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:

- IRSEC: Iryna Ashby & Secil Caskurlu, Purdue University
- Tech Tiger: Huiruo Chen & Nicole Emert, University of South Florida
- Highrize Instructional Design Services: Jessica Hooper & Elena Erick, University of South Florida

Mentors
Dr. Peter Rich, BYU
Dr. Dotty Sammons, Idaho State University
Dr. Nancy Hastings, University of West Florida
Dr. Tom Hergert, St Cloud University
Dr. Tara Bunag, University of the Pacific
Jeroen Breman, Northwest Lineman College

Competition Judges
Dr. Ana Donaldson, former AECT President
Dr. Jason McDonald, BYU
Dr. Beth Oyarzun, University of North Carolina Wilmington

Coordinating Committee
Dan Schuch, Competition Chair
Dr. Lisa Giacumo, Boise State University
Dr. Carrie Miller, Minnesota State University Mankato
Dr. Sheri Stover, Wayne State University
Dr. Steve Villachica, Boise State University

Sub Unit

• Design and Development

Attendees

• Ahmed Lachheb, Indiana University School of Education

• Iryna Ashby, Purdue University

• Secil Caskurlu, Purdue University

• Lauren Bagdy, Florida State University

• Michelle Cates, Florida State University

• Huiruo Chen, University of South Florida

• Jacob A. Hall, Syracuse University

• Jiaming Cheng, Syracuse University

• Jessica Hooper, University of South Florida

• Elena Erick, University of South Florida

• Peter Rich, Brigham Young University

• Dotty Sammons, Idaho State University

• Nancy B. Hastings, University of West Florida

• Tom Hergert, St. Cloud State University

• Tara Bunag, University of the Pacific

• Jeroen Breman, Northwest Lineman College

• Ana Donaldson, University of Northern Iowa - Retired

• Jason K McDonald, Brigham Young University

• Beth Oyarzun, UNCC

• Monica Tracey, Wayne State University

• Dan Schuch, AECT

• Lisa A. Giacumo, Boise State University

• Carrie Lewis Miller, Minnesota State University

• Sheri Stover, Wright State University

• Steven W. Villachica, Boise State University

• Wilhelmina Savenye, Arizona State University