Two new faculty members in Emporia State’s Department of
Instructional Design and Technology have been selected to participate in a
symposium and present at a national conference in October.
Dr. Sungwoong Lee, assistant professor, was chosen to
participate in the 2016 Association for Educational Communications and
Technology (AECT) Early Career Symposium as well as present research at the
2016 AECT Convention taking place in Las Vegas in October 17-21.
Dr. Yeol Huh, assistant professor, will be also be
presenting at the convention.
The AECT Early Career Symposium is a mentoring program,
which provides an avenue for early career scholars to receive mentoring from
established scholars and leaders in the field. The symposium is sponsored by
the National Science Foundation’s (NSF) Cyberlearning and Future Technologies
program.
Lee was selected from a large number of highly qualified
applicants based on his qualifications, work to date, and potential for future
scholarship to the field of Instructional Design and Technology.
“I didn’t think I would be selected,” Lee said. “I’m very
surprised and excited to be participating in the symposium and looking forward
to working with the mentors.”
Lee was also invited to present two papers, “The Effect of
Video Games on Math Achievement,” and Embodied Pulley Physics: The Development of
Hands-On User Interaction in Virtual Reality” during the 2016 AECT
International Convention.
Lee is the third Emporia State University IDT faculty member
to participate in the Early Career Symposium in the last six years,. Dr. Jozenia Colorado-Resa was selected to
participate at the 2010 symposium and Dr. Insook Han participated in the 2015
symposium.
Huh was selected to participate in 2014 as a doctoral
student.
Huh will present “Exploring Ways Online Teachers Teach
Self-Regulated Learning Skills to Students in U.S. Online K-12 Schools” at the convention.
