AECT/D&D Instructional Design Competition

Full Session: Special Session

Short Description

AECT and the members of Design and the Development Division of AECT coordinate the AECT Design and Development Competition for promising instructional design research by graduate students mentored by experts in the field. AECT is specifically interested in promoting collaboration and mentoring within the professional community.

The goals for this award are to:
- Improve the professional practice of design and development in adult learning and performance-improvement settings;
- Promote collaboration among students, faculty, and practitioners;
- Mentor promising students by leaders outside their home institutions; and,
- Recognize innovative design-and-development approaches to adult learning and performance-improvement problems.

The three teams selected for the third and final phase of the competition and their mentors are:

- EngageNet Instructional Solutions: Milton Knopp & Julie La Combe, Emporia State University. Mentor: Dr. Suhana Chikatla
- Sensible Solutions: Justin Sentz & Tina Souders, Old Dominion University. Mentor: Dr. Peter Rich
- Blue Owl Instructional Design: Jessica Hooper & Elena Erick, University of South Florida. Mentor: Dr. Jesse Strycker

Competition Judges: Rob Reiser, Bill Sugar, Shauna Bona, and Joel Gardner.

Planning Committee: Ana Donaldson, Dan Schuch, Amy Bradshaw, Lisa Giacumo, Jill Stefaniak and Patricia J Slagter van Tryon.

Sub Unit

• Design and Development

Attendees

• Darryl Draper, Old Dominion University

• Anne Mendenhall, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

• Zahira Merchant, San Francisco State University

• Andrew Tawfik, Northern Illinois University

• Albert Dieter Ritzhaupt, University of Florida

• Ji Yae Bong, Florida State University

• Jessica Resig, The Pennsylvania State University

• Wei Qiang Kelly, Florida State University

• Suhana Chikatla, Wallace State

• Milton Knopp, Emporia State University

• Julie La Combe, Emporia State University

• Peter Rich, Brigham Young University

• Jill Stefaniak, Old Dominion University

• Justin Sentz, Old Dominion University

• Tina Souders, Old Dominion University

• Jesse Strycker, East Carolina University

• Jessica Hooper, University of South Florida

• Elena Erick, University of South Florida

• Robert Reiser, Florida State University

• Bill Sugar, East Carolina University

• Shauna Bona, O.C. Tanner

• Joel Gardner, Franklin University

• Ana Donaldson, University of Northern Iowa - Retired

• Amy C Bradshaw, University of Oklahoma

• Lisa A. Giacumo, Boise State University

• Patricia J Slagter van Tryon, East Carolina University

• Thomas Logan Arrington, Florida State University

• Tugce Aldemir, Middle East Technical University

• Gayle V. Davidson-Shivers, University of South Alabama

• Matthew Schmidt, University of Cincinnati