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OTESSA25 Online is an extension of our location-based meetings in Toronto, Victoria, and Santa Fe. Participate from wherever you are, without the expense of time and travel costs. Not all programming will be streamed live.
OTESSA Online Chair
Jon Dron
Keynote
Thomas C. Reeves
Professor Emeritus
Department of Workforce Education and Instructional Technology,
University of Georgia
Thomas (Tom) C. Reeves, PhD is Professor Emeritus in the College of Education at The University of Georgia. He was a Fulbright Lecturer in Peru and has given invited presentations in the USA and more than 30 other countries. He is the former editor of the Journal of Interactive Learning Research, and the author of nearly 200 scholarly papers. His co-authored books include Interactive Learning Systems Evaluation, A Guide to Authentic E-Learning, Conducting Educational Design Research (two editions), MOOCs and Open Education Around the World, and MOOCs and Open Education in the Global South. His research interests encompass educational technology in developing countries, educational design research, medical and public health education, and prison education. He currently lives at The Spires at Berry College in Rome, Georgia with his wife, Patricia M. Reeves, Professor Emerita of Social Work at The University of Georgia.
Dr. Reeves will join OTESSA virtually to discuss themes he has published on recently such as focusing our research and practical scholarship on problems and needs instead of things or tools. His keynote helps to frame our efforts in the Santa Fe colloquium to develop a strategic framework for research focused on grand challenges related to instructional design and educational technologies.
Reframing Togetherness: Shifting our focus from technology to problems
*Recording available on the Keynote Speakers page
Keeping in mind the overall theme of “Reframing Togetherness,” this presentation will emphasize the need to change the focus of our research in educational technology from “things” such as Generative AI or Virtual Reality to serious problems such as educational inequity or absenteeism. Unfortunately, much of our research continues to be focused on things rather than problems. Today, I will present an updated and more urgent perspective on this issue. I will recommend three important directions for research in our field.
1. We must conduct research in ways that influence practice.
2. Our research must rigorously account for time-on-task and other hidden factors.
3. Our research must clarify the nature of innovations using a common set of critical learning design factors.