Interview with Rick Mrazek
Rick Mrazek is one of the invited speakers for ED-MEDIA 2009. His topic is "Emerging Technologies and Repurposing Multimedia: Linkages and Mysteries." In this short interview Rick talks about the kinds of resources that he is repurposing and how to make choices about what to repurpose and how it should be presented. To watch the interview, please click here, or click the Video icon to the right. Note: You will need the latest version of Flash player to watch the interview.
Presenting for Impact
For all the effort conferences spend on peer review and ensuring quality (novel) research is presented, too little attention is paid to the actual presentation. At several conferences during the last 18 months, I've noticed organizers are turning their attention to this challenge. Some conferences have gone so far as to make "presentation coaches" available to presenters. Good ideas can be overlooked through poor presentation skills. Developing a strong, clear presentation is as important as conducting quality research and writing clear papers. AACE is pleased to announce a short session for presenters to ED-MEDIA '09: Presenting for Impact. Additional information - including topics covered - are available on the site. The session is available without fee. If you have suggestions or resources to share on the topic of planning and conducting presentations, please let me know!ED-MEDIA Social Networking
From George Siemens, Program Co-Chair, posted at http://blogs.aace.org/edmedia/:
"We want the event to be more participative and more engaging, while still meeting the high academic standards ED-MEDIA has exhibited in its past. It can be difficult to strike a balance between emergence and tradition, between novel and established, between innovation and existing systems.
It's a balance that will only be achieved through your input. During the conference this year, we ask you to Twitter, blog, tag, and offer suggestions."
ED-MEDIA Blog
In addition to the above excerpt from the ED-MEDIA blog, we will post interviews from Keynote and Invited Speakers.
As a start, Craig Montgomerie, Executive Committee Chair, has posted his interview with Tom Reeves, an ED-MEDIA Keynote.
ED-MEDIA on Twitter
The conference may followed on Twitter prior to and during the event. A large screen monitor will display the ED-MEDIA Twitter feed at the conference.
Hashtag is: edmedia
Join the AACE Page on Facebook!
Within the next few days, AACE will announce its Page on Facebook to the international community.
Having just set up the Page, we have a whole 17 fans! 
So we are asking you to help us launch the AACE Page on Facebook by becoming one of its first participants.
Getting ready for ED-MEDIA 2009
Surprisingly, we are only six weeks away from ED-MEDIA 2009!Over the next month or so, this blog will be more active. We'll provide you with interviews, commentary, help resources, and even a bit of professional development (more on that soon).
Conferences are changing. Earlier this year, AACE hosted Spaces of Interaction, an online event exploring how to improve traditional conferences. Recordings from presentations and the ning discussions can still be accessed. As a result of the event, we've gleaned many insights into what can be done to improve conferences. You will see a few changes as we get ready for ED-MEDIA '09: increased use of social media, remote presentations, participant-organized events, etc.
We want the event to be more participative and more engaging, while still meeting the high academic standards ED-MEDIA has exhibited in its past. It can be difficult to strike a balance between emergence and tradition, between novel and established, between innovation and existing systems.
It's a balance that will only be achieved through your input. During the conference this year, we ask you to Twitter, blog, tag, and offer suggestions. Even as the event approaches, please comment on what would make the event more valuable for you this year...and next.
Keynote and Invited Speaker Previews: Tom Reeves
Some of the most interesting sessions at ED-MEDIA are the keynote and invited speaker presentations. The ED-MEDIA Keynotes and Invited Speakers provides a list of the speakers and their topics with links to abstracts of their talks. Some members have asked for a little more, so we are providing a short video interview with some of the keynote and invited speakers. We hope these interviews tease you to make the decision to come to Hawaii in June 
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Dr. Thomas C. Reeves
ED-MEDIA 2009 Final Call for Participation
ED-MEDIA 2009 Final Call for Participation
World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications
June 22-26, 2009 Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii
** Submissions Due: April 7, 2009 **
Organized by: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
CONTENTS & LINKS
ED-MEDIA 2009--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia & Telecommunications is an international conference, sponsored by the Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). This annual conference serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the discussion and exchange of information on the research, development, and applications on all topics related to multimedia, hypermedia and telecommunications/distance education.
ED-MEDIA, the premiere international conference in the field, spans all disciplines and levels of education and attracts more than 1,500 attendees from over 60 countries. We invite you to attend ED-MEDIA and submit proposals for presentations.
This Final Call for Presentations is offered for those who were:
- unable to meet the first deadline for submissions in December, or
- were not ready to present a finished paper or project, or
- have a work-in-progress topic to present, and
- do not yet have a proposal accepted for presentation.
All presentation proposals are peer-reviewed and selected by three reviewers on the respected Program Committee for inclusion in the conference program, Proceedings (book and CD-ROM formats) and EdITLib (Education and Information Technology Digital Library).
We invite you to attend the ED-MEDIA Conference and submit proposals for these presentation categories: http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/categories.htm
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Full & Brief Papers
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Best Practices
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Panels
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Best Practices
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Roundtables
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Symposia
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Student Panels
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Posters/Demonstrations
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Corporate Showcases & Demonstrations
These Final Call presentation categories have been quite popular especially for the efficient exchange of information about on-going research, applications, and projects.
Call for Presentations: http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/call.htm
Submission Guidelines and Form: http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/submitguide.htm
Presentation and AV Guidelines: http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/PresenterLounge
The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to, the following major topics as they relate to the educational and developmental aspects of multimedia/hypermedia and tecommunications.
For ALL subtopics, please see: http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/topics.htm
- Infrastructure: (in the large)
- Tools & Content-oriented Applications
- New Roles of the Instructor & Learner
- Human-computer Interaction (HCI/CHI)
- Cases & Projects
- Special Strand: ** Universal Web Accessibility **
The Technical Program includes a wide range of interesting and useful activities designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information.
CORPORATE SHOWCASES & DEMONSTRATIONS:
Companies have the opportunity to demonstrate and discuss their educational technology products and services in through Corporate Showcases and Demonstrations/Literature.
Accepted papers will be published by AACE in the Proceedings Book and on CD-ROM. Proceedings in this series serve as major resources in the multimedia/hypermedia/telecommunications community, reflecting the current state of the art in the discipline.
In addition, the Proceedings also are internationally distributed through and archived in the Education and Information Technology Digital Library, Do You Subscribe?
Papers with high review scores will be invited for publication consideration by AACE's respected journals, especially for:
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Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia (JEMH),
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International Journal on E-Learning (IJEJ), or
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Journal of Interactive Learning Research (JILR)
All presented papers will be considered for Best Paper Awards within several categories. Award winning papers may be invited for publication in the AACE journals.
The conference registration fee for all presenters and participants will be approximately $395 U.S. (AACE members), $450 U.S. (non-members). Registration includes proceedings on CD, receptions, and all sessions except tutorials.
All conference sessions will be held at the Sheraton Waikiki Resort located on the famous Waikiki Beach and in walking distance to the city's shopping district - with magnificent views of the Pacific Ocean. A very special hotel discount has been obtained for ED-MEDIA participants!
WAIKIKI BEACH, HONOLULU, HAWAII
Whether your idea of fun is soaking up the sun on a pristine, white sand beach or nightclubbing in Waikiki, hiking the trails or sampling some of the fantastic Hawaiian Regional Cuisine, we know that you're going to enjoy yourself on O'ahu.
Explore Hawaii online at: http://www.gohawaii.com * http://www.visit-oahu.com
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Final Call Submissions: April 7, 2009
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Final Authors Notified: April 16, 2009
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Proceedings File Due: May 1, 2009
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Early Registration: May 1, 2009
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Hotel Reservations: May 20, 2009
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Conference: June 22-26, 2009
** What are your colleagues saying about the international ED-MEDIA conferences? **