Outstanding Research & Theory Division-Sponsored Accepted Proposal

Sponsored by AECT's Research & Theory Division

Purpose

This award is given annually to honor a Research and Theory Division-sponsored convention proposal that demonstrates quality research and contributes to the educational communications and technology field.  All accepted Research and Theory sponsored concurrent proposal presentations will be considered. The recipient will be recognized at the Research and Theory Awards ceremony to be held during the AECT International Convention.

Nomination Procedures

Awardees will be nominated by the Research and Theory Division Convention Planner (President-Elect) and confirmed by the RTD board.

Past Recipients

2024

• Clara Schumacher & Dirk Ifenthaler - Students’ Behavioral Reactions to Generic, Specific, and Adaptive Specific Prompts

2023

• Chen Feng, Zixi Li, and Xiaoying Zheng, and Curtis Bonk - Investigating the Self-Directed Learning Process in Argentine Tango Learning

2022

• Emma Agola & Tian Luo - The Effect of Digital Badging on Workplace Self-Directed e-Learning

2021

• Zhiru Sun & Yuqin Yang - Empowering Students in Remote Learning: A Mediation Analysis with Structural Equation Modeling

2020

• Katherine Chartier - The development of the instructional design dispositions and expertise index

2019

• Peter Rich, Garrett J. Egan, & Jordan Ellsworth - Improving computational thinking skills through coding education in grades 4-6

2018

• Hyunchang Moon, Jongpil Cheon, Jaehoon Lee, Devender Banda, Nora Griffin-Shirley, & Paul Ajuwon - Factors influencing visually impaired users' intention to adopt mobile applications based on the UTAUT model

2017

• Tiffany Roman - Practice-based insights on the emergent instructional framework of informed design

2016

• Andrea Lynn Halabi & Ana Paula Correia - Understanding the use of tablet devices in the classroom when teaching learners diagnosed with autism

2015

• Sally Alexandra Eliot & Atsusi Hirumi - The elusive construct of emotion: An interdisciplinary critical literature review

2014

• Bo Young Yoon, Jong Tae Lee, Seokjin Choi, TaeHee Kim, Hye Rin Roh & Byoung Doo Rhee - Using standardized patients vs. video cases as a method of  representing clinical problems in problem-based learning 

2013

• Peg Ertmer & Adrie Koehl - Examining student engagement in the problem space afforded by case-based discussions

2012

• Daniel Surry - Reconsidering instructional design research in an age of technological primacy