ISSA Event: Madison Social on Campus, this Friday!

Hi, ISLT family

I hope all of us are experiencing a smooth transition back into the swing of things. I am informing you that we have social events on Friday. Please join us at Madison Social on campus from 5:30-8:00 pm, Jan 29, Friday to have our professional development networking. Also, it’s our chance to say goodbye and express best wishes to our dear friends: Kadir, Secil, and Mithat before they leave for Turkey. Just let you know, they are 2015-2016 visiting scholars from Turkey. They are great friends.

If you like, you can first join the Grad Student Social in Dirac Science Library, Second Floor on January 29th, Friday from 4 - 6 PM. There you will meet and mingle with graduate students and post-docs across disciplines with complimentary drinks and cookies! After that, you can head to Madison Social.

Please visit Madison Social link to check the location and parking options.
See you there!

Zhongrui Yao (ISSA President)

Mark your calendar for upcoming ISLT events! (Spring 2016)

Mark your calendar for all exciting activities we will have in this semester!!

Four monthly seminars are coming!! 
They will be held by our sub-committee of Student Engagement for ISLT Alumni Council Committee. The details are as follows. Feel free to check out!

• January 22, 9:00am-5:00pm, Morgan Studio/live stream 
Guest speakers: Gabe Hamda (President & CEO, ICATT Consulting), Ranny Liu(Talent Development Manager, ReSource Pro), Gabrielle Gabrielli (CEO, Gabrielle Consulting), Darren Brooks (Deputy Secretary, Workforce Operations, Department of Management Services), and Kirk Fleming (Director, Global Talent Management, ReSource Pro).

• February 26, 11:30am-12:30pm, Morgan Studio/live stream 
Guest speaker: Cathy Tencza, Instructional designer for Tencza Designs, http://www.tenczadesigns.com/

• March 25, 11:30am-12:30pm, Morgan Studio/live stream
Dr. Sue Ebbers, Instructional Designer for LuminEssence: Change by Design http://www.changebydesign.us/

• April 15, A whole day, alumni conference 
One seminar (time/location TBA; part of the ISLT mini-conference)
Dr. Kirk Fleming, Head of Learning and Development http://www.resourcepro.com/

Social events: have dinner and fun together! 
• January 29, 5:30-8:00 pm, Madison Social on Campus (Coming very soon!) 
• February 25, 6:00-8:00 pm, Card games, Morgan room 
• April 2, Spring potluck (time & place is TBD) 
• April 22, 6:00-8:00 pm, three options for dinner: Jasmine, Andrews Downtown, Millers Ale House (further vote needed) 

Professional development series 
• February 12 (Fri), 12:00-1:00 pm, research mix about AECT design and development competition, Morgan room 
• March 19 (Fri), 12:00-1:00 pm, student meeting to talk about courses, research, papers, etc., Morgan room

We hope to see you all there!
Zhongrui Yao

ISLT Spring Seminar Series - January 22 Seminar: Focus On Your Career

Please mark your calendar for Friday, January 22nd for the seminar, "Focus on Your Career."
The ISLT Alumni Council is offering a Spring Seminar Series and this first seminar will be held at Morgan Studio, Stone Building.
Find more information from the flyer Devin created, below.

If you are planning to join us on campus for any of the events listed on the flyer, please RSVP to Mary Kate (mmckee@campus.fsu.edu) with the events you plan to attend.

We hope to see you there,
ISLT Alumni Council

Call for Proposals: AECT 2016

The AECT (Association for Educational Communications and Technology) international convention will be held at Las Vegas, Nevada from 17 to 21 October, 2016. All participants will have an great opportunity for the sharing of research and experiences with their peers and those emerging in our field. This year's convention theme is Learning from Las Vegas. AECT divisions and affiliates emphasize the research and practical applications of instructional design, distance learning, multimedia development, school profession community, and so on.

• Proposal Deadlines: February 1, 11:59PM (EST), 2016 
• Proposal Process: To be considered, a complete proposal must be submitted. A complete online proposal submission consist of (1) presentation title, (2) a description of the session (maximum of 75 words), (3) an anonymous abstract (750-1,000 words), (4) equipment request, and (5) list of presenters. 
• Types of Sessions: Concurrent sessions, posters, roundtables, fee-based workshops, and presidential sessions. 
• Visit here to see more details: http://www.aect.org/events/call/

ISL Brown Bag Series - Dr. Dennen will present "Senior Citizens & Social Media" on Jan 20th.

Dr. Vanessa Dennen will have her presentation entitled "Senior Citizens and Social Media" at ISL (Institute for Successful Longevity) Brown Bag Series.
Mark your calendars for Noon January 20th. The place will be Shores Building, Room 106G.
Come out and support Dr. Dennen!

Congratulations! Dr. Valerie Shute is featured in 2016 National Educational Technology Plan

Dr. Valerie Shute is featured in the recently released 2016 U.S. Department of Education - National Education Technology Plan. It is the flagship educational technology policy document.

Dr. Shute's work was recognized for exhibiting some of the actions and attributes key to transforming learning through technology.

"I'm honored to have my research showcased," Dr. Shute said. "In addition to describing my ideas about using assessment to support learning via real-time feedback and within game environments, a section is devoted to my stealth or 'embedded' assessment work."
(http://fsuednews.com/2015/12/21/education-professor-featured-in-2016-national-education-technology-plan/)

The 2016 National Education Technology Plan, Future Ready Learning: Reimagining the Role of Technology in Education, articulates a vision of equity, active use and collaborative leadership to make everywhere, all-the-time learning possible. While acknowledging the continuing need to provide greater equity of access to technology itself, the plan goes further to call upon all involved in American education to ensure equity of access to transformational learning experiences enabled by technology.

To read more about Dr. Shute in the 2016 National Education Technology Plan, visit http://tech.ed.gov/netp

ISSA Dinner - This Friday, Dec 4th, 6:30pm, Sakura Sushi

Dear ISLT family,

Join us this Friday, December 4, at 6:30pm to celebrate the end of the semester!
We are having dinner at Sakura Sushi, 1318 N Monroe St, Tallahassee: http://www.sakurafl.com/ Please, send me an email if you need a ride (ff11@my.fsu.edu).

This is the last ISSA event for this term, we hope to see you there!
If you can't make it, good luck with finals – as a student, TA, and professor!

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