Kudos: Faculty, students receive awards at AECT

Faculty and students in the College’s learning, design, and technology (LDT) program won eight awards at the 2024 Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) International Convention.

• Eunkyoung “Elaine” Cha, a Ph.D. student in the LDT program, received the AECT Jenny Johnson International Internship award in recognition of her leadership and contributions to the field of educational technology.
• Former student Eunice Kim received the Robert Gagne Award for Graduate Student Research in Instructional Design by the Design and Development Division in recognition of her dissertation, “Examining how early career physicians collaborate in varying problem situations: Focusing on problem nature and collaboration approaches.”
• Master’s students Stephanie Denny, Julie Wyatt, Paula Borras-Patino, Adriana Quispe, and Chinyu Sun received the Nova Southeastern University Award for Outstanding Practice by a Graduate Student in Instructional Design by the Design and Development Division. This award was in recognition of a project they completed in EDIT 6210e-Team-Based Design of Interactive Learning Environments.

Program faculty also received several awards:

• Ai-Chu Elisha Ding, an assistant professor in the Department of Workforce Education and Instructional Technology, received the Outstanding Practice Award by the Design and Development Division is recognition of her project, “Help Einstein Escape: A VR-Enhanced Multimodal Science Unit.”
• Matthew Schmidt, an associate professor in the Department of Workforce Education and Instructional Technology, received an award for outstanding contributions and service to the Design and Development Division.
• Jill Stefaniak, an associate professor in the Department of Workforce Education and Instructional Technology, won two awards: Outstanding Book for Design and Development and Outstanding Book for Research and Theory for her book, “Advanced Instructional Design Techniques: Theories and Strategies for Complex Learning,” and the James W. Brown Award for an edited book, “The ID Casebook: Case Studies in Instructional Design (6th ed.).”