2009 AECT International Convention

2009 AECT International Convention

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Integrative Approaches: Meeting Challenges

October 27-31, 2009
Galt House Hotel and Suites
Louisville, Kentucky

The EARLY-BIRD Plus registration is now available.
Members and Nonmembers, register before April 10th and you can save $91.00 from the regular registration.

Reasons to Attend

Professional Development

Ongoing developments in learning and instruction as well as in scholarship and research require creativity and flexibility in meeting the challenges posed by emerging technologies, changes in learning and working situations, and new demands placed on education and training. Our professional community exists in an exciting and dynamic world that requires us to do more than merely maintain our knowledge and skills ?we must engage in ongoing professional renewal, growth, and transformation.

This year's convention theme is Integrative Approaches: Meeting Challenges. Given developments in research, technology, and society, professional practice in the various disciplines that comprise the AECT community continue to change and evolve. To meet the challenges posed by ongoing changes, we need serious and sustained efforts to (a) actively incorporate findings from multiple disciplines; (b) involve key stakeholders at multiple levels to transform education and training; (c) integrate technologies seamlessly into learning, instruction, and performance; (d) dynamically interweave research, practice, and theory development; and (e) demonstrate what works when and why with regard to improving learning, instruction, and performance.

more information:http://www.aect.org/events/louisville/ 

 

AECT Divisions

Design & Development
Promotes the quality and effectiveness of teaching and learning through the acquisition and application of knowledge, skills, and dispositions to design conditions for learning, develop instructional materials and experiences and evaluate the adequacy of instruction and learning.
  
Distance Learning
Represents members with interests in the full range of distance learning techonologies as a means of addressing the educational needs of students, the educational community, and the general public.
  
International
The International Division of the Association for Educational Communication and Technology (AECT) facilitates communication among educational technology professionals and students worldwide. The International Division promotes interactions that transcend international boundaries and cultural lines by mentoring and fostering educational endeavors, and coordinating communication with sister associations around the world. The International Division offers members opportunities for presentations and provides a hospitality area for all AECT conference attendees. The International Division administers several awards, including the Robert deKieffer International Fellowship award from the AECT Foundation.
  
Management
Shares information and provides leadership in the management of resources, people, facilities, processes, and services in the educational media, technology, and information.
  
Multimedia Production
With the advances of multimedia production in a wide variety of areas, the Division of Multimedia Production would provide a way to network individuals engaged in multimedia production in both national and international settings. At annual meetings, the division would develop a program that shares the latest tools in multimedia production, increase awareness of developmental tools for multimedia production and provide a collaborative environment for multimedia producers to establish a connection with technology and communication specialists that are not currently served. Through our collaborative effort it is our ultimate purpose to participate in the international dialogue that defines standardization and acceptable best practices of multimedia in the educational and communication process.

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Research & Theory
Promotes the development and advancement of theory; promotes, presents, and disseminates research and scholarship that encompasses multiple perspectives; advocates the study of social and cultural issues in the field; supports, fosters, and mentors emgering scholars.
  
School Media & Technology
Provides leadership in educational communications and technology by linking professionals holding a common interest in the use of educational technology and its application to the learning process in the K-12 school environment.
  
Systemic Change
Advocates fundamental changes in educational settings to dramatically improve the quality of education and to enable technology to achieve its potential.
  
Teacher Education
Promotes theory, research, and practice in support of the development of knowledge, skills, and dispositions of educators who create effective learning environments for diverse learners through the integration of technology.
  
Training & Performance
Supports human and organizational performance through the development and implementation of learning enviroments that utilize integrated technology.