About a week until things kick off for the 2011 AECT Conference in Jacksonville. This post is intended to draw your attention to the CHANGE division events.

Systemic Change Board of Directors Meeting (open to all current and aspiring division leaders)
Time: Wed, Nov 9 – 9:15am – 10:15am
Place: Hyatt Regency, Floor Level 3 – Conference Center B

Bringing paradigm change to education
Changing Paradigm in Interactive Learning System Design: Integrating Emerging Technologies and Instructional Theories
*Heng Luo (Syracuse University, IDDE), *Jing Lei (Syracuse University, Department of IDD&E)
Information Age Qualities of Principals, Teachers and Students in Turkish Vocational High Schools: A Systemic Change View
*Omer Delialioglu (Middle East Technical University, Computer Education and Instructional Technology Dept.)
Time: Wed, Nov 9 – 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Place: Hyatt Regency, Floor Level 3 – City Terrace 7

AECT Welcome Reception
6:00pm – 8:00pm
Hyatt Regency, Grand Foyer
Chat with Board members and make plans to join us at a Change Division dinner at 8 PM (details to come).

Exploring Personally Integrated Educational Systems (PIES)
Personalized Integrated Educational System (PIES): Why is PIES Different Than Other Educational Technology Systems?
*Sinem Aslan (Indiana University)
New Functions for Educational Technology in the Information-Age Paradigm of Education: Personalized Integrated Educational Systems
*Sinem Aslan (Indiana University)
Time: Thu, Nov 10 – 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Place: Hyatt Regency, Floor Level 3 – City Terrace 9

Empirical Examinations of Technology-Based Change
Tweeting for Change
Beth Rajan Sockman (East Stroudsburg University), *Patricia Green (East Stroudsburg University), *John Scognamiglio (East Stroudsburg University)
The Influence of Organizational Shift of Mission on Faculty’s Use of Technology
*Caile E Spear (Boise State University), *Yong Gao (Boise State University), *Dazhi Yang (Boise State University), *Stacy Jorgensen (Boise State University)
Time: Thu, Nov 10 – 2:15pm – 3:15pm
Place: Hyatt Regency, Floor Level 3 – City Terrace 6

Educational Informatics: Designing Performance-based Measurement Systems for Rapid Response Learning Environments
*Anthony Chow (University of North Carolina at Greensboro), *Ingrid Jannina Guerra-López (Wayne State University)
Time: Thu, Nov 10 – 3:30pm – 4:30pm
Place: Hyatt Regency, Floor Level 3 – City Terrace 6

Division on Systemic Change Membership Meeting (open to all current and interested members)
Time: Fri, Nov 11 – 8:00am – 9:00am
Place: Hyatt Regency, Floor Level 3 – City Terrace 6

A Vision for Systemic Change: The Theory of Totally Integrated Education (TIE)
*Ted Frick (Indiana University)
Time: Fri, Nov 11 – 9:15am – 10:15am
Place: Hyatt Regency, Floor Level 3 – City Terrace 6

Moving Systemic Change into Practice: Examining Two Leadership Training Programs
Mastering the Art & Science of Transformational Change: Creating a Change Leadership Academy
*Francis M. Duffy (Professor of Change Leadership in Education)
Time: Fri, Nov 11 – 10:30am – 11:00am
Place: Hyatt Regency, Floor Level 3 – City Terrace 6

Pushing the Boundaries of Systemic Change Theories, a Panel Discussion
Critical Systems Thinking for Systemic Change in Education: Guidelines and Examples
*Sunnie Watson (Ball State University), *William Watson (Purdue University)
Educational Change Theories-in-use: Seeing Multiple Theories and Goal Orientations
*Brian Beabout (University of New Orleans)
Leading School System Emergence: Not Just a Challenge for “Admin Types” Anymore.
*Eugene Kowch (University of Calgary)
Time: Fri, Nov 11 – 1:00pm – 2:00pm
Place: Hyatt Regency, Floor Level 3 – City Terrace 8

2010 Systemic Change Sessions

Source:  Perdoan, C. (2010).  Beyond the Crisis: Shifting Gears. Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development.

See the article here.

In his recent FM Duffy Report (Volume 15, No. 1), titled “Prologue to Revolution“, Dr. Duffy offers an impassioned, clear goal for leaders, schools and parents facing the shortcomings of the education system today.

The economic slump continues worldwide and we have seen teacher unemployment and school system change by orders of magnitude in the last four years. Not long ago, the change challenge for school leaders was to hire talent, improve infrastructure and handle economic boom effects. Four short years later we face 255,000 teacher job losses in the US alone (White House, 2010) while unprecedented massive cuts to K-12  education budgets in countries like the United States and the United Kingdom mean certain change for millions of teachers and learners.

Are the changes in education systems that you work upon incremental ones as our history shows in education (ie: to cut HR costs, cut learning technology expenses, etc.. ) or.. are you implementing systemic change to prevent such ‘shocks’  that cause education systems to stagger (again and again)?

2009 AWARD FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE TO THE CHANGE DIVISION:   Dr. Charles M. Reigeluth  (Change Division Founder – and patient mentor!).   

2009 OUTSTANDING CHANGE JOURNAL ARTICLE AWARD And EMERGING RESEARCHER AWARD    

Dr. Sunnie Lee Watson & Dr. Charles M. Reigeluth won the journal article award for this work: Community members perceptions on social, cultural changes and its implication for education transformation in a small school district community. See this fine article here in the Journal of Organization Transformation and Social Change.        

Dr. Sunnie Lee Watson won the Emerging Researcher Award for innovative research into systemic change.

2009 OUTSTANDING CHANGE BOOK AWARD: Dr. Francis M. Duffy & Dr. Patti L. Chance:  

AECT Change Division Members! Thank you all for a fantastic conference, Louisville was fantastic and we’re so proud of our award winners in our inaugural awards program. Ali.

Hello colleagues,

I hope this note finds each of you happy, healthy, and functioning at peak performance.

When Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. stood on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial on August 28, 1963, he didn’t present solutions to problems. He didn’t say “We’ve got race problems in this country and I have some ideas for changing that.”

No, he said, “ I say to you today, my friends, so even though we face the difficulties of today and tomorrow, I still have a dream. It is a dream deeply rooted in the American dream .” And, in expressing his dream for the future of race relations in the United States of America he captured the hearts and minds of a generation of Americans.

Our challenge is to create an idealized future for the Division for Systemic Change—a future that is deeply and irrevocably connected to AECT and one that is sharply focused on transforming the way teachers teach and the way children learn in school systems.

Our challenge, of course, is not the same as the one that Dr. King and people of color faced back then. Nevertheless, it is an important challenge because if we succeed in creating the future we envision for the Division we will have a profound and enduring effect on teaching and learning in the United States and throughout the world. We recognize this challenge and we must rise up to meet it.

The attached document represents our dream for the future of the Division. It serves as a blueprint for creating an idealized future for the Division for Systemic Change. We cannot create the idealized future that we envision without your help. Please review the scenarios in the attached document and find a place for yourself in those scenarios. We know there is a place in there for you. Find a way to help. Identify a task in which to engage. Help us, please, to create a division that is a powerful and highly respected advocate for transforming teaching and learning in school systems.

After you find a place for yourself in the strategic plan, please contact me and let me know. Also, as you engage in tasks that support the plan, please report your results to me so we can keep track of our progress.

Thank you.

Frank

Download Strategic Directions