deKieffer initiated the International Fellowship Award in the 1980s to support international professional leadership in educational technology¶
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q2 i? deKieffer established an award to recognize professional leadership outside the United States and fund international faculty and graduate students to attend AECT conferences. → Cochran 1999
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Cochran 1999¶
Cochran, L. M., & Johnson, J. K. (1999). In Memoriam: Robert E. deKieffer. Educational Technology Research and Development, 47(4). https://eric.ed.gov/?id=EJ602345
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The memorial describes the International Fellowship Award, initiated by deKieffer in the 1980s and administered by the ECT Foundation, which has been "given every year since 1989."
"Dr. deKieffer initiated the International Fellowship Award in the 1980s, with a grant to be administered by the ECT Foundation, and awarded by the AECT International Council, to recognize professional leadership in the field outside the United States"
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Related Claims¶
- deKieffer taught one of the first distance learning classes via television from the University of Colorado — related
- Handbook authorship and AECT awards are markedly less internationally diverse than journal publication, suggesting a North American bias in those indicators — related
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deKieffer initiated the International Fellowship Award in the 1980s to support international professional leadership in educational technology |
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deKieffer initiated the International Fellowship Award in the 1980s to support international professional leadership in educational technology |
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