AECT BOARD MINUTES

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 28, 2009

Mary Herring – President Anthony Pina

Mike Spector – President-Elect Jenny Johnson

Pat Miller – Past President Marcus Childress

Mary Beth Jordan – Secretary-Treasurer Karen Kaminski

Ted Frick – Executive Board Representative Elizabeth Boling

Kay Persichitte – At-Large Representative Carol Brown

David Wiley – At-Large Representative Addie Kinsinger

Phil Harris – Executive Director Angela Benson

Jessie Stricker

1. Mary Herring called meeting to order at 3PM ET.

2. Approval of minutes for 11/08/08 moved by Kay Persichitte and seconded by Mark Childress

3. Phil Harris – Executive Director report

A. 19 registrations so far under the Super Early Bird Special/ 1 volunteer

a. February 15 is the end of Super Early Bird Special

B. Membership update

a. Impacted by recession

b. Compare 2008 to 2009 (Jan 1 to Jan 31)

c. 40% increase in membership this year -2009

1. 93 new members

2. Charlie White is the leader of committee

a. Utilized data base

b. Sent out letters

c. The leadership of everyone as well

3.Will compare total number of proposals submitted for this years convention and last

C. Galt House will negotiate to reduce rooms required, maybe reduce cost of room, as well

D. 501- C3

1. last piece of information went to Leonard this week, who will look it over and send it on to the IRS

E. Recording Policy

1. Put on convention registration form

2. Everyone who presents must consent to recording and also put on web site

F. Budget

1. on target

2. may beat projections for revenue for year

G. Webinars

1. Springer/Taylor-Francis

A. interested in partnering for selling books as promotion during webinar

1. 40% discount for book

B. Webinar cost/ out of pocket expense ($40) covered

C. Absorb mailing – Taylor-Francis

2. Enhancement to adding value to membership

3. Expenses

A. Book and dial-in costs = $13.70 plus cost of book

4. Springer is exploring idea

5. put together a group to stay on top of this

A. Committee – pull together concept

B. suggestions for members of committee

1. Abbie Brown

2. Ross Perkins

3. Trey Martindale

4. Al Januszewski (author)

5. Tony Pina – Distance Ed

4. Nominating Committee - Pat Miller

A. conference call on Tuesday, February 3, 2009 – will report later

5. President’s Goals

A. sent to Board of Directors

B. provide feedback via email

6. 2009 Convention – Mike Spector

A. 21 submissions all ready

B. Three confirmed keynote speakers

1. Alex Podolskij ( Moscow University, Russia)

2. Peter Goodyear (University of Sydney, Australia)

3. Daphne Rainey ( National Science Foundation)

C. graduate student proposal

1. Routine mentoring table

2. Phone call in two weeks

D. Dick Cornell/ Karen DaMeister

1. Rural schools

2. Open university (cloud works)

3. Panel

E. plan to visit hotel again in March

F. ECT support

1. Funds for convention

2. Providing partial support for Peter Goodyear

A. keynote from Australia

3. River boat cruise also for foundation

G. Tony Pina is local contact in Louisville, KY at Sullivan University

1. Pre-conference tours

A. universities have projects for AECT members to view

H. Chris Miller – responsible for leadership at summer conference

I. ETR & D – editorship

1.Steve Ross retiring from University of Memphis and is going to Johns Hopkins

2. stepping down as an editor of Research

3. Steve was an editor for 15 years

4. Send nominations to Steve Ross

5. Backlog of one year on accepted articles

A.More in development than in research

B.Maybe do longer issue at years end or a double issue

C.Submissions have doubled

1. Acceptances holding at 12% / 88% rejected

A. ETR&D is highly selectiveGood people

1.Reviewers needed

a.Springer publishes on-line and is highly respected

Division Reports

1. Design and Development – Elizabeth Boling

a. Journal of peer reviewed ID case studies proposed

b. Showcase shaping up

1. Submissions through program planning

c. Student representatives

1. Working on that

d. Mini PIDT sessions

2. Distance Learning – Tony Pina

a.Gary Morrison – elections

b.How do you update AECT website?

1.Contact Larry Vernon

c.On site work in Louisville, KY

1.Another round of Crystal Awards, Distance Learning research awards

d.Al Mizell – DDL President-elect needs program planners guide

3.Training and Performance – Angela Benson

a.Slate of officers submitted

b.P & P research grant of $500 will be used for a division award for student/faculty award

4.Management – Karen Kaminski

a. Nothing to report

b. Meeting with Mary Herring

5.Teacher Education – Judy Duffield

a.Conference evaluations available for review

1. Conference planners for this year to receive

b.Sponsor webinar will get with Phil

c.Review evaluations for Brown Bag discussions

6.Research and Theory – Marcus Childress

a.Revising by-laws

b.NSF Symposium

1. Lisa is contact

c.Featured research

1. Who does it fall under?

7.Systemic Change – Ted Frick

a. Future Minds oriented TCT discussions

b. Potential collaborating

c. Funding

d. Education K-12 issues

e. Submit proposals

8.School Media and Technology – Carol Brown

a. Working on division web site

b. Election slate to Larry Vernon

c. Proposals solicited

9.International Division – Jenny Johnson

a. Concern - hospitality center needs to be more evident and hospitable

b. Working on election slate

10.Graduate Student Assembly – Jessie Stricker

a. What are they?

1. Division/special interest group

a. Not a division

b. Baby steps

1. Set up a web presence on AECT site

2. Direct students to site

c. Better mailing list

1. Send everything to student designates

d. Messages in Second Life

e. AECT boards integrated by students

f. Partnering with interns re: mentoring

g. Location of student lounge needs to be more visible

11.Accreditation/Standards – Judy Duffield

a. Recognize long term reviewers

b. Changes

12.Awards – Elizabeth Boling

a. Administer awards from AECT

b. Problem getting information together

13.Curriculum Committee – Jenny Johnson

a. Change – done every four years

b. Goes in Tech Trends

c. Need two people on curricular data

14.Electronic Services – Trey Martindale

a. “floating out there”

15.Executive Committee – Ted Frick

a. Same look for AECT sites/transparent

16.Intellectual Property – Mary Beth Jordan

a. Preston Parker sent an update regarding plans for Intellectual Property

1. Sessions proposed for Conference = 3

2. Articles for Tech Trends covering every month

3. No webinar at this time

17.ISMF – Otto Benavides

a. Stronger presence in five states

b. Judging rubrics more uniform

18.Leadership Development – Angela Benson

a. Committee submitted

19.Organization and Bylaws – Kay Persichitte

a. New by-laws not up yet

20.Professional Ethics – Carol Brown

a. Needs more members on blog

21.Publications – Marc Childress

a. Nothing

22.Charges and Purposes

a. Phil trying to collect

b. Put up as mission statement and/or goals

23.Division Reports due in spring.

24.Website Committee meeting

1. Communications officers will be trained at leadership meeting /board of directors meeting

a. July 14 & 15, 2009

2. Professional Development

a. July 16 & 17, 2009

Meeting ended at 4:37PM