SIG IT Awards Presented at AERA 2021!

Best Paper Award:

Classroom Complexity Affects Student Teachers’ Behavior in a VR Classroom

Yizhen Huang, University of Potsdam

Eric Richter, University of Potsdam

Thilo Kleickmannd, Kiel University

Axel Wiepke, University of Potsdam

Dirk Richter, University of Potsdam

Best Graduate Student Paper Award: 

The Impact of Gamification in Educational Settings on Student Learning Outcomes: A Meta-Analysis

Rui “Tammy” Huang, University of Florida 

Albert Ritzhaupt, University of Florida

Max Sommer, University of Florida

Jiawen Zhu, University of Florida

Anita Stephen, University of Florida

Natercia Valle, Cornell University

John Hampton, University of Florida

Jingwei Li, University of Florida

SIG IT Newsletter - Spring 2021 Issue is now available

Spring 2021 - SIG IT Newsletter

GET INVOLVED!

There are lots of ways that you can be involved in SIG IT:

Participate in our Conferences!

• Submit a Conference Proposal: AERA and all SIG Proposals are Due in July.
• Plan to submit a paper for one of our three paper competitions.

Volunteer!

• Volunteer to be a Chair or Discussant at the conference: (This can be done when you submit your papers to the SIG. Follow the same link and volunteer to be a chair.)
• Volunteer to be a conference proposal reviewer: This can be done using the online conference submission system.  Keep a look out for an email from AERA inviting reviewers to volunteer, usually in the spring.
• Serve as a SIG Officer - Prepare to run for a SIG Office by submitting a nomination for a position. We accept nominations starting in late September or early October and due by the end of October.

Submit information to our SIG:

• We have a SIG listserv, SIG social media outlets (Facebook, Twitter, and we have a spring and fall newsletter.
• Please contact Regina Kaplan-Rakowski - regina.kaplanrakowski@unt.edu, our current SIG-IT Communications Officer, if there are announcements you would like to share.

All of these opportunities look good on a vita and can be great mentoring opportunities for graduate students in SIG IT as well.  We look forward to your participation.