Call for Proposals (Papers & General Sessions)

TCC WORLDWIDE ONLINE CONFERENCE

April 14-16, 2009

Pre-conference dates: April 1-2, 2009

The New Internet:
Collaborative Learning, Social Networking,
Technology Tools, and Best Practices

Extended submission deadline: January 23, 2009

Proposal submission is now closed!

Homepage: http://tcc.kcc.hawaii.edu

TCC 2009 invites faculty, support staff, librarians, counselors, student affairs professionals, students, administrators, and educational consultants to submit proposals for papers and general sessions related to the conference theme.

INTRODUCTION

The Internet has evolved into a global workspace for collaboration and sharing while providing forums for different voices, cultures, new challenges, and creativity. People, technologies, and perspectives have converged. Now, there is a greater diversity of technological tools to communicate, collaborate, create, and compete.

Students learn best when they are actively involved. Regardless of content, students who work in small groups learn more and retain it longer than with other instructional forms of delivery. Collaboration also leads to greater satisfaction with classes. (Source: Barbara Gross Davis, 2002).

Within this global arena, how do faculty, staff, students and the communities they serve communicate, collaborate, innovate and produce useful learning outcomes? What best practices have emerged in collaborative learning? Is Internet-based collaboration effective and worth the effort? How can we efficiently assess student outcomes? Which tools will work best for us? How do we support our colleagues? How do we overcome our feelings of being overwhelmed? How do we keep up?

College students participate actively in online social communities that are increasingly important in their daily and social lives. What can we learn from our students? How can we build on our students' expertise in digital media, personal publishing, and social networking? How will mobile devices be adapted for learning? What advances have occurred with intercultural understanding, diversity, and accessibility?

Smart institutions learn how to engage the online behavior of students prior to college life. How do organizations embrace and take advantage of such technologies as open source and open educational content? How can organizations manage the blurring of play and work? What is the promise of virtual worlds such as Second Life?

TOPICS

TCC will feature papers and general sessions on the continuing evolution of distance learning, online communities, collaborative learning, social networking, and best practices of instructional technology. The coordinators are interested in a broad range of submissions that highlight evolving uses and issues in educational technology. These include and are not limited the following:

- Online, hybrid, blended or other modes of technology enhanced learning

- Emerging Internet and Web 2.0 tools for teaching and learning

- Technology applications that facilitate communication and collaboration

- Building and sustaining learning communities

- Instructional models for collaboration in virtual worlds (Second Life, etc.)

- Distance learning including mobile learning

- Ubiquitous and life-long learning

- Open content and open source

- E-portfolios and other assessment tools

- Student orientation and preparation

- Student success and assessment strategies in online learning

- Student services online (tutoring, advising, mentoring, career planning, technology support, help desk, etc.)

- Online learning resources (library, learning centers, etc.)

- Professional development for faculty and staff

- Accessibility for seniors and persons with disabilities

- Gender equity, digital divide, intercultural understanding, and open access

- Managing information technology and change in educational institutions

- Institutional planning and pedagogy catalyzed by technology advances

- Global learning, ubiquitous learning, and intercultural communication

- Educational technology around the world

PROPOSAL SUBMISSIONS

This conference accepts proposals in two formats: papers and general sessions. Submit all proposals online at:
https://skellig.kcc.hawaii.edu/proposals

For proposal and submission details, see:
http://tcc.kcc.hawaii.edu/2009/tcc/pres-info.html

Papers must be submitted in full and will be subjected to a blind peer review. Accepted papers will be published in a conference proceedings.

General sessions may be conducted in one of several forms including forums, discussion, roundtable, and pre-conference activity. These proposals will also be subject to a blind peer review.

Acceptances for all submittals will be conveyed to the primary author or presenter by email.

The coordinators are especially interested in receiving proposals that involve student collaborators. Fees for student presenters will be waived.

The extended submission deadline is January 23, 2009.

PRESENTER RESPONSIBILITIES

Presenters are expected to:

- Conduct a 45-minute informal, interactive online session for your paper or general session.

- Upload a photo and brief professional bio to the conference web site.

- Respond to questions and comments from conference participants.

- Participate in a wrap-up session on the day of your presentation.

- Verify descriptions that will be posted to registered participants prior to the conference.

- Respond to email, as appropriate, from the conference and presenters mailing lists.

REGISTRATION

All presenters are required to register online and pay the conference fee ($69 USD; $99 USD after March 31). Group and site registration rates for faculty and students are available. Group registration may reduce the conference fee to as low as $10 USD per participant. Contact Sharon Fowler for details <fowlers@hawaii.edu>.

VENUE

This conference is held entirely online using a web browser for access to content and technology services. A computer system purchased within the past 3-4 years with headphones and microphone as well as broadband Internet access is highly recommended.

SPONSORS & VENDORS

Organizations or companies interested in becoming a sponsor of this event may contact John Walber of LearningTimes <john@learningtimes.com>

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

For additional information, see <http://tcc.kcc.hawaii.edu>. For further inquiry, contact Bert Kimura <bert@hawaii.edu> or Curtis Ho <curtis@hawaii.edu>.

Mailing address: TCC Worldwide Online Conference, Attn: Sharon Fowler, University of Hawai'i, Kapi'olani Community College, 4303 Diamond Head Road, Honolulu, HI 96816, USA.

The University of Hawai'i, Kapi'olani Community College and University of Hawai'i at Manoa, Educational Technology Department, College of Education host this event in partnership with Osaka Gakuin University, Japan and LearningTimes.org. Additional support is provided by the Pan-Pacific Distance Learning Association and the New Media Consortium.

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