FSU ISLT at AERA 2019 in Toronto, Canada

Florida State University's Instructional Systems and Learning Technologies (ISTL) program within the College of Education was represented at the 2019 American Educational Research Association (AERA) international annual meeting that took place in Toronto, Canada April 5-9.

Several students, faculty, and alumni were present to present and or support other colleagues as well as learn about new research being conducted in education.

FSU ISLT Presenters

• Gender, Social Distance, and Justifications: Statistical Discourse Analysis of Evidence and Explanations in Online Debates. - Ming Ming Chiu, Jeong, A. 
• Affect detection in Physics Playground. - Baker, R. S., D'Mello, S. K., Kai, S., Bosch, P. N., Ocumpaugh, J., & Shute, V. J.
• Creating and refining in-game learning supports for conceptual physics understanding. - Ke, F., Shute, V. J., Smith, G., & Liu, Z. 
• Designing game-based learning experiences: Game level design and testing in Physics Playground. - Liu, Z., Shute, V. J., Smith, G., & Ke, F. 
• Technical underpinnings of Physics Playground. - Rahimi, S., Almond, R. G., & Shute, V. J. 
• Physics Playground: History and Overview. - Shute, V. J.  
• The Impact of In-Game Support on Learning: A Pilot Test for Physics Playground. - Smith, G., Liu, Z.  
• Assessment of Learning in Action in the Game-Based Learning Environment. - Ke, F., Parajuli, B. Smith, D. 
• Supporting learning in educational games: Promises and challenges. - Shute, V. J., Rahimi, S., Lu, X., & Smith, G. 
• Examining student persistence when playing an online game called Physics Playground: A survival analysis. - Tingir, S., Almond, R. G., & Shute, V. J.  
• Social Media, Teens, and Schools: Where's the Research? - Dennen, V., Choi, H., Knisely, K. 

FSU ISLT Presenters, Students, and Alumni

CORE’s 2019 Marvalene Hughes Research in Education Conference

Instructional Systems and Learning Technology (ISLT) Presenters

CORE’s 2019 Marvalene Hughes Research in Education Conference was hosted at the Florida State University College of Education on Friday, April 293, 2019. The following are some of the conference presenters from the Instructional Systems and Learning Technology (ISLT) program.

For more information on the Council on Research in Education (CORE), visit: https://education.fsu.edu/research/core

Learning to Become a Researcher: Perspectives of Instructional Design and Technology Graduate Students

By: Lauren Bagdy with Ginny L. Smith and James D. Klein

Lauren Bagdy

Digital Distractions & Students' Performance by Age Group in Self-paced Online Learning

By: Hajeen Choi

Hajeen Choi

Social Media, Teens, and Schools: Where's the Research? 

By: Vanessa Dennen, Hajeen Choi, Kari Knisely

Kari Knisely

Understanding Game-based Learners Using Visualized Behavioral Analysis

By: Yanjun Pan with Fengfeng Ke, Zhaihuan Dai, Xinhao Xu, and Jewoong Moon

Yanjun Pan

Technical Underpinnings of Physics Playground

By: Seyedahmad Rahimi with Valerie Shute and Russell Almond

Seyedahmad Rahimi

Designing and Validating a Stealth Assessment for Calculus Competencies

By: Ginny Smith with Valerie Shute

Ginny Smith

A Systematic Review of Factors Influencing Faculty's Open Test Adoptions

By: Zhongrui Yao with Vanessa Dennen

Zhongrui Yao

Thank you to all of the ISLT students, faculty, and staff who came out to support our presenters and the CORE conference. Here are a few other pictures of some of our community interacting at CORE 2019.

2018 Alumni-Student Knowledge exchange (ASKe) Conference

Thursday, April 19th and Friday, April 20th, the Instructional Systems & Learning Technologies (ISLT) program at Florida State University (FSU) hosted the 2018 Alumni-Student Knowledge exchange (ASKe).

This is the event of the year that faculty, staff, students, and alumni all look forward to each year. It allows both Master's and Doctoral students to connect with alumni and learn from one another. This is one of the many features that makes the ISLT program so unique.

Thursday evening, students, alumni, and faculty met at the FSU Alumni Center for some hors d'oeuvres, drinks, socializing, and an awards ceremony.

Friday, a series of events were hosted.

Check-in, Continental Breakfast 

Attendees checked-in and continental breakfast was available while attendees networked with each other.

Knowledge Exchange

A "speed dating" style workshop that paired students and alumni for a direct networking experience. Prompts were provided to each participant to start the conversation if needed, and participants were rotated every few minutes as directed allowing each participant to network with five other attendees.

Design Challenge

Students were presented with five different human performance improvement needs to select from which were provided by alumni. Students met with the alumni who presented the problem they selected and worked with the other students in the group to come up with a solution for their "client" to solve their "human performance need." Groups of students then presented their solutions. An expert panel of "judges" then provided feedback based on the solutions and observations presented by each group.

 

Lunch & Learn  @ Coffee Cafe

Alumni, students, and faculty presented five minute overviews of effective organizational, performance support, communication, and authoring tools. 

Panel Discussion: Project Management

A panel of experts with over 100 years of experience combined told stories and answered questions about what it is like to manage instructional design projects. 

Wrap-Up Session

Dr. Klein and doctoral student Demetrius give closing remarks, provide program updates, discuss the post-conference survey, and encourage a group picture before heading to a local restaurant to close out the event for those who are able to attend. 

Good Morning ISLT

As of Spring, 2019, The Instructional Systems Student Association (ISSA) has been hosting morning coffee sessions on select Wednesdays for the socialization of ISLT students, faculty, and staff. All ISLT students, faculty, and staff are encouraged to come to grab a cup of coffee and chat with others. 

We hope you can join us for an upcoming Wednesday morning coffee social. 

Hope to grab a cup of coffee with you and a picture at the next one!

NEW!!! Online Ed.D. Learning Design and Performance Technology

Watch the following video to learn more.

For more information, you can: 

1. Visit the website: https://education.fsu.edu/degrees-and-programs/instructional-systems-and-learning-technologieshttps://education.fsu.edu/degrees-and-programs/instructional-systems-and-learning-technologies
2. For program admission information, contact Mary Kate McKee at (850) 644-8792 or mmckee@fsu.edu
3. For program course information, contact Dr. Vanessa Dennen at vdennen@fsu.edu 

2018 Fall ISLT Newsletter

The most recent ISLT Newsletter has been released!!!

Inside the newsletter, you will find the following:

• News: Program Coordinator, Alumni, Faculty, Student, ISSA
• Interview: Dr. Driscoll
• Conferences
• How to Keep in Touch
• Giving Online

 A huge thank you to Michelle Cates and Dr. Klein for their hard work creating the newsletter!

View the newsletter online.
Download the newsletter.

2018 Fall ISLT Newsletter

Hot off the Press!!! Announcing a NEW Learning Design and Performance Technology Online Ed.D!!!

NEW Learning Design and Performance Technology Online Ed.D.

Florida State University's (FSU) College of Education (COE) is introducing a new degree to the Instructional Systems and Learning Technologies (ISLT) Program to our program offerings!

Now, the ISLT program offers:

• Graduate Certificates
•  Human Performance Technology (HPT)
•  Online Instructional Development (OID)
• Master of Science (online and on-campus) - Instructional Systems and Learning Technologies (ISLT)
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) - Instructional Systems and Learning Technologies (ISLT)
• Doctor of Education (Ed.D.) - Learning Design & Performance Technology

Apply Today

The window has just opened to start accepting applications for Summer 2019!

• February 1, 2019: Priority consideration
• March 1, 2019: Secondary consideration
• Apply here at the FSU Admissions website

Want More Information?

• Website: For more information, visit us at the Instructional Systems and Learning Technologies website for more information. 
• OLC Accelerate Conference: If you happen to be in Orlando for the Online Learning Consortium (OLC) Conference from November 14-16, please stop by Booth 111 to meet us in person and ask any questions you may have.
• Program Contact: Mary Kate McKee, Academic Program Specialist 
• Phone: 850-644-8792
• Email: mmckee@campus.fsu.edu