Eight members of the Department of Educational Technology, Research and Assessment family attended the Mid-Western Educational Research Association annual meeting, held from Oct. 19 through Oct. 22 in Cincinnati.
Representing the NIU College of Education were Associate Dean David Walker and ETRA faculty members Tom Smith, Todd Reeves, Ximena Burgin and Olha Ketsman.
The contingent also included alumna Chynar Amanova, who earned her M.S.Ed. in Educational Research, Evaluation and Assessment in May 2021, as well as graduate students Sheila Coli, who is pursuing a Certificate of Graduate Study in Advanced Quantitative Methodology in Education, and Daniel Ravury, a doctoral candidate in the Ph.D. in Instructional Technology program.
NIU’s group accounted for seven research presentations and provided four discussants of research sessions and four chairs of research sessions.
The department already has a strong presence in the organization.
- Smith is a member of the 2022 MWERA Leadership Board as webmaster (ex officio).
- Members of the Association Council include Walker (2019-2022), Reeves (2021-2023) and Cynthia Campbell (2022-2024).
- Burgin and Reeves are chair and co-chair, respectively of Division D – Measurement & Research Methodology, which is concerned with measurement, statistical methods and quantitative and qualitative research methods as applied to education.
MWERA’s mission is to disseminate educational research conducted in the central states and provinces of North America; to promote a collegial research culture in the region; and to provide a forum for mentoring the research skills of graduate students and junior faculty members.
Ximena Burgin, Daniel Ravury, Sheila Coli and Todd Reeves.
