Proposals for Breakout Sessions for the Symposium on Creativity in Second Life, the first in a series of conferences and events exploring virtual worlds of all kinds, are being solicited through Friday, July 20, 2007. This live online event will be held August 12-18, 2007, entirely in the virtual world of Second Life.
The symposium is planned for a global audience, and as such, breakout and other conference events will be scheduled at a variety of times, including times friendly to North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia.
Submit your proposal now!
Proposals for breakout sessions are encouraged in any of the following areas, but this list is not exhaustive and selections will not be limited to these categories:
Creative tools — Using educational tools and techniques especially suited to virtual worlds
Creative teaching — blurring the lines between teacher and student
Photography — using the in-world photo tools
Fashion — jewelry, and clothing design
Sculpture and modeling — the organic side of building in SL
Architectural building — the technical side of building in SL
Avatars — design and animation
Scripting — how to make objects interactive and responsive
Machinima — the art of video within Second Life
Be creative! Add your own category! …
Breakout Sessions will be 90 minutes long and are intended to make full use of the interactive features of Second Life. Hands-on activities and audience involvement are strongly encouraged.
Presenters whose proposals are selected will receive a complimentary registration to the conference.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) Educational Technology Research Symposium February 4 and 5, 2008, Austin Texas
The Texas Computer Education Association (TCEA) second annual Educational Technology Research Symposium will be February 4 and 5, 2008, in Austin Texas. This two day event will provide a venue for educational technology researchers to present formal papers in educational technology areas. The registration fee for the Symposium also will entitle Symposium registrants to attend the TCEA Annual Convention and Exposition, Discover Your Destination, February 6-8, 2008 at no extra cost.
Please consider submitting a paper. Also, please forward this Call for Papers information to colleagues who might be interested in submitting a paper. Please note the September 17, 2007, submission deadline date. Submit a paper by August 1, 2007, and your name will be placed in a drawing for a free Symposium registration.
Papers should consist of original (not previously published) or reported research on any and all aspects of Educational Technology. Papers will be peer reviewed using a double-blind referee process.
Accepted papers will be published in a formal Conference Proceedings publication, which will serve as a source of information for educational technology research. Selected papers may be invited to be published in the TechEdge, TCEA’s quarterly journal. Authors of accepted papers are required to register for the Symposium and present their papers in order to have their papers published in the Conference Proceedings publication.
See the Symposium Web site at http://www.tcea.org/symposium/ for full information on the Symposium, including the call for papers.
Please contact me at thompsjt@buffalostate.edu if you have any questions.
John T. Thompson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Coordinator
Educational Computing Program
Computer Information Systems Dept.
Chase 208, Buffalo State College
1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222
(716) 878-3531 thompsjt@buffalostate.edu
Please consider submitting a paper. Also, please forward this Call for Papers information to colleagues who might be interested in submitting a paper. Please note the September 17, 2007, submission deadline date. Submit a paper by August 1, 2007, and your name will be placed in a drawing for a free Symposium registration.
Papers should consist of original (not previously published) or reported research on any and all aspects of Educational Technology. Papers will be peer reviewed using a double-blind referee process.
Accepted papers will be published in a formal Conference Proceedings publication, which will serve as a source of information for educational technology research. Selected papers may be invited to be published in the TechEdge, TCEA’s quarterly journal. Authors of accepted papers are required to register for the Symposium and present their papers in order to have their papers published in the Conference Proceedings publication.
See the Symposium Web site at http://www.tcea.org/symposium/ for full information on the Symposium, including the call for papers.
Please contact me at thompsjt@buffalostate.edu if you have any questions.
John T. Thompson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor & Coordinator
Educational Computing Program
Computer Information Systems Dept.
Chase 208, Buffalo State College
1300 Elmwood Avenue, Buffalo, NY 14222
(716) 878-3531 thompsjt@buffalostate.edu
Tuesday, June 5, 2007
SLATE, the Midwest Blackboard Users Group - October 4 - 5, 2007
SLATE, the Midwest Blackboard Users Group, invites you to submit a proposal for a presentation or panel discussion at the 2007 SLATE Conference to be held in Chicago on Thursday and Friday, October 4-5, 2007. Faculty, support staff, systems administrators, librarians, and students from K-12 though Higher-Ed are encouraged to participate in this event and share their ideas. A few of the previous topics have discussed:
* Pedagogy of Online Learning
* Emerging Faculty Support Strategies
* A Student Perspective of Blackboard
* Using Blogs & Wikis for Collaboration and Learning
* Making Campus Support Work Effectively
* Disability Access Issues in Blackboard
* Moving Beyond Point & Click
* Mastering the Learning Game
* Copyright & Fair Use
To submit a proposal, go to the SLATE home page, http://slategroup.uchicago.edu and click on the "Call for Proposals" link. That will take you to the online submission form. The deadline for submission is July 15, 2007. Early submission is recommended. Submission of a proposal does not guarantee acceptance for a presentation. After review, you will be notified regarding the status of your submission.
If you have any questions or need additional information please contact:
Ken Sadowski
SLATE Conference Coordinator
The University of Chicago
1100 E. 57th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
sadowski@uchicago.edu
phone: 773.702.4665
fax: 773.702.8802
* Pedagogy of Online Learning
* Emerging Faculty Support Strategies
* A Student Perspective of Blackboard
* Using Blogs & Wikis for Collaboration and Learning
* Making Campus Support Work Effectively
* Disability Access Issues in Blackboard
* Moving Beyond Point & Click
* Mastering the Learning Game
* Copyright & Fair Use
To submit a proposal, go to the SLATE home page, http://slategroup.uchicago.edu and click on the "Call for Proposals" link. That will take you to the online submission form. The deadline for submission is July 15, 2007. Early submission is recommended. Submission of a proposal does not guarantee acceptance for a presentation. After review, you will be notified regarding the status of your submission.
If you have any questions or need additional information please contact:
Ken Sadowski
SLATE Conference Coordinator
The University of Chicago
1100 E. 57th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
sadowski@uchicago.edu
phone: 773.702.4665
fax: 773.702.8802
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Innovate Online - Two Calls for Papers - June 30 deadline
We are extending the deadline for manuscript submission to two Innovate special issues: ee-Learning and Building an Evidence Base Supporting K-20 Online Learning.
1. ee-Learning
We have become familiar with "e-learning," which uses communication technologies to connect students and instructors separated by distance and/or by time, and to provide students with access to learning resources and interaction. And there is a long history of (e)xperiential education, where learning takes place in the "real world" of work and service and governing and the other institutions we create to organize our encounters and interests.
Historically, electronic and experiential learning have been unique and separate domains of study and practice. The joining of the two e's in "ee-learning" provides an opportunity to define and organize an emerging pedagogy that brings together these two domains.
ee-Learning offers the possibility of ending (or at least dramatically
reducing) the distance between the academic disciplines and the practices they are designed to inform and illuminate. ee-Learning allows the settings of the world-businesses, service agencies, government offices, or community centers-to be the primary scene of instruction, making it possible for students to learn by applying theory to practice in these settings.
Communication technologies allow students engaged in such settings to act as a learning community by engaging with each other as well as their teachers and colleagues, and to reflect on their experiences. Instructors help students relate their experiences to the bodies of knowledge of the curriculum, and to extend their learning by use of the rich resources found on the Internet as well as books and the older media of instruction. The combination of real-world experience and communication technologies can provide learning opportunities not available in the traditional classroom setting.
If you would like to submit a manuscript on this topic, please review our submission guidelines at http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=submit and send your manuscript to me and to the guest editor of this issue, Steve Eskow
(drseskow@cox.net) no later than June 15, 2007.
2. Building an Evidence Base Supporting K-20 Online Learning
Online learning is a growing phenomenon in education that provides increased access for educational opportunities for students regardless of where they live, their background, their family level of income, or how old they are. While online learning is growing, a number of educational researchers are examining online learning as a new delivery model that can stimulate established education models and ensure that data is available to support innovative and best practices. Exploration and building modern foundations in online learning are key to growing a body of evidence to highlight how this modern vehicle is advancing educational practice.
We seek research-based manuscripts that cover the following topics: (1) innovations in education through online learning, (2) stimulating K-20 learning environments through online learning, and (3) assessments, policy, funding, and governance models that can advance the ability to innovate with online learning.
We expect authors to take full advantage of Innovate's multimedia capacity; supplementary files that illuminate the text are encouraged, and we are especially interested in the possibility of featuring "Try it!"
sites that would offer readers hands-on experience with particular online learning features.
If you would like to submit a manuscript on this topic, please review our submission guidelines at http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=submit and send your manuscript to me and to the guest editors of this issue, Cathy Gunn
(c.gunn@moreheadstate.edu) and Susan Patrick (spatrick@nacol.org), no later than June 30, 2007.
Thanks!
Jim
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James L Morrison
Editor-in-Chief, Innovate
1. ee-Learning
We have become familiar with "e-learning," which uses communication technologies to connect students and instructors separated by distance and/or by time, and to provide students with access to learning resources and interaction. And there is a long history of (e)xperiential education, where learning takes place in the "real world" of work and service and governing and the other institutions we create to organize our encounters and interests.
Historically, electronic and experiential learning have been unique and separate domains of study and practice. The joining of the two e's in "ee-learning" provides an opportunity to define and organize an emerging pedagogy that brings together these two domains.
ee-Learning offers the possibility of ending (or at least dramatically
reducing) the distance between the academic disciplines and the practices they are designed to inform and illuminate. ee-Learning allows the settings of the world-businesses, service agencies, government offices, or community centers-to be the primary scene of instruction, making it possible for students to learn by applying theory to practice in these settings.
Communication technologies allow students engaged in such settings to act as a learning community by engaging with each other as well as their teachers and colleagues, and to reflect on their experiences. Instructors help students relate their experiences to the bodies of knowledge of the curriculum, and to extend their learning by use of the rich resources found on the Internet as well as books and the older media of instruction. The combination of real-world experience and communication technologies can provide learning opportunities not available in the traditional classroom setting.
If you would like to submit a manuscript on this topic, please review our submission guidelines at http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=submit and send your manuscript to me and to the guest editor of this issue, Steve Eskow
(drseskow@cox.net) no later than June 15, 2007.
2. Building an Evidence Base Supporting K-20 Online Learning
Online learning is a growing phenomenon in education that provides increased access for educational opportunities for students regardless of where they live, their background, their family level of income, or how old they are. While online learning is growing, a number of educational researchers are examining online learning as a new delivery model that can stimulate established education models and ensure that data is available to support innovative and best practices. Exploration and building modern foundations in online learning are key to growing a body of evidence to highlight how this modern vehicle is advancing educational practice.
We seek research-based manuscripts that cover the following topics: (1) innovations in education through online learning, (2) stimulating K-20 learning environments through online learning, and (3) assessments, policy, funding, and governance models that can advance the ability to innovate with online learning.
We expect authors to take full advantage of Innovate's multimedia capacity; supplementary files that illuminate the text are encouraged, and we are especially interested in the possibility of featuring "Try it!"
sites that would offer readers hands-on experience with particular online learning features.
If you would like to submit a manuscript on this topic, please review our submission guidelines at http://www.innovateonline.info/index.php?view=submit and send your manuscript to me and to the guest editors of this issue, Cathy Gunn
(c.gunn@moreheadstate.edu) and Susan Patrick (spatrick@nacol.org), no later than June 30, 2007.
Thanks!
Jim
----
James L Morrison
Editor-in-Chief, Innovate
Friday, May 4, 2007
Slate Annual Conference - Chicago - October 4 & 5, 2007
SLATE, the Midwest Blackboard Users Group, invites you to submit a proposal for a presentation or panel discussion at the 2007 SLATE Conference to be held in Chicago on Thursday and Friday, October 4-5, 2007. Faculty, support staff, systems administrators, librarians, and students are encouraged to participate in this event and share their ideas. A few of the previous topics have discussed:
* Pedagogy of Online Learning
* Emerging Faculty Support Strategies
* A Student Perspective of Blackboard
* Using Blogs & Wikis for Collaboration and Learning
* Making Campus Support Work Effectively
* Disability Access Issues in Blackboard
* Moving Beyond Point & Click
* Mastering the Learning Game
* Copyright & Fair Use
To submit a proposal, go to the SLATE home page, http://slategroup.uchicago.edu and click on the "Call for Proposals" link. That will take you to the online submission form. The deadline for submission is July 15, 2007. Early submission is recommended. Submission of a proposal does not guarantee acceptance for a presentation. After review, you will be notified regarding the status of your submission.
If you have any questions or need additional information please contact:
Ken Sadowski
SLATE Conference Coordinator
The University of Chicago
1100 E. 57th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
sadowski@uchicago.edu
phone: 773.702.4665
fax: 773.702.8802
* Pedagogy of Online Learning
* Emerging Faculty Support Strategies
* A Student Perspective of Blackboard
* Using Blogs & Wikis for Collaboration and Learning
* Making Campus Support Work Effectively
* Disability Access Issues in Blackboard
* Moving Beyond Point & Click
* Mastering the Learning Game
* Copyright & Fair Use
To submit a proposal, go to the SLATE home page, http://slategroup.uchicago.edu and click on the "Call for Proposals" link. That will take you to the online submission form. The deadline for submission is July 15, 2007. Early submission is recommended. Submission of a proposal does not guarantee acceptance for a presentation. After review, you will be notified regarding the status of your submission.
If you have any questions or need additional information please contact:
Ken Sadowski
SLATE Conference Coordinator
The University of Chicago
1100 E. 57th Street
Chicago, IL 60637
sadowski@uchicago.edu
phone: 773.702.4665
fax: 773.702.8802
Monday, April 16, 2007
E-Learn 2007 October 15-19, 2007 * Quebec City, Canada
1. Submission Information, Deadline April 26th:
Call for Presentations: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/call.htm
Submission Guide: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/submitguide.htm
Presenter Guide: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/PresenterLounge
2. Major Topics: www.aace.org/conf/elearn/topics.htm
3. Presentation Categories: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/categories.htm
4. Products/Services Showcases & Presentations:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/corporate.htm
5. Proceedings & Paper Awards: http://www.aace.org/pubs
6. For Budgeting Purposes: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/rates.htm
7. Quebec City, Canada: http://www.aace.org/conf/Cities/QuebecCity
8. Deadlines: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/deadlines.htm
Call for Presentations: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/call.htm
Submission Guide: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/submitguide.htm
Presenter Guide: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/PresenterLounge
2. Major Topics: www.aace.org/conf/elearn/topics.htm
3. Presentation Categories: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/categories.htm
4. Products/Services Showcases & Presentations:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/corporate.htm
5. Proceedings & Paper Awards: http://www.aace.org/pubs
6. For Budgeting Purposes: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/rates.htm
7. Quebec City, Canada: http://www.aace.org/conf/Cities/QuebecCity
8. Deadlines: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/deadlines.htm
Wednesday, April 4, 2007
2007 Beyond Boundaries - CALL FOR PROPOSALS
6th Annual Beyond Boundaries: Integrating Technology into Teaching & Learning Conference
Dates: October 4-5, 2007
Location: University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Proposal Deadline: April 9, 2007
Planned & Sponsored By: University of North Dakota
The University of North Dakota and the Conference Planning Committee invite you to present at the 6th Annual Beyond Boundaries: Integrating Technology into Teaching & Learning Conference. The conference will be held October 4 & 5, 2007 at UND's Memorial Union, Grand Forks, North Dakota.
The Conference Planning Committee is currently accepting proposals for:
* 60-Minute Concurrent Sessions, as well as
* Technology Tidbits, 7-minute oral poster session
featuring the latest technology being used in classrooms. We encourage you to share your knowledge, research and experience with other faculty, administrators and students in the region by submitting a proposal.
** NEW FOR THIS YEAR **
We are introducing a new format for Proposals. “Birds of a Feather” discussions will take place during lunch, and this will be your opportunity to visit with a small group of people about your ideas.
WHAT IS THE BEYOND BOUNDARIES CONFERENCE?
* Promote and encourage discussion about innovative practices using technology in teaching and learning
* Offer networking opportunities for higher education professionals in the region
* Discuss current successes and challenges involved in integrating technology for effective teaching and learning in higher education
* Share current research and gain skills that are helpful in integrating technology in teaching and learning
Dates: October 4-5, 2007
Location: University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, North Dakota
Proposal Deadline: April 9, 2007
Planned & Sponsored By: University of North Dakota
The University of North Dakota and the Conference Planning Committee invite you to present at the 6th Annual Beyond Boundaries: Integrating Technology into Teaching & Learning Conference. The conference will be held October 4 & 5, 2007 at UND's Memorial Union, Grand Forks, North Dakota.
The Conference Planning Committee is currently accepting proposals for:
* 60-Minute Concurrent Sessions, as well as
* Technology Tidbits, 7-minute oral poster session
featuring the latest technology being used in classrooms. We encourage you to share your knowledge, research and experience with other faculty, administrators and students in the region by submitting a proposal.
** NEW FOR THIS YEAR **
We are introducing a new format for Proposals. “Birds of a Feather” discussions will take place during lunch, and this will be your opportunity to visit with a small group of people about your ideas.
WHAT IS THE BEYOND BOUNDARIES CONFERENCE?
* Promote and encourage discussion about innovative practices using technology in teaching and learning
* Offer networking opportunities for higher education professionals in the region
* Discuss current successes and challenges involved in integrating technology for effective teaching and learning in higher education
* Share current research and gain skills that are helpful in integrating technology in teaching and learning
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