Outstanding Research & Theory Division-Sponsored Accepted Student Proposal

Sponsored by AECT's Research & Theory Division

Purpose

This award is given annually to honor a Research and Theory Division-sponsored convention proposal submitted by a graduate student that demonstrates research and contributes to the educational communications and technology field. Proposals must be either a completed research study, a description of an innovative methodology or use of an innovative methodology, or a theoretical paper. Research in-progress will not be considered for this award. Among the accepted Research and Theory sponsored concurrent proposal presentations with a student as the first author at the time of submission, one proposal will be selected by the Research and Theory Division Convention Planner (President-Elect) and confirmed by the board. The recipient will be recognized at the Research and Theory Awards ceremony to be held during the AECT 2021 International Convention. 

Nomination Procedures

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

Past Recipients

2023

• Jie (Jennifer) Lu and Matthew Schmidt - "Challenging the Status Quo of Usability Research: Examining the Constructs and Psychometric Properties in Existing Instruments"

2022

• Rui (Tammy) Huang & Matthew Schmidt - "Theory-informed Digital Game-based Interventions for Students’ Language Learning Outcomes: A Systematic Review"

2021 (the inaugural year for this award)

• Holly Fiock, Sally Meech, Mohan Yang, Yishi Long, Tadd Farmer, Adrie Koehler, & Zui Cheng - "Instructional Design Learners Make Sense of Theory"