AECT Board of Directors

Saturday, October 31, 2009

9:15-1:00, Wilkinson Room, Galt House, Louisville, KY

 

Mike Spector                    Barbara Lockee                   Mary Herring

Mary Beth Jordan            Marcus Childress               Judith Duffield

Frank Duffy                       Carol Brown                         Deborah Anthony

Anthony Pina                    Elizabeth Boling                  Bob Doyle

Nancy Hastings               Robert Appelman               Kay Persichitte

David Wiley                      Phillip Harris

 

Guests: Al P. Misell        Leslie Blatt                            David Carbonara

Tristan Johnson              Ana Donaldson                   Charlie White

Addie Kinsinger               Trisha Young                       Ward Cates

Kathy Seville                     Tina Wu                                 Sharon Smaldino

Miriam Lawson                 Marty Bray

 

1.      Call to order.

·        Mike Spector called meeting to order at 9:15AM.

2.      Acceptance of the Agenda

·         Kay Persichitte moved and it was seconded by David Carbonara.

3.       Acceptance of Minutes,for  October 27, 2009

·        Tony Pina moved and seconded by Barbara Lockee.

4.      Introduce new members and interns.

5.      Carry over business from October 27, 2009 meeting

·        Division reports:

                          i.         Multimedia Production – Bob Appelman retiring in a year from Indiana University. Reflections and Futures discussion on Wednesday during their meeting. How are they viewed by AEC?. Redefining multi-media within their structure. What do they care about? Detailed flow of the product, especially, development of product management and full & robust analysis of product will be the new mission. How do you disseminate information? New journal through D&D will be a good starting point. Second Life presence-designing their room and tutorials on mastering Second Life is important. Resources for Second Life that can be used by all. AECT members are authorized to call them “geeks.” Webinars being planned for the future. 

                        ii.         Teacher Education – scheduled four webinars, first on December 4, 2010 at 2PM ET with Judy Duffield on Web 2.0.  Later dates to be announced – April & September, 2010 are probable.

                      iii.         Research & Theory—planning webinar in the spring and a presence in Second Life; Mentor for Young Scholar/Science award during two day symposium.

                       iv.         Systemic Change – Frank Duffy is replacing Ted Frick as representative; Future Minds best prospect is the State of Ohio, meeting with the governor and superintendent of Decatur school in a 2 hour meeting. Education advisors being met with in Ohio, especially the chancellor and governor’s advisors on education policy. Transmission dialogue will be discussed. Race to the Top is the federal money approved by President Obama that is being disbursed. Charlie Reigeluth is publishing a new book for the public on systemic change. Recognition program for the new members  of division – gave out awards. ARA interest group. Technology and systemic change are intertwined. 

                         v.         School Media & Technology – Held a joint breakfast with Teacher Education; Had an article in TechTrends on practicing ; a new website designed by Marty Bray; outreach and marketing has been  increased; planning two webinars – checking on dates with participants; updating SMT handbook; holding a discussion with ISMF in regards to helping them; trying different methods of outreach to reach people.

                       vi.         Training & Performance – planning on a series of four webinars; inviting previous members of Management to join; actively recruiting military and trade personnel.

                     vii.         International – meet 8 to 9 times a year by teleconference; a variety of different countries are represented; papers being linked so people can view them online; ICEM is meeting in Turkey next year; discussion on coffee, again; successful international auction with a variety of different items sold.

·        Graduate Student Assembly report – new president is Michael D. Montalto-Rook

·        Committee Reports (brevity is appreciated)

6.      Executive Director’s Updates

        ·        Barbara Addie update – starts treatment next week/ life threatening disease. Will continue to work as long as she can.

·        Convention update – registrations, etc.—740 registrations/ISMF is at 240

·       Galt House Return in 2012 – impressions and discussion

·        Anaheim – 2010; Jacksonville – 2011; Louisville – 2012 ($159); Anaheim – 2013; Jacksonville – 2014 Motion made by Mary Herring to allow Phil to return to Louisville, KY in 2012- seconded by Barbara Lockee – Approved.

·        Budget update – numbers are the same as Tuesday’s report.

·       Other updates – go to Anaheim in 2013 unless there is something else available? – feed back from Divisions. Cap on room rates is $160. Per night.  Eliminates Chicago, Washington,D.C., & Miami Beach. Check on Milwaukee, Charlotte, and Savannah for hotel rates. 

7.      Other carry-over discussion items from Oct 27

·       Handbook Publisher – Taylor/Francis is challenging our contract with Springer to publish the Fourth edition. We believe they have breached their contract with AECT for not delivering royalties in a timely manner.

·        Research Symposium – update from Barbara Lockee. Meeting with Tom Brush about holding the symposium prior to PIDT on May 19 in Estes Park, CO. Reviewing papers all ready submitted to prior person in charge on Distance Education,  before totally agreeing. About 90% in agreement all ready. Maybe re-focus the call, asking for chapters, rather than just papers. These are published by Springer. Phil must cancel agreement in Bloomington with the Union Building. 

·        ISMF update – input from Glen Bull (National Technology Leadership Consortium) and suggestions for follow-up – such as corporate sponsors and funding

·        Convention Management System – support from ECT Foundation board for completion of web site and purchase of some sort of convention management system. Put together a task force to decide whether a service or management system is feasible. Task Force consists of Barbara Lockee- chair, Anna Donaldson, Larry Vernon, Phil Harris, Mike Spector, Miriam Lawson, Ward Cates, Deborah Anthony and Lois Freeland. Report in November.

·        Future Minds report – see above

·        Distinguished Programs Task Force report – Tiffany led task force. Outcome showed there was far more interest in evaluation of programs than expected. Focus was on certificate programs beyond bachelor’s programs. “Go to” place to have a program reviewed for certification by AECT. Tentative name, not in competition with NCATE. Include standards and time limit in planning. Burden on membership for evaluations. Coordinate with various committees, such as Standards. Very good report and Tiffany should be commended. 

8.      New Business

·        New Media Consortium membership – NMC does undergraduate accreditation but would like someone to do graduate program accreditation. The cost is $2500 per year for AECT to join. Mary Herring moved AECT pursue membership in New Media Consortium with a second by Barbara Lockee. Approved.

·        One Day Registrations – 740 registrations with 140 one-day registrations. Solutions to this – up the fee for one-day registration or do not offer a one-day registration; benefits of attending need to be noted. First- timer reduction (with a better data base for tracking). Kay Persichitte moved that AECT do away with the one-day registration fee which Barbara Lockee seconded. Friendly amendment by Mary Herring. Discussion followed. Approved.

1:10PM Mary Herring moved to adjourn. Kay Persichitte seconded.

 

Did not discuss the following items:

·        Summer 2010 Board meeting/Leadership development –

·        NCATE discussion – financial considerations

·        Strategic Plan – survey and discussion of priorities

 

 

Strategic Plan Discussion

ACTION 1.1: Weekly meetings between Executive Director and Website Editor

ACTION 1.2: Hire specialists if needed to link old and new AECT websites.

ACTION 1.3: Hire part-time social media specialist to support AECT’s social media activities.

ACTION 1.4: Develop a dynamic website that sustains association interaction and outreach.

ACTION 1.5: Create online repositories for different AECT constituencies (i.e., divisions, chapters, member groups like grad students, etc.)

ACTION 1.6: Create a searchable member database that includes research interests and expertise and a membership profile.

ACTION 1.2.1: Increase presentations at a distance at the annual conference and the biennial research symposium by 10% each year for the next two years.

ACTION 1.2.2: Work with Virtual Worlds Committee to establish an ongoing program for AECT members and outreach to nonmembers.

ACTION 1.2.3: Host discussion events for authors of current articles in ETR&D and TechTrends/Books (i.e., “Meet the Author”)

STRATEGY 1.3: Create web-based online repositories for different AECT constituencies (i.e., divisions, chapters, member groups like grad students, etc.) and for research tools.

            ACTION 1.3.1

GOAL 2: Question and articulate who we are, what we value and what we do, and our service to society.

ACTION 2.1.1: Proposes/makes final the theme for each year and writes the call for proposals

ACTION 2.1.2: Selects recipients and serves as liaison with awardees through the funding period

ACTION 2: Arranges presentations by awardees at the conference

ACTION 2.2.1: Research project is defined as contribution to new knowledge (pure theory or applied) in the field

ACTION 2.2.2: Service project is defined as application of educational communications and technology in a real-world setting

ACTION 2.3.1:

ACTION 2.3.1: Establish writing committees for both publications

ACTION 3.1: Define regional leader roles and responsibilities.

ACTION 3.2: Create a checkbox on the membership form and profile for those members wishing to become regional leaders and create a regional leader database.

ACTION 3.3: Provide training and resources for regional leaders.

ACTION 3.2.1: Utilize social media to promote leadership.

ACTION 3.2.2: Create an archive of leaders by sub-structure.

ACTION 3.3.1: The Leadership Committee will develop the cycle and oversee its implementation.

ACTION 3.3.2 Identify leadership training models

ACTION 4.1.1

ACTION 4.1.2

ACTION 4.2.1

ACTION 4.2.2

ACTION 4.3.1

ACTION 4.3.2

ACTION 4.4.1

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ACTION 4.5.1

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