James W. Brown Publication Award

The awardee receives a cash award of $500 with a plaque of achievement. The award is presented during the awards ceremony at the 2009 annual convention to be held October 27-31, 2009 at Galt House Hotel and Suites, Louisville, Kentucky.

Biography

James W. Brown (1913-1987) was born in Hanford, Washington. He taught junior high school while studying for a Bachelor's degree from Central Washington State College and obtained his Master's and PhD degrees from the University of Chicago. After serving in the Navy during World War II, he was involved in the development of the first statewide plan for audiovisual services through the Virginia State Department of Education. He then spent a year on the faculty at Syracuse University and later moved to Seattle, Washington, to supervise the University Film Center at the University of Washington. From 1953 to 1974 James Brown was affiliated with San Jose State University, first as an associate professor of education then later as Dean of Graduate Studies and Research.

His many professional activities included two terms as President of AECT and serving many years on the ECT Foundation's Board of Directors. Dr. Brown was a prolific writer, his best known books have become standard textbooks, many of which he co-authored with fellow educators. In addition to editing the Educational Media Yearbook from 1973 to 1984, he produced 27 books, travel filmstrips, and two travel books about England and Ireland.

In 1981, he gave the funds to establish the James W. Brown Publication Award. The purpose of the award was to provide an opportunity to recognize writers in the educational technology field.

Criteria:

Nominated items are not restricted to books or print; they may be in any media format (film, video, broadcast program, book, etc.). Any non-periodic publication in the field of educational technology is eligible if it bears a publication date of 2005 to 2008.

Nominations are solicited from all possible sources: AECT members, media-related publishers and producers, author themselves, AECT non-periodic publications committee members, and others.

Nominated publications shall be judged on the basis of:

1. Significance of the item's content for the field of media/instructional technology, as defined in the Definition of Educational Technology, published by AECT in 1977, or in any subset of the publication.
2. Professional quality of the item.
3. Potential impact of the item's content on the field of media/instructional technology, as defined in the Definition of Educational Technology.
4. Technical quality of the item if applicable.

Periodic publications, such as journals and conference proceedings, are not eligible.

Procedure:

A sub-committee of the AECT Publications Committee will evaluate recommended publications, consider the evaluations supplied by nominators, and agree on selection of the award recipient. If more than one individual contributed to the publication, the recipients will determine how to divide the award.

To submit a nomination complete the form. Please click here.

In addition,

• three copies of a printed nomination
• three copies of a media-based nomination

should be submitted to:

Rhonda S. Robinson, Ph.D.
Presidential Teaching Professor
Dept. of Educational Technology, Research, and Assessment
Northern Illinois University
DeKalb, IL 60115
815-753-9323
rrobinson@niu.edu

Note: Nominations will not be considered complete without submission of the required copies. The selection committee requests that publishers/producers donate one additional copy of all print materials for placement in the AECT library. If nominations are made for non-print materials, please indicate whether they must be returned.

Deadline:

The deadline to submit a nomination is Sept. 15th, 2009.

Contact:

For more information please contact:

Rhonda S. Robinson, Ph.D.
rrobinson@niu.edu

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