Building a Technology Research Agenda: An Early Career Symposium

这笔资金将用于支持2008年10月在佛罗里达奥兰多举行的年度AECT（教育传播技术协会）会议上为早期职业研究人员举办的研究座谈会。这笔资金将为初级教师和高级研究生提供参加研究联盟的津贴。 教育传播与技术协会（AECT）的一个目标是通过系统地开发、利用和管理学习资源（包括教育环境中的媒体）来促进人文学习。然而，尽管其成员之间正在开展研究活动，但大多数研究活动都是在外部资金历来不是优先事项的项目中进行的（例如，在教育学院）和推进大多数初级教师和研究生之间的研究合作的前景是固有的限制。本次座谈会的目的是提供一个论坛，在此期间，成功的NSF资助的学者亲自指导初级学者和研究生在开发一个系统的调查程序，成功的赠款提案，并传播研究在一系列技术研发问题和问题的细微差别。将年轻和创造性的研究人员带到AECT 08将有助于推进一个重要的和具有社会价值的研究领域。NSF的资助将显著影响下一代研究人员的职业生涯，使他们中的一些人能够参加会议和研究座谈会。学生和初级教师将有机会在社区中获得更广泛的曝光，以促进他们的创新工作，并获得来自研究界高级成员的反馈和指导。参与还将有助于培养这些年轻研究人员的社区意识，让他们在自己之间以及与处于专业发展关键阶段的高级研究人员建立社交网络。PI表示，她将采取行动确保传统上代表性不足的机构的成员参与，并将密切关注少数群体和妇女的参与。

This is funding to support a research colloquium for early career researchers at the annual AECT (Association for Educational Communication & Technology) conference to be held in Orlando, Florida in October 2008. The funding will provide stipends for junior faculty and advanced graduate students to participate in the research consortium. A goal of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is to facilitate humane learning through the systematic development, utilization, and management of learning resources, which include media in educational settings. Yet, despite research initiatives underway among its members, most are employed within programs where external funding has not been a priority historically (e.g., in Colleges of Education) and the prospects for advancing research collaborations among most junior faculty and graduate students is inherently constrained. The purpose of this colloquium is to provide a forum during which successful NSF-funded scholars personally mentor junior scholars and graduate students in the nuances of developing a systematic program of inquiry, successful grant proposals, and disseminating research across a range of technology R&D problems and issues. Bringing young and creative researchers to AECT 08 will help advance an important and socially valuable research field. NSF funding will significantly impact the careers of the next generation of researchers by enabling a number of them to take part in both the conference as well as the research colloquium. The students and junior faculty will have an opportunity to gain wider exposure in the community for their innovative work, and to obtain feedback and guidance from senior members of the research community. Participation will also help foster a sense of community among these young researchers, by allowing them to create a social network both among themselves and with senior researchers at a critical stage in their professional development. The PI has indicated that she will act to assure participation by members of traditionally under-represented institutions, and will pay close attention to inclusion of minorities and women.