Seed Educational Technologies for Education Award
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The Seed Award for Educational Technologies for Development (SET4D) aims at promoting the development of promising researchers in developing countries in the field of Educational Technologies and ICT4D, through offering opportunities for learning, visibility and networking.
SET4D is promoted by seed, a Swiss-based non-profit enterprise that promotes the development of a culture of educational technologies in international development and cooperation.
The Award is supported and hosted by AECT, the Association for Educational Communications and Technologies, a leading association in the field known in the US and internationally.
The SET4D will be assigned to the first or main author of a paper selected through an open call and a strict peer-review process.
Participants will submit a paper presenting their latest research results in Educational Technology for Development in their specific national or transnational context. Submitted studies will be applied in nature, emphasizing a “theory to practice” approach, supported with empirical data. Successful papers will deal not only with technologies, but will include a socio-economic development component, focusing on the role of educational technologies in fighting poverty.
In particular, the SET4D committee is looking for studies related to the following topics:
- Fine-tuning of instructional design, instructional development, and social acceptance models in specific contexts
- Integration of new technologies for education in low-technology settings
- Sustainability and replicability studies of learning technology approaches in developing countries
- E-learning at different education levels (primary, high-school, continuing education, teacher education, vocational training) and in different sectors in developing countries.
- Impact of educational technologies in educational and non profit organizations in developing countries
All papers must report data relevant data from in-the-field projects and support their conclusion through sound scientific argumentation. No project ideas or simple case study descriptions without data collection and analysis will be considered.
Researchers eligible as recipient of the SET4D Award must reside within any of the country recognized as International Co-operation Partner Countries by the European Union. The list is available at http://ec.europa.eu/research/iscp/pdf/icpc_countries_en.pdf.
The following countries are not eligible for the SET4D Award:
- India and China, that already signed an agreement with the European Commission covering Science & Technology
- Turkey, that can take part to the EU 7 Framework Program mobility actions
Eligible researcher for the SET4D Award must be employed by an officially recognized academic institution or non-profit organization.
The author (single author or main author) of the best paper, selected through peer review process by the Seed Award Committee, will be invited to present her/his paper to the annual AECT convention that will be held in Orlando, Florida, 4th-8th November 2008.
The award includes:
- High visibility for your research work
- At the AECT Convention, both through the presentation of the awarded paper in a regular session during the Convention, and at the Award ceremony.
- Through publication of the awarded paper in the international column of TechTrends, edited by Ross Perkins. TechTrends is a scholarly publication by AECT.
- Financial support for attending the convention
- A grant covering full travel and living expenses for the AECT convention.
- Waived fee for the AECT 2008 annual convention, in Orlando Florida.
- Networking opportunities with colleagues worldwide
- At the convention
- Enjoying free AECT International Membership and International Division Membership for a year, including subscription to the TechTrends and Educational Technology Research & Development
No cash money will be paid. The award will be assigned only after receipt of signed declaration of intention to participate to the AECT convention upon selection as best paper.
| Submission deadline | 15th April 2008 |
| Author notification | 15th June 2008 |
| AECT Convention | 4th-8th November 2008 |
Submissions are done electronically and must include into a single ZIP file:
- Full paper
- CV of main author or of the author who requests the SET4D award
- Signed (scanned) letter indicating commitment to participate to the AECT 2008 Convention upon assignment of the Award
Accepted formats for all documents are PDF, DOC and ODT.
Papers should be formatted in A4 or Letter-size paper format, use justified
double-spaced Times 11 points font throughout, except for title, which
should be Times bold 14 point and centred. Maximum length of the paper
is 6000 words excluding diagrams and figures.
All papers should include a 200 words maximum abstract and the full list
of references in APA style (see http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/560/01/).
Images, tables and graphics should be embedded in the text with a proper
caption.
Submissions should be made before the indicated deadline through the Seed Award web site. Only digital submissions will be considered.
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Tony Bates, Bates Consulting
Mark Bullen, British Columbia Institute of Technology
Lorenzo Cantoni, University of Lugano
Lauren Cifuentes, Texas A&M University
Pascale Hardy, University of Applied Sciences of Southern Switzerland
Mary Herring, University of Northern Iowa
Stewart Marshall, University of the West Indies
Ross Perkins, Virginia Tech
Erkki Sutinen, University of Joensuu
Tim Unwin, UNESCO Chair in ICT4D and University of London