Young Researcher Award

ECT Foundation's Young Researcher Award is presented to the best paper reporting on a quantitative or qualitative study addressing a question related to educational technology. The winner paper will receive special consideration for publication in Educational Technology Research and Development (ETR&D), the refereed scholarly research journal published by the AECT, Association for Educational Communications and Technology.

A cash award of $500 with a plaque of achievement will be presented at the Awards ceremony during the 2010 annual convention to be held October 26-30, 2010 at Hyatt Regency Orange County, Anaheim, California.

Criteria:

An individual who does not hold a doctorate degree, or who received a doctorate not more than five (5) years prior to November 1, 2009. Co-authorship is acceptable provided that the Young Researcher applicant is the primary author.

The paper must be an original unpublished investigation dealing with research in educational technology.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, 4th Ed.

The selection of the winning paper will be the responsibility of the Young Researcher selection committee which was appointed by the board of the Research and Theory Division of AECT. Only research papers judged significant of the award will win. An award will not be made if none of the entries are deemed worthy.

Procedure:

Please send your manuscript in Microsoft Word or PDF format via email to Dr. Thomas Brush at tbrush@indiana.edu by June 1st, 2010.

Deadline:

Deadline for manuscripts is June 1st, 2010.

Contact:

For additional information please contact Dr. Thomas Brush at tbrush@indiana.edu

ECT FOUNDATION

The ECT Foundation is the non-profit foundation of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) and was established to carry out the purposes and programs of AECT that are charitable and educational in nature. The ECT Foundation funds an extensive awards program that promotes scholarship and leadership in the field of educational communications and technology at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. Because it is a non-profit organization, all donations to the ECT Foundation are tax-deductible. Financial gifts to support its many programs are welcome. For additional information or to make a donation, write to ECT Foundation, c/o AECT, 1800 N. Stonelake Dr., Suite 2, Bloomington, IN 47404.