AECT Design & Development Competition supported by NATO ACT

Full Session: Special Session

Short Description

NATO ACT and the Design and the Development Division of AECT are sponsoring the 2022 AECT instructional design 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 three teams have been selected for the third and final phase of the competition and their mentors are: TBD from below:

Education Elevated: Stephanie West & Heather Francis, Brigham Young University. Mentor: Dr. Katarzyna Sims, Yale.
Old Boys: Wonjim Yu & Samet Baydar. Purdue University. Mentor: Dr. Beth Oyarzun, UNCW and UNCC.
Real Design: Allyson Sass & Deborah Marszalek, Baker University. Mentor: Dr. Libby Farrelly, Oriel STAT A MATRIX.

Judges:
Tonya Scott Amankwatia, North Carolina Agricultural and Technical State University;
Cem Kumsal, NATO SACT;
Zhichun Lukas Liu, Visiting Assistant Professor at Teachers College, Columbia University;
Zahira Merchant, San Francisco State University

Head Judge:
Jason McDonald, Brigham Young University

Coordinating Committee:
Sheri Stover, Wright State University;
Dan Schuch, AECT;
Shauna Bona, Senior Consultant, McKinnon-Mulherin Consulting;
Logan Arrington, University of West Georgia;
Cem Kumsal, NATO SACT;
Amy Pflug, Oriel STAT A Matrix; and
Juhong Christie Liu, James Madison University.

Sub Unit

• AECT

Attendees

• Stephanie West, Brigham Young University

• Heather Francis, Brigham Young University

• Katarzyna Maria Sims, Yale University

• Wonjin Yu, Purdue University

• Samet Baydar, Purdue University

• Beth Oyarzun, UNC Charlotte

• Libby Farrelly, University of Tennessee - Knoxville

• Tonya Amankwatia, North Carolina A&T State University

• Salih Cem Kumsal, NATO

• Zahira Merchant, San Francisco State University

• Jason K McDonald, Brigham Young University

• Sheri Stover, Wright State University

• Logan Arrington, University of West Georgia

• Dan Schuch, AECT

• Shauna Kaye Bona, McKinnon-Mulherin Consulting

• Amy Pflug, Oriel STAT A MATRIX

• Zhichun Liu, The University of Hong Kong

Zoom Meeting Host

• Melrose 2 Room Host, AECT