from Leslie Moller:

Overview
The Research Symposium is a bi-annual event designed to draw the best minds within AECT, and elsewhere, together for an intensive intellectual exchange of ideas on a focused topic that would culminate in the publication of a Symposium Proceedings and AECT white paper. The goal of the symposia is to bring a small group of scholars together, in a format, which encourages more in-depth dialogue, and different perspectives on a predefined topic or problem.
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from Leslie Moller:

Overview
The Research Symposium is a bi-annual event designed to draw the best minds within AECT, and elsewhere, together for an intensive intellectual exchange of ideas on a focused topic that would culminate in the publication of a Symposium Proceedings and AECT white paper. The goal of the symposia is to bring a small group of scholars together, in a format, which encourages more in-depth dialogue, and different perspectives on a predefined topic or problem.

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Below are five key AECT Chicago meetings I want to highlight and recommend
to you as you plan your schedule.

You can still order tickets for the awards luncheon on Oct 21, if you did
not order a ticket when you initially registered for the conference.

Design & Development Division Board of Directors
All board members and officers will be there, and anyone is welcome to
attend.
Time: 3:30:00 PM-4:30:00 PM        Date: 10/20/04       
Location: Hyatt Regency-Conference 5-F
Trey Martindale, East Carolina University

PacifiCorp Student Instructional Design Contest
Date 10/21/04 Time: 9:30-10:30 Location: Stevens 3.
Three finalist student teams will present their solution to a specified
problem. A four-member judging panel (three from D&D and a fourth member
from PacifiCorp), will then select the best presentation from that session
for special recognition at the D&D/RTD Awards Luncheon.

Design and Development and Research and Theory Divisions Luncheon
The D&D and RT&D Divisions will present their annual awards recognizing
outstanding achievements in instructional design and research.
Meal Event - $35.00
Time: 11:45:00 AM-1:00:00 PM       Date: 10/21/04       
Location: Waldorf - 3rd Floor

SIF Instructional Gaming Panel
9:30:00 AM-10:30:00 AM on 10/22/04, in Conference Room 4-M. Sebastian Loh,
presiding. This new Special Interest Forum is sponsored by D&D.

Design & Development Division Membership Meeting: all members and
interested parties are invited to participate in the direction of the
Division. 5:00:00 PM-6:00:00 PM        Date: 10/22/04       
Location: Hyatt Regency-Lake Michigan
Trey Martindale, East Carolina University

From Barbara Lockee:

Be sure to mark your calendars for May 13-16, 2005 for PIDT 2005 in beautiful Estes Park, Colorado. This year we are lucky to have Andy Gibbons and the crew at BYU as hosts for our annual gathering. Also, Stephanie Allen (BYU) and David Wiley (USU) are heading up the program planning this year. If you have ideas for programming, we hope you can attend the PIDT planning meeting at AECT on Friday, Oct. 22, 9:30am-11:30am in Conference Room 5-F, located on the fifth floor. Any assistance in program planning or general meeting support will be greatly appreciated!

Also, make note of the new PIDT listserv address. It’s pidt@listserv.vt.edu. It’s an open list, so if you know of others who would like to subscribe, have them follow these instructions:

A. Address a new message to: listserv@listserv.vt.edu.
B. Type “subscribe pidt firstname lastname” in the body of the message and send the email.
C. A note will be generated asking the user to confirm their wish to subscribe to the list.

Virginia Tech will continue to maintain the PIDT listserv and also
the registration responsibilities for the meeting. Following the
planning meeting at AECT, more specific info will be distributed with regard to registration and program plans. We look forward to seeing you all soon!

From Barbara Lockee:

Be sure to mark your calendars for May 13-16, 2005 for PIDT 2005 in beautiful Estes Park, Colorado. This year we are lucky to have Andy Gibbons and the crew at BYU as hosts for our annual gathering. Also, Stephanie Allen (BYU) and David Wiley (USU) are heading up the program planning this year. If you have ideas for programming, we hope you can attend the PIDT planning meeting at AECT on Friday, Oct. 22, 9:30am-11:30am in Conference Room 5-F, located on the fifth floor. Any assistance in program planning or general meeting support will be greatly appreciated!

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