Annual Proceedings of Selected Papers on the Practice of Educational Communications and Technology Presented at the Annual Convention of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (40th, Jacksonville, Florida, 2017). Volume 2

For the fortieth time, the Research and Theory Division of the Association for Educational Communications and Technology (AECT) is sponsoring the publication of these Proceedings. Papers published in this volume were presented at the annual AECT Convention in Jacksonville, Florida. The Proceedings of AECT's Convention are published in two volumes. Volume 1 contains 19 papers dealing primarily with research and development topics. Fourteen papers dealing with the practice of instructional technology including instruction and training issues are contained in Volume 2. The 14 paper in Volume 2 include: (1) Technology in Support of Diverse Assessment (Gary L. Ackerman); (2) Changing with the Times: How Do We Lead Technology Integration, Including Mobile Devices, in Schools? (Stacie Barnett-Slusher); (3) A Systems Solution for Engaging Learners in STEM Learning (Anthony Betrus, Steven Canning, and Marshall Hughes); (4) Game-for-Social-Change: A Way Home--A Game to Teach Players about a Serious Topic While Driving Civic Engagement (Suzanne Ensmann); (5) STEAM Powered Tools for Art Education (David Gardner and Colby Parsons); (6) Wearable Computers: Past, Present, and Future Possibilities (Byron Havard, Courtney Hyland, Megan Podsiad, and Nancy B. Hastings); (7) Design and Development of a Tool to determine E-learning Readiness (Cathy James-Springer and Katherine Cennamo); (8) Peer-Led Team Learning in a Problem-Solving Course: Lessons Learned (Miguel Lara); (9) Non-Traditional Students--Leading the Charge to Change the Respect of Student Time in the Online Classroom (Tammy McClain-Smith); (10) TILC: An Innovative Learning Community Leading Educational Change (Gabriela A. Mendez, Jason Karp, and Jennifer L. Reeves); (11) OMG! Leading and Learning to Create Faculty and Student Engagement Opportunities (Gabriela A. Mendez, Jennifer L. Reeves, and Jason Karp); (12) Future Ready Librarians and OERs Lead Learning for Change (Heather Morin); (13) Evaluation of the Duolingo English Test: Implications for K-12 English Language Learners (ELL) (Cara A. North, Anna R. Leach, Natalie R. Gintert, Tim Nunn, and Ana-Paula Correia); and (14) An Exploration of the Enhancing Student's Cross-Cultural Competence in Ubiquitous MOOC Instructional Design Model (Boonrat Plangsorn, Jaitip Na-Songkhla, and Lara M. Luetkehans). (Individual papers contain references. [For Volume 1, see ED580816.]