Addie Kinsinger Internship Program - Association for Educational Communications and Technology


 

History of the AECT Addie Kinsinger Leadership Development Internship Program
 

Earl F. Strohbehn

In 1978, Earl F. Strohbehn, then a professor of education at San Jose State University, established a trust fund through the AECT Foundation to help support a deserving graduate student's attendance at the leadership conference. His mentor and friend, Lee Cochran inspired the leadership conference to develop leaders in the educational communications and technology field. Earl F. Strohbehn started his professional responsibilities in the audiovisual field in Iowa in 1945 as Director of Audiovisual Services in the Cedar Falls Public Schools. It was his wish that in the event that the leadership conference was discontinued, his donation would be used to support graduate students in the field in the manner deemed best; hence, the current internship funding at the AECT International Convention. Learn more...



Lee W. Cochran

Lee W. Cochran began earning his living by rewinding films in the Visual Services department of the University of Iowa in 1923. Forty-six years later, he retired as Director of the Audiovisual Center. During World War II, he was one of a small group of pioneer educators who, serving in the Training Aids Divisions of the Armed Forces, proved that films and other visual materials could teach essential procedures more effectively and efficiently than the traditional lecture method. Lee was responsible for the organization of the Audiovisual Education Association of Iowa (AVEAI) and as a member of DAVI, he traveled with a team nation-wide assisting school systems in establishing self-evaluation guidelines for the development of audiovisual resources and services. He served as President of DAVI from 1955-56 and during that time organized the Educational Media Leadership Conferences at Lake Okoboji, Iowa. Annual reports from the conference were examined and studied by educators in many fields throughout the nation.

Not only was Lee dedicated to education and the utilization of audiovisual methods, but he also served as a mentor and advisor for the generation of educators who followed him. The Lee W. Cochran estate provides funding, through the AECT Foundation, for the AECT Conference Internship Program. This internship is awarded to graduate students or new professionals in the field. Learn more...



Jenny K. Johnson

In late September 2011, Jenny Johnson was recognized by the AECT Board Members and International Division leaders for her many years of dedicated service and loyalty to the organization and especially to the International Division. Jenny spent many years as faculty at University of Maryland University College, traveling the globe (many times on Fulbright Scholarship), and being responsible for the AECT’s directory for “Degree Curricula in Educational Communications and Technology”. The Jenny Johnson International Intern Scholarship will be awarded to an international student studying in any country including the U.S. or faculty member in the first three years of faculty appointment in any country including the U.S. The candidate needs to be a non-U.S. citizen.

The Jenny K. Johnson Intern Scholarship recognizes a candidate’s involvement in the educational communications and technology field in an international context and is awarded on a biennial basis. NOTE: Jenny Johnson Intern Scholarship is awarded on a biennial basis and will be offered in 2024. Learn more... 
 

Phillip Harris

In 1999, AECT relocated its headquarters from Washington, D.C. to Bloomington, Indiana to reduce operating expenses. That same year, Phillip Harris accepted the position of Executive Director at AECT. Facing an organization whose dimming vision of itself in the contemporary professional world and recent financial hardship were jeopardizing its very existence, Phil initiated a team-management concept to ensure that several individuals, in addition to the Executive Director, were informed about the business and professional activities of the organization. Phil’s objective was to transform AECT into a truly volunteer, member-based, professional organization in order to set it on a path to recovery, reinvention, and re-emergence. In this way, he helped the many dedicated members of AECT to transform it into the growing, healthy association it is today.
 
The Phillip Harris Transformational Leadership Development Internship is dedicated to promoting and encouraging diversity among the next generation of emerging leaders in instructional and educational technology. This opportunity aims to enhance skills and competencies necessary for transformational leadership service, especially among diverse participants, through experiences focused on educational technology policy, leadership skill-building, and cultural competence. Learn more...





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