Hi,
It may be a bit of a trek for some members of the list, but I'd like
to disseminate the following call for presentations and in particular
point out the open and accessible learning track for your
consideration.
If you'd like to raise any questions about that particular track
please contact me or comment on
http://kavubob.wordpress.com/2012/09/26/et4online-cfp/
Please feel free to cross post as appropriate.
Kind regards,
John
The 6th Sloan C Emerging Technologies for Online Learning
International Symposium has just launched their call for
presentations:
http://sloanconsortium.org/conference/2013/et4online/call-for-presentations
The conference is April 9-11, 2013 in Las Vegas. The call for
presentations, posters, and workshops closes December 10th.
"The Emerging Technologies for Online Learning International
Symposium, a joint Symposium of Sloan Consortium and MERLOT, is
designed to bring together individuals interested in the review and
evaluation of emerging technologies' impact on online teaching and
learning. We seek interactive sessions that engage and inform
participants. Presenters and facilitators from the following areas are
encouraged to submit proposals:
Higher Education and K-12 Faculty
Future professors and graduate students
Educational technology leaders
Students
Instructional designers
Instructional technologists
Academic administrators
Proposed sessions can be targeted to all attendees or novice,
intermediate, or expert levels of proficiency."
There are a number of tracks outlined in the call in the areas of:
"Learning Spaces and Communities, Open and Accessible Learning,
Evidence-based Learning, Faculty and Student Development, Innovative
Media and Tools"
"ET4Online seeks submissions which emphasize evidence-based practice
and the impact of topic tracks on teaching practices and student
learning outcomes using a range of research methodologies (e.g. case
study, longitudinal comparisons, within group comparisons,
quasi-experimental, etc.) and rigorous approaches to the analysis of
supporting data, qualitative or quantitative."
I'd like to draw attention to the Open and Accessible Learning track:
This track will explore three key issues in online and blended
learning: openness, accessibility, and affordability. It invites
papers which share evidence and practice through discussion of these
issues in relation to Open Educational Resources, OpenCourseWare, Open
Textbooks, MOOCs, Open Practice or relevant topics of your choice.
This year a focus on the impact of these issues and topics on the
learner’s experience is encouraged. Suggestions include:
Which emerging open practices work in everyday instruction? How open is open?
What evidence-based practices exist concerning the inventive uses of
open content or open content adoption to improve outcomes in learning,
accessibility, affordability, faculty satisfaction, or student
satisfaction?
What tools do we have to evaluate the sustainable impact of emerging
trends in openness, accessibility, and affordability?
What benefits, risks, and costs are there for an institution in using
open content?
What emerging practices or technologies can make credentialed
education more affordable today?
Please note, it is the intent of this track to have a balanced program
to promote the discussion of how these three issues intersect.
[disclosure: I'm the track chair, so have a vested interest in
promoting this, i.e. I want to hear what you've been doing and have a
realistic and useful conversation with you all about what is happening
and how we build on our success and failures thus far and help improve
open, accessible, and affordable learning; also note that we're hoping
to *flip* the conference somewhat so that, beyond hearing what each
other has been up to we can engage with each others work in a
hopefully more substantive manner ]
--
R. John Robertson
ePortfolio and Online Learning Support
Learning Technologies
University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
920-424-0487
Twitter: @kavubob
Skype: rjohnrobertson
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