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> APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTING
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> Call for Papers
> The London Scholarship of Teaching & Learning (SoTL)
> 6th Annual International Conference
> 18 & 19 May 2006
> London, UK
>
> This is the first formal call for proposal abstracts for the above
> conference.
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> Conference Theme: Practising the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning
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> The conference will consider SoTL practice in the context of today’s
> higher education environments, with reference to the interfaces with
> students, colleagues, institutional and national frameworks.
> The following – not exclusive – strands will be addressed:
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> - SoTL and institutional frameworks: the reality of SoTL practice,
> career prospects and SoTL, SoTL and the research agenda
> - SoTL and the learning environment: promoting SoTL in today’s HE
> system, the interface with students, the discrepancies between theory
> and practice in teaching and learning
> - National and international SoTL initiatives: the challenges of
> implementing the Scholarship of Teaching across different
> geographical/political contexts
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> This year's conference will embrace the full range of debates
> surrounding the ‘practice’ of SoTL. It will feature in the plenary
> panel sessions and the new “Author meets Reader” sessions. We
> encourage all participants to address the theme whenever possible
> throughout the conference.
>
> Visit the conference website for details on conference themes, draft
> programme, abstract, and registration form:
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> http://www.city.ac.uk/edc/sotlconference/index.html
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> All abstracts submitted from outside the UK will be reviewed, with a
> decision taken and communicated to the author(s), within a fortnight
> of submission.
> Distinctive features of the conference:
> • Opportunity to disseminate outcomes of works in progress,
> project reports and learning and teaching grants
> • Scholars from Australia, Canada, Europe, South Africa, UK,
> and US speaking the practice of SoTL
> • Authors of new and recent books on the Scholarship of
> Teaching and Learning
> • Papers, works in progress, project reports, seminars and
> workshops demonstrating the scholarship of teaching and learning
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> All forms of scholarship are encouraged to be submitted for
> presentation.
> Sponsored by the Educational Development Centre, City University,
> London, England.
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> DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: 14th March 2006
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> Joelle Fanghanel
> EDC Acting Director
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> Educational Development Centre
> Drysdale Building
> City University
> Northampton Square
> LONDON
> EC1V 0HB
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> Tel: 020 7040 4012
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> http://www.city.ac.uk/edc
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> http://www.city.ac.uk/edc/sotlconference/index.html
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> Directions on how to get to us are in the following web links:
> http://www.city.ac.uk/maps/nsq.htm
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