Young Researcher Award
Sponsored by the AECT Foundation and AECT's Research & Theory Division
SELF-NOMINATIONS ARE ALLOWED
Purpose
The Young Researcher Award is presented for the best paper reporting on a quantitative, qualitative, or mixed methods study addressing a question related to educational technology.
Eligibility
An individual who is a doctoral candidate, or who received the degree no more than five (5) years prior to submission due date. Co-authorship is acceptable provided that the Young Researcher applicant is the primary author.
Review Criteria
The paper must be an original unpublished investigation dealing with research in educational technology. The paper must be a report of a specific research study. It must be 25-35 pages long, excluding references, and must conform to the Style Manual of the American Psychological Association, latest edition.
Selection
The selection of the winning paper will be the responsibility of the AECT Young Researcher Award review committee which is appointed by the board of the Research and Theory Division of AECT. Only research papers meeting criteria will be considered and no award will be presented if entries are not deemed worthy.
Nomination Procedures
Please send your CV and manuscript in Microsoft Word or PDF format via email to AECT Research and Theory Division Immediate Past President Dr. Eunjung Grace Oh (ejgraceoh@gmail.com) with “AECT Young Researcher Award” in the subject line of the email by the deadline.
Nature of Award
A cash award of $500 is presented. The winning paper will receive special consideration for publication in Educational Technology Research and Development (ETR&D), the refereed scholarly research journal published by AECT. Winner of the Young Researcher Award will be awarded during the Research and Theory Awards ceremony to be held during the AECT 2021 International Convention.
Funding and Support
AECT Foundation
Nominations Due Date
April 30, 2021
Contact
Dr. Eunjung Grace Oh - ejgraceoh@gmail.com
Past Recipients
2023
No recipient
2022
No recipient
2021
Tiffany Roman & Elizabeth Boling - "Design Education at the Secondary Level in the U.S.: Instructional Practices and Perspectives of Teachers"
2020
Yingxiao Qian - "Effectiveness of explicit guidance and practices on abstraction (EGPA): Focusing on computational tasks in a STEM-integrative robotic education program"
2019
Kyung Kim - "The influence of resource interdependence during collaborative problem solving: Tracking changes in knowledge structure"
2018
Suhkyung Shin - "Scaffolding students’ inquiry-based learning in a technology-enhanced classroom"
2017
Donggil Song - "Student-generated questioning with scaffolding for improving reading comprehension"
2016
No Recipient
2015
Hengtao Tang - "Chinese learners’ perceptions of Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs): A potentially disruptive innovation to the Chinese educational system"
2014
Sungwon Shin
2013
No Recipient
2012
No Recipient
2011
No Recipient
2010
No Recipient
2009
No Recipient
2008
Anne Ottenbreit-Leftwich, Krista Glazewski, & Peg Ertmer - "Values associated with using technology to address professional and student needs"
2007
Jung Lim
1998
Rob Branch