December 2006
E-Newsletter

International Division AECT

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Contents

Nomination Committee

Anaheim 2007 Conference

ID Awards

International Auction Dinner

International Hospitality Center

Membership Meeting

Dallas 2006 Conference Planning

ICEM National Representative Report

ICEM 2006 (Eger, Hungary)

ICEM 2007 Update

Happy Holidays!  Best wishes for wonderful holidays that are happy and safe .

Time flies!  It seems we have just finished the great conference at Dallas and now, AECT is planning the Anaheim 2007 conference.  Call for papers has been announced.  Be sure to check the URL for the further information. (http://www.aect.org/events/call/)  If you have any questions regarding the AECT 2007 conference, please feel free to contact Lauren Cifuentes (laurenc(-at-)tamu.edu), President-Elect, 2007 Conference Planner.  Here are a few updates regarding to the International Division.

Out goal for this year it to support present ID members and recruit more members.  It was so exciting to see so many graduate student volunteers supporting the division and serving on the ID board.  ID is an unique community within AECT.  I encourage all of you to take further steps to support the ID and its members.

Nomination Committee: Amy Bradshaw (bradshaw(-at-)ou.edu)

Nominations are being accepted for President Elect of the International Division (to assume office as President Elect at the annual AECT conference in October, 2007).

We also are interested in the names of people interested in the President Elect Designate position, however the nomination period for the "designate" (who would become President nearly three years from now, in 2009) will extend beyond this current nomination timeframe and, therefore, will not be included on the AECT ballot in January 2007.

If you are interested in running for the position of President Elect of the International Division, or would like to nominate someone for the position (only with their permission in advance, please!), please send an email to me (bradshaw@ou.edu) with the following information at your earliest convenience and not later than midnight, December 27th, 2007.

   1. Nominee's Name
   2. Nominee's Professional Position and Affiliation(s)
   3. Nominee's Email Address
   4. Nominee's Phone Number
   5. Verification that the nominee has agreed to run for office

The nominations committee will reduce the list of nominations received to not more than two candidates, whose names will be forwarded to headquarters for inclusion on the January election ballot.

I look forward to hearing from you.

Anaheim2007 Conference:Lauren Cifuentes (laurenc(-at-)tamu.edu)

The International Division facilitates communication and communities  among educational technology professionals and students world wide  and promotes interactions and support across international boundaries  and cultural lines. Some examples of appropriate proposal topics  include connecting communities of learners, the impacts of  cyberculture on international learners, critical ethnography of  distributed learning environments, culturally responsive  instructional design, cross-cultural studies, impacts of  instructional technologies in developing nations, and localizing or  globalizing instruction.

For questions regarding proposals for the  International Division, please contact Laruen Cifuentes.
 

ID Awards

International Auction Dinner

As usual, this year we had an exciting and wonderful International Auction Dinner.  Dr. Cornell, the auctioneer, had made the auction warm, cozy, and fun. There were many items brought by the International Division members for auction from their countries this year.  Many of these items you probably were not seen in the U.S.  It was the funniest and wildest event at the conference.  Please do not forget to join the Auction Dinner in Anaheim.

International Hospitality Center

It was a pleasure to see so many of our friends gather at the hospitality center over coffee and tea.  We are also grateful to all who volunteered their services for the upcoming year. International Division is a great place to serve. This year, particularly, we saw many new members stop by the center and volunteer the duty.  Please do come to see our center next year at Anaheim.

Membership Meeting

It was so wonderful so many ID members attended the membership meeting at Dallas conference.  We saw many old friends and new friends.  It was the best way to show our support to the International Division.  A few positions were nominated.

• TechTrends Representative: Ross Perkins
• Secretary: Arthur Wang
• Assistant Membership Coordinator: Hui-Ling Wu

Dallas 2006 Conference Planning: Chih Tu (Chih.Tu(-at-)Nau.edu)

Many strong proposals were submitted for the Dallas 2006 conference, some we were unable to accept because of space limitations.  The quality of proposals was outstanding.  We have been seeing trends in research that focuses on cross-cultural concerns in the proposals.  These proposals/presentations represent the best evidence that we are a global community.  We highly encourage ID members to submit their proposals through ID since we will get more presentation slots if more proposals submitted through us.  Please  support our division by submitting your proposals through the International Division.  List of ID sponsored presentation in Dallas 2006.

ICEM National Representative Report: Marina McIsaac (mmcisaac(-at-)asu.edu)
 

This year has been an active one for the International Council for Educational Media (ICEM). ICEM (and your AECT National Delegate) represented you at international and UNESCO related meetings in Paris, Frankfurt, Singapore, Cyprus, Nigeria, Iceland and Portugal. This past year also marked the first joint AECT-ICEM conference in Orlando in October, where both AECT and ICEM members met to strengthen ties in an effort to further expand the international work of AECT. Dick Cornell was the ICEM conference coordinator, and worked hard to make our delegates from 10 countries feel welcome as they were introduced to the International Division tradition of hospitality.

AECT, and the International Division, is well represented in ICEM as we continue to work actively to help formulate policy and engage in the work of the organization. The International Division can be proud of producing the two most recent Presidents of ICEM, Dick Cornell and Marina McIsaac. Your new ICEM National Representative is Bob Doyle, and the Deputy Representative is Chih Tu. Chih is also a candidate for the Executive Board of ICEM. The ICEM Conference in November, in Eger Hungary, highlights topics of interest to our community of ICT professionals; Globalization of Education, Use of Learning Objects in Educational Materials, E-Learning, Sustainability, and other current issues. We welcome all International Division members to become active participants in the ICEM international community. See your representatives Bob Doyle and Chih Tu for more information.
 

ICEM 2006: Eger, Hungary, November

This year we had more than seven U.S. ICEM members who attended the conference and presented their research.  All U.S. ICEM members enjoyed the conference the outstanding Hungarian hospitality.  We encourage you to join us in enjoying the ICEM annual conference in Cyprus 2007.  Please see below for more information.

Conference Building	Presentation Hall
Dr. Richard Cornell's presentation	General Assembly

ICEM 2007