Submission Deadline: Monday, November 28, 2011
Professional learning in any field is characterized by a synergy among, our individual and collective capacities to learn. Few communities of practice understand the value of professional learning more than the Educational Developers Caucus. Across the EDC community, our culture and practice has at least three dimensions:
Dalhousie and Saint Mary's Universities warmly invite EDC colleagues and those who share an interest in our work to join us for the 2012 Conference in Halifax on February 22-24, 2012. Please visit our conference website at learningandteaching.dal.ca/EDC_2012/index.html for more information about the conference.
At the 2011 Conference in Sault Ste Marie, participants helped shape the themes suggested for 2012. Their suggestions are provided below to illustrate the richness and diversity within these themes and to help us generate a broad spectrum of proposals.
The EDC Conference will feature four main presentation formats:
Interactive Presentations will highlight effective practices or research that informs our practice. Participants in these sessions will expect opportunities for active learning and/or interaction.
Panel Discussions will provide an opportunity to present different points of view on one or more conference themes. Each panelist will have time for a short presentation followed by a question and answer period. To allow 15-20 minutes for discussion with the audience, panels should be comprised of no more than 4 members. Proposals will include the names of panel members and an outline of the discussion plan.
Roundtables are more informal, open-ended discussions related to at least one theme of the conference. Roundtable hosts will provide a framework or scenario for discussion and facilitate a group of colleagues in a conversation to explore or resolve that topic.
Project Planning Sessions will provide an opportunity for you to discuss ideas, get input on, or recruit colleagues to join you on projects relating to educational development practice and/or scholarship. Participants in these sessions will expect to be highly engaged in helping you to optimize a plan for your project.
Poster presentations are an opportunity to visually portray and share beneficial practices or research findings relevant to the conference themes. Posters should be self-explanatory, but presenters will be available during the poster session to engage interested colleagues in discussion. The poster session will be held during a casual “eat and meet” lunch in the Rowe Building atrium on Friday.
Workshops aim to provide a forum for the collaborative development and discussion of ideas. They may be designed to critically examine educational development practices or to explore how to demonstrate the impact of our work. Workshop proposals should clearly indicate how participants will actively contribute to the session.
Pre-conference workshops focus on topics that require in-depth development and extended discussion. Two half-day or one full-day pre-conference workshops will be scheduled on Wednesday, February 22, to run concurrently with the Educational Developers' Institute. Pre-conference workshop proposals should clearly indicate how participants will be actively engaged throughout the session.
Deadline
Monday, November 28, 2011
Procedure
Complete your submission off line using the template below and e-mail the completed document as an RTF attachment to Marla Arbach (marla.arbach@gmail.com) with EDC Conference Submission - [yourlastnameSESSIONTYPE] in the subject line. For 50-minute sessions, please indicate 50 as the session type; for poster presentations please indicate P; for 80-minute sessions, please indicate 80; for half-day pre-conference workshops, please indicate PCH; and for full-day pre-conference workshops, please indicate PCF.
In order to ensure a diverse program, we ask that you submit no more than one proposal per person per session type, and a maximum of two proposals total per person as lead presenter. Submission Template
Submission Template
Lead Presenter
First Name:
Last Name:
E-mail:
Work Phone:
Fax:
Institution Mailing Address:
Principal Presenter Biography (75 words or less):
Co-Presenter 1 (if applicable):
First Name:
Last Name:
Email:
Fax:
Institution Mailing Address:
Co-Presenter 1 Presenter Biography (75 words maximum):
Co-Presenter 2 (if applicable):
First Name:
Last Name:
Email:
Fax:
Institution Mailing Address:
Co-Presenter 2 Presenter Biography (75 words maximum):
Title of Session: Session Type Preferred
__ 50-minute interactive presetation
__ 50-minute panel discussion
__ 50-minute round table session
__ 50-minute project planning session
__ other 50-minute session
__ Poster session
__ 80-minute workshop
__ Pre-conference workshop: half day
__ Pre-conference workshop: full day
Technical Requirements
Rooms are equipped with laptop computers, projection screens, white boards, overhead-transparency projectors, and data projectors. Please indicate any ADDITIONAL needs in the space provided.
Review and Selection Criteria
The program committee will peer-review all submissions according to the criteria below, which we provide to guide the development of your proposal: