween Costume Party was held last Saturday. We had ourselves a time eating, chatting, and doing fun activities. Check out some of the great photos!

2014 TORCH alumni magazine published

The TORCH 2014 College of Education alumni magazine has been published! Here is the link to the magazine online. Hope you enjoy reading our stories!

2014 ISLT Halloween Costume Party

ISSA-sponsored Halloween Costume Party will be held on Saturday, October 25th at 7:30 PM. Please join us for some ghoulish games, freaky fun and costume competition. Wear your favorite costume and compete with others to win the ISSA 2014 Halloween Costume Award!

Here is the details.

• When: Saturday, October 25th at 7:30 pm
• Where: 2132 Oxford Rd. Tallahassee, FL 32304
• Who: ISLT faculty, students, their family and friends.
• Wear your favorite costume!
• Bring any food that you want to share.
• Rides: If you need a ride or if you're willing to give people rides, please email Wei (wq09@my.fsu.edu).

Congratulations! Dr. Dennen receive 2013-2014 Distance Learning Awards

Congratulations to Dr. Vanessa Dennen who has received two Distance Learning Awards:

• Excellence in Online Teaching 
• Innovative and Effective Use of Technology

The Distance Learning Award for Excellence in Online Teaching acknowledges recent online courses that display online teaching strategies that engage students as learning partners. After reviewing Dennen's teaching evaluations, support materials, and online course site for EME 6635 - MOOCs and Open Learning (spring, 2014), a committee of FSU faculty members chose Dennen as a recipient of the 2013-2014 award.

“The Distance Learning Award for Innovative and Effective Use of Technology recognizes recently implemented technology with a positive impact on student learning and motivation and which facilitates instructional delivery, is easily disseminated, and provides a reasonable return on investment,” said Rudasill. Dennen’s work in the course, EME 6635 – MOOCs and Open Learning, led the committee of FSU faculty to select her as an award recipient.

Dennen’s awards will be presented at the 2014 Distance Learning Awards on Friday, November 14, 2014.

From FSU EdNews, http://fsuednews.com/2014/10/15/two-faculty-members-receive-2013-2014-distance-learning-awards/

Last Sunday, we had a fun ISLT picnic!

ISSA-Sponsored Fall picnic was held at FSU Reservation last Sunday. We had ourselves a time eating delicious food, chatting, and doing fun activities. Check out some of the great photos!