Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Week 9: Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) 2009 International Convention practice

Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) 2009 International Convention brings together annually around 2,000 educators and others whose activities are directed toward improving instruction through technology from colleges and universities, the Armed Forces and industry, museums, libraries, and hospitals and the many places where educational change is underway. This association international convention gathers some of the most prestigious names in Instructional Technology and graduate students from top U.S. graduate programs.

The research papers to be presented at AECT by the panel members cover topics such as, flexible online learning and game-based learning environments, distance learning, usability cases in education, and activity theory in game design.

Panel members: Ana-Paula Correia, Evrim Baran, Turkan Karakus, Kajal Shah & Yasemin Demiraslan.

Thursday, October 15, 2009

Week 8: Preliminary Portfolio -- A requirement for the PhD program

When doctoral students are near to the end of their coursework, they must complete a preliminary examination. This is one of the final steps before beginning work on their dissertation.
The preliminary examination can take three forms: a portfolio, a written examination or combination of both. In this session Yasemin Demiraslan and Vanessa Preast share their electronic portfolios and tips on how to be successful when fulfilling this requirement.

Panel members: Yasemin Demiraslan (yasemind@iastate.edu), Farrah D. Yusop and Vanessa Preast (auryn@iastate.edu).

Panel facilitator: Connie Hargrave