GLIDE '08: Global Interaction in Design Education Rensselaer's 1st Biennial
Design Web Conference
CALL FOR PAPERS
(Abstract deadline: April 15)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and the American Institute of Graphic Arts
(AIGA) present "The 1st Biennial Design Web Conference, " a pioneering
conference with presentations streamed live October 22, 2008. The theme for
2008 is "Global Interaction in Design Education (GLIDE)."On the day of
streaming, registrants will have access to content in the following types of
innovative formats: live and/or recorded podcasts and webcasts, downloadable
pdf files and Powerpoint presentations with voiceovers, telephone
conferences, blogs and wikis. Key presentations streamed live will include
synchronous Q&A sessions.
Our objectives are to:
1. democratize the dissemination of new knowledge within design
2. create an exemplar for 'greener' approaches to design conferencing
3. create a model of virtual learning and a resource for future design
educators who are interested in integrating distance learning into their
design curricula
4. disseminate new contributions to our broad understanding of the benefits
of design scholarship to society
5. provide a venue for design scholars around the world to share pedagogical
and technical strategies for global interaction and collaboration
GLIDE '08 aims to disseminate cutting-edge research that bridges cultural
and geographic divides. The conference seeks to provide a venue for design
scholars around the world to share pedagogical and technical strategies for
global interaction and collaboration. This pioneering conference format will
include presentations in the form of full papers streamed via live webcasts
with Q&A sessions or Powerpoint presentations with voiceovers; poster papers
in portable document format; technical workshops as recorded webcasts;
discussions via existing or new design blogs, wikis or telephone
conferences; or, reviews of books, exhibitions, or digital media in portable
document format. Educators, existing design blog managers and graduate
students within the global design community are invited to submit proposals
on topics related to the advancement of global interaction in design education.
We seek paper proposals that fit within the following taxonomy:
1. TECHNOLOGY: advantages and disadvantages of distance learning software;
technically facilitating interaction between remote collaborators and low-
and high-bandwidths
2. CULTURE sharing knowledge; establishing common ground; crossing political
barriers; overcoming language differences
3. PEDAGOGY: challenges of collaborative learning, tested distance learning
pedagogy and curricula
4. COLLABORATION: human- and user-centered, participatory and collaborative
design processes across cultural and geographic divides
Submit proposals for one or more of the following:
1. FULL PAPER for live webcast presentation or Powerpoint presentation with
voiceover
2. POSTER PAPER for Acrobat pdf download
3. DISCUSSION for a blog, wiki or teleconferencing
4. REVIEW (of books, collaborative software or exhibiitions) for Acrobat pdf
download
Submission Guidelines: By April 15, 2008, submit a 500 word (see conference
website, www.glide08.org for further submission guidelines). Specify whether
your submission is for a full paper, poster paper, discussion or review.
Avoid any reference to your name or institution within the title or body of
the abstract. Include full contact information (full name, title,
affiliation and phone numbers) in the body of your email message. The e-mail
subject line should read "GLIDE Abstract" and be submitted to Marjorie Crum
at [log in to unmask] Proposals will undergo an iterative, blind
peer review. All accepted, final full and poster papers and reviews will be
published via the conference website: www.glide08.org. Outstanding full
papers and reviews will be considered for publication in a book format.
IMPORTANT DATES: Deadline for all abstract submissions: April 15, 2008
Notification of acceptance with comments: May 1, 2008 First draft full and
poster papers, and reviews due: June 1, 2008 Notification of acceptance with
comments: June 15, 2008 Final draft full and poster papers, and reviews due:
July 30, 2008
Audrey Bennett
Associate Professor of Graphics
Department of Language, Literature, and Communication
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
110 8th Street
Troy, New York 12180-3590
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