Division H Fireside Chat. Seeing the Future: Technology in the Lives and Careers of Graduate Students and Early Career Researchers

Session Type: Invited Session

Abstract

The radical and rapid effects of ongoing technological change in shaping our lives and work today and in the future are salient. It is inevitable that the advances in technology will alter the ways researchers interact with one another, research participants, and data. This session aims to construct bridges for understanding the relationships among learning, research and technology, and how these concepts can be enhanced. Attendees will have the opportunity to learn from the experiences of researchers from a variety of backgrounds. Panelists from academia and other professional research sectors will discuss the effects of technological innovations and how they may help or challenge the lives of graduate students and early-career researchers.

Sub Unit

• Graduate Student Council

Cosponsors

• Division H - Research, Evaluation and Assessment in Schools

• Graduate Student Council

Chairs

• Ruhan Circi Kizil, University of Colorado - Boulder

• Matthew R. Lavery, Bowling Green State University

Participants

• Damian W. Betebenner, National Center for the Improvement of Educational Assessment, Inc.

• Glynn Ligon, ESP Solutions Group

• Erin Marie Furtak, University of Colorado - Boulder

• Zollie Stevenson Jr, Howard University