General Sessions

The following list of session types is intended to provide guidance with planning your proposal. The formats are not intended to be exclusive, and indeed, may overlap with one another.

Submission

Your submission must include a description, not to exceed 250 words, that clearly states your goal, purpose, or objectives of your session. The description should be easily understood by the reviewers without having to review additional material. Acronyms should be written in longhand on the first occurrence. Make sure that URLs are accurate. Use the APA style guide for any citations.

Additionally, you will be requested to submit contact information for your collaborators including, name, title or rank, affiliation, and mailing address.

Proposals for general sessions are submitted online at:

http://makahiki.kcc.hawaii.edu:8080/opinio/s?s=827

Pre-conference activity

Similar to workshop (see below), this event is held during the pre-conference. Live sessions are held during the pre-conference days that provide participants with an opportunity to learn new concepts, increase their skill for using relevant technologies in teaching and learning, or collaborate to produce a product such as a white paper or other publication. Details will be arranged pending the nature of the proposal.

Forum

A live, 45-minute session that may be accompanied by slides, web tours, a shared whiteboard, or multimedia, including audio and video segments. Generally, visual aids and multimedia components will be delivered from a server while the audio component is broadcast. For an example, see any of last year’s conference recordings.

http://home.learningtimes.net/tcc2007

 

Presentations should engage the audience in a highly interactive manner. Participants interact with the presenter through available tools such as a whiteboard, text messaging, voice, and polling.

 

This mode of delivery will also be used for paper sessions.

Panel discussion

A 45-minute live session hosted by a panel of individuals, preferably three or more. After the session, post a brief summary of the key points discussed along with key references to solicit additional comments in the asynchronous discussion area.

Roundtable

A 45-minute, live session intended for a limited number of people. The roundtable session should address a key question, issue, concern, technology or practice relevant to the conference theme. Example: "How can blogging be used to enhance student learning in an online class?"

 

The session is briefly summarized by the presenter(s) and posted on the conference web site. All conference participants will be encouraged to review the session archive after the session.

Workshop

A live session, web-based, or other interactive mode used over 1-3 days to provide participants with an opportunity to learn new concepts, increase their skill for using relevant technologies in teaching and learning, or collaborate to produce a product such as a white paper or other publication. Details will be arranged pending the nature of the proposal.

Asynchronous discussion

When timing is an issue due to your time zone or other factors, you may use a discussion board for your presentation. Your description should include a problem statement and questions for your audience to respond to. Your role would be to facilitate this online discussion during the entire conference.

Other

We encourage the use of any creative format since the online environment is emerging, and we expect to see new forms of communication styles and methods. Contact Bert Kimura <bert@hawaii.edu> to discuss other alternatives.

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