I watched 3 videos and below is a summary of the videos.
Dr. Mary Herring was an associate dean for the college of education in Iowa. However, she worked under the instructional design and technology division, where she was in the curriculum instruction department. She was an administrator overseeing various projects. When she stated that even though she no longer teaches, but everything she does with the projects leads back to instructional design. I feel the same way because I was in one of the librarian offices, and he literally had the Addie Model process posted. He told me that he follows the Addie Model steps, and it has always helped him get the grants he wanted. I was shocked because I use what I learned in my undergrad to develop materials for my student assistants to follow when I take off work.
Her interest in the IDT world started when she worked in a middle school physical education field, learning about computers piqued her interest and she took off from there. She began her career path when she felt her voice wasn’t being heard, she decided to get her doctorate in instructional technology and education from did her research when working with teachers by empowering them to implement the curriculum for their class and then she developed courses based on constructivism. Attending AECT conferences intrigued her knowledge more into constructivism and she met a ton of scholars who inspired her. Her significant accomplishment was being the president of AECT!
Dr. Roger Kaufman was a psychologist interested in societal values. His focus was assessment. He wrote How to What and Why due to questions being asked by his son during a car ride. He worked on a needs assessment to get results. He felt that data helped with instruction to design. He focused on end results and consequences for his research to get the accurate meaning on how to do things. He researched on looking into the systems by looking at the pieces and optimizing them from start to finish to add value for the outcomes of Mega, Macro, Micro Process. He loves to travel and learning how they process.
Dr. Phil Harris was interviewed as part of the history makers project for AECT. He was begun his journey in the instructional design field at Indiana University and he worked with Robert Gagne. Early on during his grad program he was with the early versions of, and instructional design program called programmed tutoring. After 13 years in the psychology department, he moved on to a research directorship in the school of education. He was happy to see the growth of AECT and he was happy to be involved. He noticed that AECT sessions shifted from software/hardware to learning. He stated that learning is what everybody is about, and it that is true. We learn something new, or we relearn somethings. He talks some about the behaviorist and cognitive of learning and how they differ. He hopes we can learn how the brain functions when dealing with learning and conditioning.
Since AECT is a diverse group from all over, he hopes all will piece together new theories of learning. He hopes AECT can help the world understand that assessment and evaluation has to be purpose driven. He talked about AECT being learner driven and not content driven. He wants traditional learning to broaden because he can see them becoming obsolete. He made the quote, “Learning will never die” because understanding the elements of the learning process will shape the future.
To hear the stories and learn about their backgrounds was amazing. These scholars dedicated their curiosity to learning and it helped shape AECT in some marvelous ways. I am intrigued to be a member of AECT. I always wanted to join during my undergrad and even after, but I never did. I am not sure if AECT is the same way today, but I would love to be involved and gain more skills and guidance.
Dr. Mary Herring (18:15): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qK1Jcw7ZjZk
Dr. Roger Kaufman (18:16): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0uxzkOmJnQ
Dr. Phil Harris (22:50): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBwBl2uyT4M
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