2011-2012 Election Results

Election results are in! The 2011-2012 Officers for the MSIDT Alumni Chapter are as follows:

Patti Farr, VP of Membership
Randall Fujimoto, VP of Programs
Tai James, VP of Records and Finance
Kristi Smemoe, VP of Chapter Development
Cindy Edwards, President
Mark Worden, VP of Relationships and Faculty Liaison

Congratulations to all of the newly elected officers. This is going to be a great year for our chapter!

Summer 2011 Message from the President

Hello to our MSIDT Alumni and Current Students!

Summer is here and we have a lot to share. So much has happened since my last message in the fall.

Elections
First off, elections are coming. If you are a current, paid, active member of the alumni association, you will receive an email from Cindy Edwards, our VP of Chapter Development by June 1, 2011. You will be asked to vote on the current open offices. You will have until June 14, 2011 to vote. Please keep your eyes open for this email.

June 22, 2011 Annual Meeting at Golleher Hall at CSUF
We will be having our annual meeting June 22, 2011 at 6:30 p.m. at Golleher Hall. During this meeting we will be announcing the new board, have a presenter and presenting some awards to people who have contributed to our success.

We’re still looking for a speaker, so if you are interested, please reach out to Kristi Smemoe by Friday, June 3, 2010.

We will be having a door prize raffle for two lucky attendees. By attending, your name will go into the hat for a $25 gift card to Ruby’s Diner or a $25 gift card to Pat & Oscars restaurant.

Additionally, if you are a 2011 graduate, we will hold a special door prize raffle for Cohort 8 attendees (you must be present to win). The winner will receive 2 AMC movie tickets.

2010-2011 Past Webinars
We had three webinars this last year. We hope you were able to join us for them. The webinars this year included:

• September 2010: LoTonya Motley presented, "What/Why/When to Use Technology with Learning?"


• December 2010: Iskandaria Masduki presented, "Case Study: Converting Classroom to Online Instruction"


• April 2011: Randal Fujimoto presented, "An Introduction to Personal Learning Networks"

If you would be interested in presenting in a future event, please contact Kristi Smemoe at programs@msidtaa.org.

Membership Drive Raffle
We had 4 new members join us from October to December and are proud to announce the winner of the drawing was Jeremy Burnstein from Cohort 7. Jeremy won a $50 gift card to Lucille’s Smokehouse Bar-B-Que!

Fundraising
We have held two fundraisers this year, earning over $1,200.00 towards the MSIDTAA Scholarship! This will pay for two full $500 scholarships next year, as well as leave us with a little towards the following year. Help us to continue to help future students. Contact Tai James if you would like to contribute or participate in future events!

New from MSIDT
We are about to have our 10 year anniversary! Cohort 10 will be starting next year and will be bigger than ever. Beginning this fall there will be twice as many MSIDT students. That means 2 cohorts each year, which means twice the excitement and twice the number of new alumni. Let’s help celebrate this accomplishment! There will be a big celebration hosted by the MSIDT program and the MSIDTAA. If you have any suggestions for the celebration, please send them to info@msidtaa.org. We have forwarded all of the suggestions we have received! Thank you for the ideas you have already submitted!

Thank You!
This will be my final year as an officer of the MSIDTAA. I wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone for three very fun years as an officer. We have grown this alumni chapter from 10 members to 50 members. Our fundraising and professional development events have grown and taken on a life of their own. We have a presence on Facebook, LinkedIn and a blog! It has been a privilege to be part of the MSIDTAA.

Look forward to seeing you at our annual event!

Christy Zuehl
President, MSIDTAA

10 Years and Growing

May is an exciting month!

Cohort 8 is putting the finishing touches on their final projects and making that exciting trip to the library to drop off their papers for binding. Graduation is May 22 and the MSIDT Alumni Association couldn't be happier for each and every member of the Cohort 8 graduating class.

Cohort 9 has 2 semesters under their belts and are approaching the halfway point in their studies. Terms like Constructivism, Androgogy, and ADDIE are beginning to haunt their dreams. Cohort 9 is well on their way to becoming full fledged Instructional Designers.

Interviews for Cohort 10 will be held very soon and this cohort will launch the 10th anniversary of the MSIDT program. What an exciting time the next year will be with plans being made to celebrate our programs first decade. We can take this year to look back, even as we are looking forward.

There is no better time to be a part of the MSIDT Alumni Association. We are growing in numbers, as well as in confidence and community. I can't wait to participate in the next 10 years of growth!

2011-2012 Election Nominations are Open!

All current students and alumni should receive an email message with the link to the nominations form. If you do not receive one by April 28th, please contact us.

Nominations for Chapter officers will be open until midnight, April 29th, and e-ballots will be made available in early May for all current chapter members.

Guidelines for nominations:

• Nominate people you think are a good fit for an office.
• Nominate people who want to hold office (check with them first).
• Nominate as many officers as you like.
• Nominate yourself if you want to hold office.

Winter Message from the CSUF MSIDT Alumni Chapter President!

The MSIDT Alumni Chapter has reached a major membership milestone - 51 members strong! We offer our sincere thanks to each one of our alums for making this day possible.  Our members now include MSIDT graduates and CSUF graduates – we welcome our new members.  

We are anticipating an exciting year.  Mark your calendar and come celebrate with us!

Special Election: VP of Relationships and Faculty Liaison

We have extended the special election for the VP of Relationships and Faculty Liaison office until December 15, 2010.  We need to achieve a 2/3 majority in order to approve the office.  For all current, paid members, please email info@msidtaa.org if you did not receive an email inviting you to vote.  

Webinar - Friday, December 3 at 12:00 p.m. PST

Check your inbox for your Evite to next week’s event.  This is not to be missed!

Presenter:  Iskandaria Masduki, MS-ID&T.  Research Associate & Instructional Design Coordinator at Florida State University.

Topic: Case Study: Converting Classroom to Online Instruction
The FDOT experience in applying research to competency-based training.

This webinar is a case study on how the Florida Department of Transportation converted classroom-based courses to online training. With the effects of the budget deficit being felt at all levels of government, state agencies are increasingly exploring the use of online training as a means to save time and cost. The variety of training has also increased to include soft skills as well as complex technical skills. This session examines how multiple research methods were used to identify job-specific competencies of Roadway Characteristics Inventory technicians. The competencies then became the framework for curriculum content, as well as design and development of online modules.

Based on the rich data generated from the research methods, a task-centered strategy was used to replace the topic-centered method used in the classroom training. This webinar discusses the challenges of implementing such an approach and shares guidelines on how to convert topic-based to task-centered training.

This webinar will include a case study as well as supporting documentation.  Participants will be able to download and prepare for the webinar in advance.  The tools provided are designed to assist participants in understanding the process utilized to convert the course and implement topic-centered methodology.  

Fundraising Event for Scholarships

On Saturday, November 6th, we had our first ever fundraising bus trip to the Cabazon Outlet, Desert Hills Premium Outlets, and the Morongo Casino Resort & Spa.  Eighteen people attended, including members of the Latino Chapter.  We are still collecting donations but our current earnings toward the MSIDT Scholarship are $500.  

Cabazon Outlets/Morongo Casino Fundraising Trip - November  6, 2010

If you would like to contribute to the CSUF MSIDTAA Scholarship, visit the CSUF Philanthropic Foundation page, select “Other” and enter in “85050 - MSIDT Scholarship.”  

Questions? Contact info@msidtaa.org

Special thanks and appreciation from the
MSIDT Alumni Association

CSUF MSIDTAA Educational Webinar Survey

The California State University, Fullerton Masters Degree in Instructional Design and Technology Alumni Association is looking for your feedback.  We are planning several instructional design and technology focused educational/professional webinars in the upcoming months.  In an effort to provide informative and relevant topics, we hope you will complete the survey link below.

The survey is short and should only take a few minutes of your time.

Click on this link to complete the survey

This survey will be available until midnight on Sunday, October 31st.

Special Election 2010

As mentioned in the Fall message from the president, we will be conducting a special election this month. In the last couple years, we piloted a new office called VP of Relationships and Faculty Liaison. This position has been the interface between the MSIDTAA and the MSIDT faculty. We would like to make this position official. In order to do so, we need you to vote. The election will be composed of two concurrent parts: 1) the approval of the new office; 2) the election of the current incumbent, Mark Worden. The Job Description for this office has been developed by the faculty and alumni officers.

This election will be open to all current, active members of the MSIDTAA. In order to be considered current and active, one must be a paid member of the CSUF alumni association and MSIDTAA. If you have joined the CSUFAA/MSIDTAA in the last 30 days, please email president@msidtaa.org to let us know. The email will be sent on October 10, 2010. Elections will close on November 10, 2010.

We need a 2/3 majority vote in order to approve this office in the MSIDTAA bylaws. Please vote!

VP of Relationships and Faculty Liaison

• Acts as faculty liaison between CSUF MSIDT program and MSIDTAA providing communication and current information between both groups
• Attends and represents the MSIDTAA during onsite MSIDT faculty meetings once per month at CSUF as a non-voting member
• Attends MSIDTAA board meetings and gathers/shares updates within both MSIDT and MSIDTAA
• Communicates current MSIDT program information to MSIDTAA for national and international cohorts
• Partners with VP of Membership and VP of Programs in identifying MSIDTAA members who would assist with providing representatives at various MSIDT program activities such as the boot-up camp, midpoint symposium, commencement, etc.
• May eventually serve as a member of the multi-representative MSIDT Advisory Board (future potential).
• This office to be filled by an officer who has served a minimum of one term of the MSIDT Alumni Board.

We hope you will approve this role. It has been instrumental in growing MSIDTAA the last couple years.

Thank you,
Christy Zuehl
President, MSIDTAA