The 6th Annual International Symposium for Emerging Technologies for Online Learning (#et4online) from April 9-11, 2013 (Planet Hollywood Resort – Las Vegas, Nevada) wants YOU to submit a conference proposal. Proposals are DUE by 11 pm CDT on December 10, 2012.
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.
The 2013 Emerging Technologies Symposium chairs know technology for learning is shifting quickly:
“New discoveries in technology happen rapidly and far too frequently. It is difficult to keep up with every new release or innovation. Advances in technology often become the vehicle for new ways to learn or enhance learner opportunities in our classrooms. As educators we progress forward, gaze back, and aim to bring the best of old and new to create an optimal environment to our students. However daunting this mission is, we tackle the problems and learn best from those who are already building the bridges and taking on the tasks we want to try. The field is advanced by those who share, scrutinize, and study. We invite you to contribute to the progress by presenting and attending this year’s symposium and encouraging your colleagues to join our efforts.”
The #et4online steering committee is interested in interactive sessions that engage and inform participants for the following areas:
- Higher Education and K-12 Faculty
- Future professors and graduate students
- Educational technology leaders
- Students
- Instructional designers
- Instructional technologists
- Academic administrators
Sessions can be targeted to all attendees and or specified (novice, intermediate, or expert) levels of proficiency. The committee would like to see a wide range of involvement from various presenters/facilitators – this includes proposed sessions from graduate students TOO!
The #et4online symposium will accept presentations that offer attendees “real solutions,” pioneering practices, and future trends, specifically 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. Here are the #et4online symposium tracks and research areas:
- Learning Spaces and Communities
- Open and Accessible Learning
- Evidence-based Learning
- Faculty and Student Development
- Innovative Media and Tools
Here is the presenter FAQs and Webinar Recording from 11/29 to help you with your proposal submission: 5 Tips on How to Submit a Successful Conference Proposal.
There will be a wide range of emerging technologies for online learning trends, talks, sharing, and more! What happens at #et4online in Vegas will NOT stay in Vegas. And that’s a good thing! Follow @et4online for more updates as well!
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If it is any help Laura the work I did with you and Jeff two years ago, exploring the then new Google+ hangouts and the ability to converse and jointly write a proposal using Google Docs made a big impact on my personal development. This then inspired me to take these tools (and others) and help academics use to enhance their teaching. At the time these were considered very innovative. The pilots were fraught with problems due to fire walls and the like but we overcame these and actually strengthened partnerships with our IT department as they began to understand where we wanted to take technology to enhance teaching and learning.
Good luck with your application and thank you for continuing to inspire ME with your work!
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Thanks for the kind words, Sue! I was thinking about faculty and staff development for higher education using open source and online tools for collaboration. You have my wheels spinning now… THANKS!
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