Saturday, Dec 1. Research Seminar/Pot Luck Social
How do you derive research questions from published literature? How do you prepare proposals for presentations at professional conferences? Did you know AECT conference will be hosted in Orlando this coming year? What are we planning to do to make a big splash at the 2008 conference? Who will get to keep the best “White Elephant” holiday present this year?
During this seminar, students who attended the 2007 AECT conference will discuss their experiences, and Dr. Hirumi will cover guidelines for preparing conference presentation proposals. We will also discuss research and development ideas and facilitate the formatiion of teams to work on projects and present at AECT 2008.
Please feel free to review samples of accepted proposals written by Dr. Hirumi [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]. I also strongly encourage you to get a copy of, “Getting Started in Instructional Technology Research” that may be purchased online.
Join students, faculty and working professionals across disciplines who are interested in the training and educational applications of Instructional Technology. All are welcome, including kids and significant others. Also, please invite anyone you think may be interested. See attached for directions to Dr. Hirumi's house.
Schedule of Events (note: earlier than usual start times)
- 3:00pm - People start to arrive.
- 4:00pm - Pot luck dinner (PLEASE bring an appetizer, entree or dessert and something to drink).
- 5:00pm to 8:00pm: AECT 2007 in Review and Planning for AECT 2008.
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Fall 2007 Research Seminar/Pot Luck Social Kick Off, Sunday, Sept. 23 at Dr. Hirumi's house.
September's research seminar we had Dr. Robert Hays come in as our guest speaker. Dr. Hays has conducted basic and applied research in learning processes, instructional effectiveness, and human performance improvement. During the Research Seminar, Dr. Hays highlighted key trends and issues discussed in his recently published book “The Science of Learning: A Systems Theory Approach”, including research on instructional simulations, games and learning styles. For more details, including information on how to order the book, please see the attached announcement. |
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Sunday, May 20 Monthly Research Seminar/Pot Luck Social at Dr. Hirumi's house.
Trends and Issues in Training for Hospitality
May's monthly research seminar gives students an opportunity to hear and discuss training trends and issues from professionals in the area of hospitality management. We plan to host a panel of experts from Rosen, Disney, Darden and AHLA.
Join students, faculty and working professionals interested in the training and educational applications of Instructional Technology. All are welcome, including kids and significant others.
Please forward this message and invite anyone you think may be interested. See attached for directions to Dr. Hirumi's house.
Schedule of Events
4:00pm - People start to arrive
5:00pm - Pot luck dinner (PLEASE bring an appetizer, entree or dessert and something to drink)
6:00pm to ?: Panel session with invited guests. |
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Sunday, Feb. 4 Monthly Research Seminar/Pot Luck Social at Dr. Hirumi's house.
Refining Presentation Proposals for Submission
February’s monthly research seminar gave students an opportunity to present draft conference presentation proposals and receive feedback from students and faculty prior to submission. Participants saw examples of proposals and had the opportunity to discuss research and proposal preparation experiences and processes.
All students preparing presentation proposals for the 2007 AECT conference, as well as other conferences were invited to present proposals. Students who were not planning to submit, were still encouraged to attend to gain insights on the proposal preparation and evaluation process, and to provide feedback. Official AECT evaluation forms and criteria was used as a basis for discussion. |
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Sunday, Dec 3. Monthly Research Seminar/Pot Luck Social
December’s Research Seminar/Pot Luck Social was held at Dr. Hirumi's
How do you derive research questions from published literature? How do you prepare proposals for presentations at professional conferences? Who will get to keep the best “White Elephant” holiday present this year?
For the 2:30pm Reading/Discussion group, participants were encouraged to read and identify questions from “Beyond Edutainment: Exploring the Educational Potential of Computer Games.” Dr. Hirumi led a discussion on how to derive research questions from the paper, as well as derive research questions in general.
At 6:00pm , Dr. Hirumi presented guidelines for preparing proposals for presentation at professional conferences. Please feel free to review samples of accepted proposals written by Dr. Hirumi [1] [2] [3] [4] [5].
For both the 2:30pm and 6:00pm session, I encourage you to get a copy of, “Getting Started in Instructional Technology Research.” |
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Nov.4 Monthly Research Seminar and Pot-Luck Social on UCF's Main Campus
Dr. Mike Moshell and Nan Schultz lead demonstrations and discussions on the educational applications of Second Life. Participants were given opportunities to access and play with the virtual environment http://secondlife.com/. Many educators across the country (including a Harvard Law Professor) is using Second Life to create virtual educational learning environments, but BEWARE, others are also using Second Life to create other types of virtual environments. |
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Sept 10,2006 Monthly Research Seminar and Pot-Luck Social at Dr. Hirumi's house
Instructional (computer) games (aka. serious games) are reemerging as an important outgrowth of the video game industry. On Sunday, Sept. 10th:
- Representatives from Tabula Digita will be demonstrating what I believe is the one of the best educational games (in terms of production value) now on the market on algebra for high school students (to see a trailer and download a demo of the game, go to: http://tabuladigita.com and Dimenxian.com); and
- Representatives from Lockheed Martin and the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) will be presenting the latest prototype of a game being designed to train navy sailors on how to put out fires.
We also began a “reading/discussion” group, starting with the most recent and comprehensive review of literature on educational (video) games. |
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Fall 2006
Dr. Tom Atkinson joins the Instructional Technology, replacing Dr. Judy Robinson. Welcome Tom and best wishes to Dr. Robinson. |
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June 4,2006 Monthly Research Seminar and Pot-Luck Social at Dr. Hirumi's house
What are students in Instructional Technology doing in terms of research and conference presentations? What research opportunities are there with Lockheed Martin and FIEA?
On June 4th, students with accepted conference proposals are encouraged to attend and give an overview of their research. If you are not planning to present this year, that's fine. Come hear what others are doing, gain insights for developing your own proposal for future conferences, as well as provide input to help others.
I will also be describing opportunities to participate in research with Lockheed Martin and the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA) on the design and development of instructional games. In addition, come learn what the AECT: UCF Chapter is doing to support travel to conference, as well as what they have planned over the summer and next year. |
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April 2, 2006 Monthly Research Seminar and Pot Luck Social at Dr. Hirumi's house
What is it that makes a game fun and entertaining? How can the answers to this question be incorporated into games for pure entertainment, and for training and education? Rick Hall, Production Director at the Florida Interactive Entertainment Academy (FIEA), will lead a discussion about the critical components of game design. |
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Tuesday, March 21 st , 4:00pm-5:30pm, UCF Teaching Academy, Room 117
AECT at UCF Presents: Dr. Curtis Bonk, Guest Speaker
From R2D2 to the Matrix: A Galaxy of Online Learning Style, Motivational, and Blended Learning Examples
Creating a motivational and interactive online environment can enhance student engagement, retention, completion, and overall enthusiasm for this new learning mode. Using research-based best practices, Dr. Bonk will provide dozens of pedagogical ideas and solutions to motivate students in online learning environments. His ideas and techniques will be linked to ten motivational principles related to climate, feedback, engagement, choice, meaningfulness, variety, curiosity, tension, interactivity and collaboration, and goal setting.
For information on Dr. Bonk, please see his biography. |
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March 5, 2006 Research Seminar/Pot-Luck Social at Dr. Hirumi's House
Monthly research seminar and pot luck social featured Ms. Lisa Gabel, a Human Performance Technologist for the United States Navy, who discussed HP Trends and Issues. Click for bio of Ms. Gabel and PPT of her presentation. |
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February 5, 2006 Reseach Seminar/Pot-Luck Social at Dr. Hirumi's House
Dr. Cornell, Professor Emeritus, College of Education, spoke about international trends and issues in instructional technology and about ICEM, AECT's international component. |
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AECT Organizational Meeting and Conference Proposal Workshop - Sunday, January 8, 2006
The AECT UCF student group held an administrative meeting Dr. Hirumi's house at 3pm on Sunday, January 8, 2006. Items discussed were programs were the year's Potluck/Socials. Among the topics planned for this year are a panel session on dissertation issues, eLearning, mLearning, performance support, the business of consulting, and becoming a professor. The administrative group welcomes your feedback on these topics and hopes to see you at future meetings. At 4 PM interested students worked on proposals for presentations for AECT October 2006. |
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Fall 2005: Scholarship.
The Instructional Technology program is excited to announce continuation of a special 3-year scholarship for new doctoral candidates in Instructional Technology. The scholarship recipient will work with faculty, staff and students, as well as professionals in the film and gaming industry at the new Center for Research on Electronic Arts, Technology and Entertainment (CREATE) in downtown Orlando. Application deadline: December 15, 2005.
- Please see attached for further details.
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December 4, 2005: Monthly research seminar and pot luck social at Dr. Hirumi’s house.
From 2-4pm, Dr. Hirumi facilitated a continuing discussion on research projects and the preparation of conference presentation proposals. Featured speaker was Dr. Judith Robinson (New tenure track faculty member in Instructional Technology) discussed her research and interests in mobile learning. In addition, we held our traditional "white elephant" gift exchange. We hope you'll be able to join us for the fun next year. |
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November 6, 2005: Monthly research seminar and pot luck social at Dr. Hirumi's house.
Monthly research seminar and pot luck social featured Dr. Glenda Gunter (Instructional Technology) and Dr. Robert Kenny (from School of Film and Digital Media) who discussed several projects, including the Digital Booktalk, UB the Director, and MeTV. Please see attached for further details on each project. Dr. Hirumi also facilitated a special session on preparing conference presentation proposals and presenting at state, national and international conferences. Please see attached for a copy of his PPT presentation, as well as sample conference presentation proposals [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] and [ 5 ]. |
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October 2005
The University of Central Florida approves proposal to revise graduate certificate on the Instructional Design for Simulations to include new graduate course on the systematic design of instructional games titled, “EME6XXX Instructional Game Design for Training and Education” which will be offered Spring 2007. |
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October 18-22, 2005
'Exploring the Vision' 2005 AECT International Convention at Coronado Springs Resort in Orlando, Florida (go to: www.aect.org for more information). Approximately 15 Instructional Technology students and faculty be presented at the conference, and over 50 attended. See attached for listing of presentations. |
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October 2, 2005:Monthly research seminar and pot luck social at Dr. Hirumi's house.
Monthly research seminar and pot luck social featured Dr. Michael Moshell, professor of Digital Media and Computer Science at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Moshell sets forth six propositions and asserts that they are meta-principles * that is, ideas that generate and shape the operational principles by which media should be created. See his PPT presentation and http://www.cs.ucf.edu/~jmmoshell for a paper called "The Digital Media Manifesto." Dr. Hirumi also lead an earlier discussion on game-based learning research and development activities (see attached PPT). |
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September 4, 2005: Monthly research seminar and pot luck social at Dr. Hirumi's house.
Monthly research seminar and pot-luck social featured Dr. Hirumi leading discussion on the differences between Digital Natives and Digital Immigrants and implications for education and training (see attached PPT).
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July 3, 2005: Monthly research seminar and pot luck social at Dr. Hirumi's house.
Monthly research seminar and pot luck social featured Instructional Technology graduate students discussing their current research. |
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June 2005
Dr. Judy Robinson accepts new tenure track faculty position in Instructional Technology beginning Fall 2005. Thanks to everyone who provided input during the search process. |
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June 2005: Monthly research seminar and pot luck social at Dr. Hirumi's house.
During the monthly research seminar and pot-luck social, Dr. Ian Gibson from the Digital Media and Film Studies program, discussed the development and implementation of a Digital Asset Management System at UCF and implications for educators and instructional designers. He also garnered input from participants on the design of a graduate course on DAM Systems. |
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May 2005: Monthly research seminar and pot luck social at Dr. Hirumi's house.
During the monthly research seminar and pot-luck social, Lee Johnson, Instructional Writing Manager for Walt Disney World(r) Resort, Disney University (DU), discussed: (a) how their ISD Team applies the ADDIE model to the training programs developed by the DU; (b) how the DU ISD Team supports internal client training needs requests; (c) future trends/plans of the DU ISD Team; and (d) current opportunities at the Disney University. |
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April 13,2005
Instructional Technology Advisory Council met to discuss current and future state of program and field. |
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April 2005: Monthly research seminar and pot luck social at Dr. Hirumi's house.
Bob Allen CEO of i.d.e.a.s. located at Disney-MGM discussed storytelling/gaming at monthly research seminar/pot luck social at Dr. Hirumi’s house. |
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April 2005
Yahoo email distribution system no longer in use. The new listserv is now active; please subscribe if you haven't done so already. Please see "Resources/Listserv" on program website for details. |
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March 2005: Monthly research seminar and pot luck social at Dr. Hirumi's house.
Chris Stapleton, Director of UCF's Media Convergence Laboratory speaks at monthly research seminar and pot luck social at Dr. Hirumi’s house. See attached PPT presentation. |
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February 2005: Monthly research seminar and pot luck social at Dr. Hirumi's house.
The Dean for the College of Education, Dr. Sandra Robinson, discussed importance of graduate research at monthly research seminar and pot luck social at Dr. Hirumi’s house. |
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January 2005
New professional track on e-Learning within Instructional Technology master's degree program approved by University. Currently accepting applicants for Fall 2005 admissions. |
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January 2005
New professional certificate on the Instructional Design for Simulations approved by University. Currently accepting applicants for Fall 2005 admissions. |
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January 2005
Significant changes to IT master's degree program, including the specification of required core courses, three professional tracks and list of new electives approved by University. Changes to go into effect Fall 2005. All active IT students are encouraged to meet with their advisors to discuss changes and revise their programs of study accordingly. Open meetings to discuss changes will also be scheduled during the Spring 2005 term. |
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November 2004
A record number of Instructional Technology graduate students present at the 2004 AECT conference. See news brief for details. |
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