>Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 18:58:13 -0600 (CST) >X-Sender: [log in to unmask] >To: [log in to unmask] >From: Patrick Bjork <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: TCC-L Online Conference: Call for Proposals > > > >> TRENDS AND ISSUES IN ONLINE INSTRUCTION >> >> Second Annual Teaching in >> the Community Colleges Online Conference >> April 1-3, 1997 >> >> >> FINAL CALL FOR PROPOSALS! >> >> ------------------------------------------------- >> Revised Deadline for Proposals: February 15, 1997 >> ------------------------------------------------- >> >>Please consider submitting a proposal/paper for our second annual TCC-L >>Online Conference. Here are the particulars for this _completely online_ >>conference: >> >>Title: Second Annual Teaching in the Community Colleges Online Conference >> >>Theme: Trends and Issues in Online Instruction >> >>February 15, 1997: Revised Deadline for Proposals >> >>March 14, 1997: For accepted proposals--deadline for all papers (including >> presenter's bio and photo for the conference homepage) >> >>April 1-3, 1997 (Tue, Wed, Thu): Conference Dates >> >> >>Possible Topics >>--------------- >>- Innovative online instructional strategies >>- Description and discussion of a successful online course >>- Teaching style and success in online instruction >>- Collaborative learning in online classes >>- F2F meetings: Critical for online instruction? >>- Tips for increasing enrollment in online classes >>- Cheating in online classes: how to prevent it >>- Online classes and workload issues >>- Online strategies for student research papers >>- Synchronous strategies: strengths and weaknesses >>- Synchronous communication: Is it vital for online instruction? >>- Internet and computer classrooms: Critical differences? >>- Online strategies for the primarily traditional classroom >>- Online vs. traditional instruction: a comparison of outcomes >>- Retention in online classes >>- Sense of community in online classes >>- Preparing students for online instruction >>- BBSs vs. Internet for online instruction >>- Harassment issues in online instruction >>- Evaluation trends and issues for online instruction >>- Administrative issues re online instruction >>- The electronic library and the online classroom >>- Counseling issues re online instruction >>- Admissions and registration issues re online instruction >>- Computing center perspectives on online instruction >>- Role of learning assistance centers in online instruction >>- Multimedia in online instruction >>- Other: ________________________________________ >> >> >>Procedures for Submitting a Proposal >>------------------------------------ >>Presentation Title: >>Presenter's name (include highest degree(s) attained, e.g., PhD, MBA): >>Presenter's academic title(s), college, department: >>Presenter's snailmail (college) address: >>Presenter's email (and WWW address if available): >>Paper status: Please indicate whether the proposed presentation has been >> previously published in a journal. If it has, please describe >> substantive changes that will be incorporated in this presentation. >>***** >>Proposal: Ten- to twenty-line description or summary of your proposed >> presentation. >>Format: Standard (generic) ASCII text (do not send as an encoded file). >>Send to: Jim Shimabukuro <[log in to unmask]> or to any one of the review >> committee members: Patrick Bjork, chair <[log in to unmask]>, >> Ramesh Gaonkar <[log in to unmask]>, Jay Wootten >> <[log in to unmask]> >> >> >>Activities >>---------- >>- All presentations will be posted on the conference webpage from Mar. >> 25-31, to allow participants time to read them prior to the actual >> conference from Apr. 1-3. They will remain on the web during and for a >> while after the conference. >>- All presenters will be expected to respond to private and public email >> questions and comments from participants re their papers. All presenters >> and participants will be included in the conference discussion list. >>- All presenters will be scheduled for a one-hour MOO session on one of >> the three conference days. The coordinator for MOO sessions will be >> contacting presenters for preferred times. The sessions will be an >> informal medium for presenters to meet with participants. Practice MOO >> sessions wil be conducted prior to Apr. 1-3. >>- All conference papers will be published in the spring 1997 issue of the >> Teaching in the Community College (Electronic) Journal (TCC-J). >> >> >>For further information, please write to Jim Shimabukuro >><[log in to unmask]> >> >> >>---------------------------------------------------- >>Subject: Registering for the TCC-L Online Conference >> >>The entire conference will be conducted online. Participants will "attend" >>presentations via the WWW, and they'll interact with presenters via email >>and live chat (MOO). They'll also have an opportunity to take multimedia >>WWW tours of Hawaii, mingle with other participants in the virtual Coconut >>Cafe (MOO), and discuss presentations on the special conference email >>list, CFORUM-L. Featured keynote speakers will be Jay Wootten, Kent State >>University-Salem, and Crawford Kilian, Capilano College. >> >>To register for the Second Annual TCC-L Online Conference: Trends and >>Issues in Online Instruction, April 1-3, 1997, sponsored by the Teaching >>in the Community Colleges List (TCC-L) and Kapiolani Community College, >>send the following one-line message: >> >> sub TCON-L YourFirstName YourLastName >> >>to: [log in to unmask] >> >>There is no fee for participation, but all will be required to complete a >>registration form, which will be emailed when the subscription request is >>received. For further information, please write to Jim Shimabukuro >><[log in to unmask]>. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >Patrick Bjork, Ph.D. >Dept. of English >Bismarck State College >******************************************************** >http://www.bsc.nodak.edu/English/fallsp.html * >http://www.bsc.nodak.edu/English/webgeist/webgeist.html * >******************************************************** >"Language is like a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes >for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the >the stars to pity." --_Madame Bovary_ > > > > Patrick Bjork, Ph.D. Dept. of English Bismarck State College ******************************************************** http://www.bsc.nodak.edu/English/fallsp.html * http://www.bsc.nodak.edu/English/webgeist/webgeist.html * ******************************************************** "Language is like a cracked kettle on which we beat out tunes for bears to dance to, while all the time we long to move the the stars to pity." --_Madame Bovary_ ---- To signoff SCREEN-L, e-mail [log in to unmask] and put SIGNOFF SCREEN-L in the message. 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