AERA SIG IT Leadership TEAM
Welcome to the AERA Instructional Technology SIG! We are a community of scholars focusing on the design and development of instruction and the media technologies that aid in implementing instruction. We support the design and development of instruction using instructional technology and associated development and research. It is our pleasure and privilege to serve as the leadership TEAM of this SIG.
Members of SIG Instructional Technology lead conscientious research, studying a broad and evolving range of topics related to instructional technology and utilizing diverse, robust, and emerging methodologies to explore the intentional use of technologies in support of teaching, learning, and research. The variety of research topics, contexts in K12, higher education, and informal learning, relation to teaching and learning, and interdisciplinary reach has been reflected in the SIG IT award-winning papers since the inception of these awards through rigorous selection and blind review by established scholars. Keeping the fields related to instructional technology moving forward with consequential orientations, SIG Instructional Technology recognizes the need of interdisciplinary connections impacting the right and ethical use of technologies for learning. This SIG leadership invites collaborative and continually evolving views, discoveries, and shared interests to use instructional technology optimally. We hope to connect with SIGs and Divisions within and beyond AERA, in collaboration with experts, scholars, practitioners, and graduate students in learning science, computational thinking, computer science, design and technology, online teaching and learning, technology integration in teaching and learning, teacher education, instructional design, design thinking, technology-integrated decision making, et al., to co-investigate and co-develop inclusive human-centered learning environments. This is becoming increasingly important as technology-supported learning takes on new dimensions to address the needs of diverse learners, with equity, inclusion, and accessibility in mindfully designed expressions, engagement methods, and multifaceted modalities. Learning with technology also brings mental health, care, and community concepts into workplace and formal educational settings. The embrace of new technologies, along with evolving human needs and equity-driven learning access in the broader societal and global context, interests many in our field. We also see these challenges as opportunities for broad collaboration and research. Many members of SIG Instructional Technology have played significant roles in leading major efforts to support the transition and innovation of our educational systems for inclusive learning and teaching. We hope and invite you to join this growing collaborative effort to drive instructional technology that engages all learners through adaptive, inclusive, and equity-driven approaches. We encourage you to join our SIG and engage with us through our social media, our events, and presenting with our SIG at our annual conference.
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To engage with us on social media (Facebook/Twitter), we look forward to connecting with you as you develop and implement your instruction using instructional technologies. With best regards, AERA SIG IT Leadership Team
Dr. Hengtao Tang, SIG Chair, University of South Carolina
Dr. Heather Leary, Program Chair, Brigham Young University
Dr. Lili Yan, Award Chair, Michigan State University
Dr. Lisa Giacumo, Secretary/Treasurer, George Mason University
Dr. Krystle Merry, Communications Officer, University of Maine