[Okfdc] Extended - Call for proposals - 2010 Oklahoma Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference

Wed Jan 20 14:44:14 CST 2010

*Call for Proposals*

You are invited to participate in the 2010 Oklahoma Higher Education
Teaching and Learning Conference. The conference will take place April 9 and
9, 2010 on the Broken Arrow campus of Northeastern State University. Join
faculty-scholars who will discuss teaching and learning topics ranging from
using technology to cooperative learning. Opportunities to meet and talk to
the presenters are provided throughout the conference. Join us as we
celebrate innovative educators from Oklahoma Higher Education institutions.

All proposals will be submitted online using the form found on this page.
Please carefully read the information presented here in order to avoid
delays and to give proposals the best opportunity for acceptance. All
proposals will go through a blind, peer-review process by the Conference
Review Board consisting of faculty knowledgeable about the scholarship of
teaching and learning. Proposals that simply discuss a teaching idea or
practice without research and evidence to document the results are not
appropriate for this conference.

*Purpose*

The purpose of the conference is to provide to those interested in the
scholarship of teaching and learning an evidence-based path for the
improvement of teaching effectiveness and student learning outcomes.

*Dates and Deadlines *

*November 20, 2009 *

Call for proposals announced and Abstract submission period opens

*Extended to February 7th*

Abstract submission deadline

*Delayed to Feb 13, 2010 *

Notification of review of abstract results

*Delayed to Feb 20, 2010*

Deadline for presenters to confirm participation

*February 28, 2010*

Deadline for finalized abstract for conference program and proceedings

*April 8, 2010 *

Conference begins

*April 9, 2010 *

Conference ends

*April 15, 2010 *

Conference Proceedings published online

Our theme this year is* Making Innovative Teaching Matter. *The strands
<https://docs.google.com/RawDocContents?docID=dcfn3v42_5hkcn7ddr&justBody=false&revision=_latest&timestamp=1224017389686&editMode=true&strip=true#_msocom_1>for
the conference are:

*Strand #1: Developing Global Communities in Higher Education*, examples
include but are not limited to:

·         Service Learning

·         Student Engagement

*Strand #2: Pedagogy in Teaching*, examples include but are not limited to:

   - Improving Teaching
   - Professional Development
   - Implementing Technology
   - Integration of Digital Resources (software and websites)
   - Creative engagement

*Strand #3: Envision Learning*, examples include but are not limited to:

   - Widening Student Participation

·         Subject Specific Strategies and Application

·         Impact of Emerging Technologies

*Tracks*

The following conference tracks comprise the concurrent sessions:

   1. Research projects about specific teaching and student learning (in
   classroom, online, or blended contexts) in a higher education context and
   the research questions, methodologies, evidence, analyses, results,
   implications, and applications.
   2. Non-research analysis or synthesis of the nature, role and meaning of
   the scholarship of teaching and learning (SoTL); its integration or
   recognition in an academic cultures; how to initiate and develop  projects;
   ways to promote, foster and support those engaging in such scholarship; how
   SoTL can directly improve student learning outcomes; how SoTL has
   transformed an academic community/culture; the connects between SoTL and
   other forms of scholarship; the problems and benefits of international
   collaboration in doing SoTL, and many other possibilities.

*Session Formats *

*Conference Presentation*

Presentation sessions will be limited to 40 minutes in length and should
involve active learning techniques. Presentations should be used to present
research findings based in the tradition of the Scholarship of Teaching and
Learning.
More information, including submitting a proposal, regarding the conference
presentation format can be found
here<http://www.teachingconference.org/?q=node/26>
.

*Panel Discussions *

Panel discussions are organized and facilitated for conversation about a
topic among panelists and between panelists and audience. Panel discussions
are not individual paper presentations. Panel discussions are scheduled for
40 minutes. More information, including submitting a proposal, regarding the
panel discussion format can be found
here<http://www.teachingconference.org/?q=node/12>
.

*Graduate Student Poster Session*

The poster session allows graduate students to present central topics or
questions being examined, observed or conclusions drawn thus far, as well as
further questions you hope to explore in the field of Teaching and Learning.
The information presented will serve as a basis for further discussion for
conference participants stop to talk with you about your work. More
information, including submitting a proposal, regarding the poster session
format can be found here <http://www.teachingconference.org/?q=node/10>.

Moderators for the presentation and panel sessions will be provided to
presenters.  Presenters will be contacted by moderators prior to the
conference to discuss introductions and the content of the presentations. At
each session, a moderator will begin and end the session on time, introduce
the presenter(s) and the session topic, and distribute and collect session
assessment forms to the attendees.

*Evaluation of Proposals*

Each proposal will be reviewed by three reviewers who will recommend one of
three options: 1) acceptance of the proposal, 2) revision of the proposal,
or 3) rejection of the proposal. Reviewers will provide comments for
improvement, suggestions for recommended revisions, or rationales for why
proposals were rejected. Comments will be given to the submitters of the
proposals.

*Acceptance of proposals*

The result of the review process will be provided to submitters within two
weeks of reception of the proposals. Presenters of all accepted proposals
must give confirmation to the conference director (*brittaij at nsuok.edu*) by
January 20, 2010 that they will present at the conference in April
2010.Presenters are responsible for their
own conference registration and
fee<http://survey.nsuok.edu/Survey.aspx?s=bc111e1015b7432786fedf911bf4effb>,
travel and lodging.

Presenters must supply finalized abstracts of their presentations by
February 28, 2010 to the Conference Director (*brittaij at nsuok.edu*).
Abstracts will be used in the Conference Program Booklet and in the
Conference Proceedings. The format for the abstract is as follows:

   - Presentation topic and names/schools of presenters
   - Abstract text: 100 – 150 words
   - Content: summarize content of the presentation, including its
   objectives and learning outcomes for the audience. Provide any relevant
   resources such as book or article titles and web sites.

Presenters are asked to fully participate in the entire conference and
attend sessions and events.

Presenters whose registration
fee<http://survey.nsuok.edu/Survey.aspx?s=bc111e1015b7432786fedf911bf4effb>is
not received by February 28, 2010
may not be included in the conference schedule of sessions and program
booklet.

Warm Regards,
Jym

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James “Jym” Brittain, M.S.
Director, Center for Teaching and Learning
Faculty member, College of Education
Northeastern State University
600 North Grand Ave., NET 618
Tahlequah, OK 74464
voice: 918.444.5859
fax: 918.458.2382
cell: 918.207.8743
http://ctl.nsuok.edu

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