Proposal Deadline: March 2, 11:59PM (EST), 2012

Invitation To Present
 
As the premier professional organization in instructional design and technology, AECT actively fosters the dissemination of important research findings. In order to encourage a greater number of high-quality research paper presentations at our annual convention, the Research & Theory Division will feature a small number of research paper sessions.

The Sessions  

• On each of the three days of concurrent sessions at the Louisville Convention (Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday), one 60-minute session will be devoted to presentation and discussion of two Featured Research papers. These sessions will be highlighted in the program.
• Each presenter will have 15-20 minutes to present their paper, followed by five minutes of critique, comment, and synthesis by a noted discussant and five minutes of question-and-answer by audience members.

Nature of the Studies

• Featured Research papers will report on a completed research study that has not been published in a journal nor previously presented at a conference.
• The paper should describe an empirical study that used primarily quantitative, qualitative or mixed methods.
• In all cases, a study must involve the collection of data. Literature reviews, papers describing theories unaccompanied by supporting data, and other non-data-based papers will not be considered for this type of session.
• A study must have been conducted and the data analyzed at the time a proposal is submitted..

Submission Differences

1. Submission Deadline:March 2, 11:59PM (EST), 2012. You must submit your proposal using the online submission form. Make sure you identify your proposal as being for a Featured Research paper. Read the guidelines for electronic submissions. Make sure you identify your proposal as being for a Featured Research paper. Read the guidelines for electronic submissions.
2. Enter your proposal in the online proposal form, following the directions provided. After you submit your proposal, you will receive electronic notification that it has been received. The peer review process begins shortly after the submission deadline.

Notification of Acceptance as a Featured Research Paper
 
Authors of accepted Featured Research papers must submit their full papers to their discussant/facilitator by midnight September 15, 2012. Authors who fail to submit their paper by this deadline will not be allowed to present their paper at the conference and will not appear in the convention program as a Featured Research paper.
 
Papers not accepted for Featured Research may be forwarded to an appropriate division for consideration.
 
Given the concentrated effort and commitment of a large number of people that goes into one being accepted into the Featured Research Program, presenters should make certain they can attend.
 
As is true for all convention presentations, presenters must obtain written permission to use copyrighted photos, music, and the like in their sessions. In addition, all presenters are expected to follow the AECT Code of Ethics found on the AECT Web site (http://www.aect.org/intranet/publications/ethics/index.html).

Funding
 
Presenters are required to assume responsibility for all costs associated with the presentation, including convention registration, travel, lodging, handout materials.