Service Opportunities

During my first year in the IST doctoral program, the service I have done mainly focused within IST department and the 2012 AECT conference. I think I have gained not only new knowledge in our field by participating IST conference and the AECT conference last year, but also communication and connection skills to reach out different resources by being leadership roles in the IST conference and the GIST. From my personal opinion, doing service in academic organizations or communities helps me build and shape better personality as a researcher and educator as well as broaden my knowledge in my field that provides me inspiration in my teaching and research. In order to keep developing my service competencies, my goal for my future service is to participate in academic organizations/communities in the same field, but in different institutions or in different countries. Provide the service as a reviewer for different organizations and communities might be a good start. I will also need to find more opportunities to participate in conference. That way, I could apply what I learned in the IST department and have more interaction with other scholars.