[Itech] Fwd: [ResearchTheory] Call for the 2010 AECT Early Career Faculty Symposium: Due September 1, 2010

[Dave Moore]

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AECT’s Research and Theory Division will be hosting the 2010 Early Career
Symposium sponsored by the National Science Foundation. The symposium will
be held at the annual AECT International Conference on October 26-27th,
2010, in Anaheim, California. The symposium will engage participants in a
day and a half of focused career mentoring and networking.

The symposium will provide each participant with the following:
- AECT Conference registration fee
- conference travel expenses up to $500
- two community building lunches
- lodging for the AECT conference not to exceed $200/night for the duration
of the conference

The intended outcomes of the Early Career Symposium include:
- mentoring of early career faculty and advanced doctoral students into the
social/professional network as partners in idea-making,
- supporting early career faculty and advanced doctoral students in
developing viable technology-oriented research agendas,
- providing specific feedback and guidance to early career faculty and
advanced doctoral students about their research agendas,
- providing information about building a research agenda, pursuing funding,
and building collaborations,
- developing a community of researchers interested in ways technology can
transform teaching and learning

The Symposium will occur over a day and a half as part of the AECT Annual
Meeting. On the first day, the mentors will work with their primary team of
participants (6 participants per mentor) for much of the day. Then, on the
half-day, they will talk to other participant groups so that each
participant gets some personal feedback from at least two mentors.
 Participants in the symposium will be asked to identify a project to work
on in consultation with their mentors over the following year. Participants
will participant in a follow-up video conference Spring 2011.

Our model for the Early Career Symposium relies on three groups of people
working together to create a supportive community. Participants will be
assigned to one of three mentors. Each of these mentors is a mid-career
faculty member who has a strong record of scholarship and grant activity.

Early Career Faculty Participants
Nine early career faculty applicants will be selected through a competitive
application process. The symposium is focused on faculty members who have
received their terminal degree in the last five years. Preference will be
given to those faculty members who are not at research-intensive schools as
they typically have fewer opportunities for mentoring at their home
institutions than faculty in research-intensive positions. Three early
career faculty will be assigned to each mentor.

Advanced Doctoral Students
Nine advanced doctoral student applicants will be selected through a
competitive application process. Students should be in the final stages of
completing their degree. Preference will be given to students who are
nearing completion and whose research agendas align to the technology in
teaching and learning focus of the Symposium. Three early doctoral students
will be assigned to each mentor.

Lunch for both days will be provided as part of the Symposium to offer an
opportunity for unstructured conversation among all participants. Given that
one of our desired outcomes is the development of a community of
researchers, providing opportunities for that community to develop is a
critical aspect of the experience.

Eligibility
- Applicants must be AECT Members in good standing
- Applicants must have not participated in a previous year’s symposium
- Applicants must be current faculty (within first five years of career) or
graduate students (within one year of finishing doctoral degree)
- Applicants will be selected based upon their strength of argument for
participation. Additionally, the Symposium board seeks to accept a diverse
group of scholars representing the entirety of the membership of AECT.

Application
Faculty applicants should submit:

   - Cover letter providing a career statement as well as discussing why
   they would like to attend the Early Career Symposium, how they are qualified
   and how it would benefit their careers (letter should be limited to a single
   page).
   - Updated Curriculum Vita


Student applicants should submit:

   - Cover Letter discussing career goals, including description of
   dissertation and progress toward completion.  The cover letter should also
   discuss how they are qualified for the Early Career Symposium and how it
   would benefit their careers (letter should be limited to a single page)
   - Updated Curriculum Vita
   - Statement supporting participation from dissertation advisor (limit to
   one paragraph)


Deadline: All applicants are due September 1, 2010. Cover letters and vita’s
must be sent to Symposium coordinator, David Richard Moore (moored3 at ohio.edu).
All materials must be sent electronically. Applicants will be informed of
their status on September 21, 2010.

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David Richard Moore
Associate Professor
Program Coordinator, Instructional Technology
Patton College of Education and Human Services
Ohio University
250 McCracken Hall, Athens OH 45701
moored3 at ohio.edu
http://oak.cats.ohiou.edu/~moored3/
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