E-Learn 2007 Final Call (Quebec City, Canada): Due August 20

Final Call for Participation Deadline: August 20

* Please forward to a colleague *

http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/call.htm

Advance Program / Registration:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/advprog.htm
______________________________________________________

E-Learn 2007

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate,
Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education

October 15-19, 2007 * Quebec City, Canada
(Quebec City Convention Centre)


FINAL CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

** Submission Deadline: August 20, 2007 **

Organized by:
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
(http://www.aace.org)
Co-sponsored by:
International Journal on E-Learning
(http://www.aace.org/pubs/IJEL)
______________________________________________________________

"The International Forum for Researchers, Developers, and
Practitioners to Learn
about the Best Practices/Technology in Education, Government,
Healthcare, and Business"

** What are your colleagues saying about E-Learn conferences? **
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/testimonials.htm

COLOR POSTER--E-Learn 2007 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Available to Print & Distribute (PDF to print; 200kb)
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/EL07poster.pdf


CONTENTS & LINKS (details below)

1. Submission Information, Deadline August 20:
Call for Presentations: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/call.htm
Submission Guide: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/submitguide.htm
Presenter Guide: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/PresenterLounge

2. Major Topics: www.aace.org/conf/elearn/topics.htm
3. Presentation Categories: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/categories.htm

4. Products/Services Showcases & Presentations:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/corporate.htm

5. Proceedings & Paper Awards: http://www.aace.org/pubs
6. For Budgeting Purposes: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/rates.htm

7. Quebec City, Canada: http://www.aace.org/conf/Cities/QuebecCity
8. Deadlines: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/deadlines.htm

INTRODUCTION
More info: http://www.aace.org/conf/eLearn/Intro.htm
E-Learn, the premiere international, non-commercial conference in the
field, spans all
disciplines and levels of education and attracts more than 1,000 attendees
from over 60 countries. We invite you to attend E-Learn and submit
proposals for presentations.

INVITATION:
This Final Call for Participation is offered for those who were:
- unable to meet the first deadline for submissions in April, or
- were not ready to present a finished paper or project, or
- have a work-in-progress topic to present, and
- do not yet have a proposal accepted for presentation.

All presentation proposals are reviewed by three of the respected,
international Executive Advisory Board
(http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/exec.htm) and Program Committee,
based on merit and the perceived value for attendees. Accepted
presentations are included in the conference program, Proceedings
(book and CD-ROM formats) and the digital library, EdITLib--Education
and Information Library, http://www.EdITLib.org/

We invite you to attend the E-Learn Conference and submit proposals for
these presentation categories: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/categories.htm

E-LEARN IS UNIQUE AND A MUST TO ATTEND:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/unique.htm
http://www.aace.org/conf/eLearn/MustAttend.htm
E-Learn is an innovative collaboration between the top public and
private academic researchers, developers, education and business
professionals, and end users from the Corporate, Healthcare,
Government, and Higher Education sectors offering a unique
international forum to discuss the latest issues, strategies,
applications, development, and research, to explore new technologies,
and to identify solutions for today's challenges related to online learning.

E-Learn is THE essential resource to make international connections
for collaboration with others who may share similar problems as well
as those offering solutions.

E-LEARN KEY FEATURES
More info: http://www.aace.org/conf/eLearn/KeyFeatures.htm
The E-Learn Conference offers attendees a complete educational
experience, with opportunities for collaboration and networking among
leaders and peers working to make effective e-learning a
reality. E-Learn offers varied sessions designed to produce
effective results for all types of learning styles. From
pre-conference tutorials to paper presentations to informal
discussions, and more than 600 concurrent sessions, you are given the
content you need by knowledgeable presenters and peers--all in one conference!

PROGRAM ACTIVITIES:
* Keynote Speakers
* Invited Panels/Speakers
* Papers
* Best Practice Sessions
* Roundtables
* Demonstrations/Posters
* Research/Technical Showcases
* Products/Services Showcases
* Tutorials/Workshops

SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
- For Call for Presentations, connect to:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/call.htm
- Submission guidelines and Web form:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/submitguide.htm
- For Presentation and AV Guidelines:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/PresenterLounge

TOPICS:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/topics.htm

The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to, the
following topics as they relate to the e-Learning and the
technologies supporting e-Learning.

1. Sectors or Application Domains:
General & Cross-Domain
Corporate
Government
Health Care
Higher Education
Informal Learning (Museums, Communities, Homes)
K-12
Military Training
Professional Associations & Non-Profits

2. Major Topics relating to or technologically supporting E-Learning:
Content Development
Evaluation
Implementation Examples and Issues
Instructional Design
Policy Issues
Research
Social and Cultural Issues
Standards and Interoperability
Tools and Systems

PRESENTATION CATEGORIES:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/categories.htm
The Technical Program includes a wide range of interesting and useful
activities designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information.

PRODUCTS/SERVICES SHOWCASES & PRESENTATIONS:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/corporate.htm
Organizations have the opportunity to demonstrate and discuss their
e-learning related
products and services in through Products/Services Showcases & Presentations.

PROCEEDINGS & PAPER AWARDS:
http://www.aace.org/pubs
Accepted papers will be published by AACE in the Proceedings Book and on
CD-ROM. Proceedings in this series serve as major resources in the multimedia/
hypermedia/telecommunications community, reflecting the current state of
the art in the discipline. In addition, the Proceedings also are
internationally distributed through and archived in EdITLib--
Education and Information Library, http://www.EdITLib.org/

Selected papers may be invited for publication in may be invited for
publication in AACE's respected journals especially in the
- International Journal on E-Learning (IJEJ),
- Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia (JEMH), or
- Journal of Interactive Learning Research (JILR).

All presented papers will be considered for Outstanding Paper Awards within
several categories. Award winning papers may be invited for publication in
the AACE journals.

FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/rates.htm
The conference registration fee for all presenters and participants will be
approximately $395 U.S. (AACE members), $465 U.S. (non-members).
Registration includes proceedings on CD, receptions, and all sessions
except tutorials. The conference dinner will be an extra fee.

All conference sessions will be held at the Quebec City Convention
Centre (http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/hotel.htm) located in
historic and quaint Quebec City and in walking distance to the city's
shopping, restaurants, museums, and historic sights. Special
discount hotel have been obtained for E-Learn participants.

QUEBEC CITY, CANADA
http://www.aace.org/conf/Cities/QuebecCity

Quebec City lies on the St. Lawrence River, roughly three hours east
of Montreal. The city is the second-oldest existing European
settlement in Canada. Stroll through the streets of Quebec City and
experience the many historic sites, shops, boutiques, handicraft
stands, over 1000 restaurants and pubs, museums, art galleries, , etc.

Explore Quebec City online at: http://www.quebecregion.com/e/

DEADLINES:
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/deadlines.htm

Final Call Submissions Due: August 20, 2007
Authors Notified: August 27, 2007
Proceedings File Due: Sept. 6, 2007
Early Registration: Sept. 6, 2007
Conference: Oct. 15-19, 2007

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To be added to the mailing list for this conference, link
to http://www.aace.org/info.htm

If you have a question about E-Learn, please send an e-mail to
AACE Conference Services, conf@aace.org

Contact:
AACE--Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
P.O. Box 1545
Chesapeake, Virginia 23327 USA
Phone: 757-366-5606 * Fax: 703-997-8760
E-mail: conf@aace.org * http://www.AACE.org

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SITE - Call for Participation

______________________________________________________

Call for Participation Deadline: October 22

** Join with 1,200+ Colleagues from 50 Countries **

* Please forward to a colleague *

http://site.aace.org/conf/
______________________________________________________

SITE 2008

Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education
International Conference

March 3-7, 2008 * Las Vegas, Nevada

(Riviera Hotel & Casino Convention Center)

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

** Submissions Due: Oct. 22, 2007 **

Organized by
Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE)
http://site.aace.org/
and
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
http://www.aace.org/
______________________________________________________________

** What are your colleagues saying about SITE conferences? **
http://site.aace.org/conf/testimonials.htm

COLOR POSTER--SITE 2008 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Available to Print & Distribute (PDF to print; 200kb)
http://site.aace.org/conf/SITE08poster.pdf


>> CONTENTS & LINKS (details below) <<

1. Call for Papers and Submission & Presenter Guidelines, Deadline Oct. 22th:
http://site.aace.org/conf/call.htm
http://site.aace.org/conf/submitguide.htm
http://site.aace.org/conf/PresenterLounge

2. Scope & Major Topics: http://site.aace.org/conf/topics.htm

4. Presentation Categories: http://site.aace.org/conf/categories.htm
5. Proceedings & Paper Awards: http://site.aace.org/pubs/

6. Corporate Participation: http://site.aace.org/conf/corporate.htm
7. For Budgeting Purposes: http://site.aace.org/conf/rates.htm

8. Las Vegas: http://www.aace.org/conf/Cities/LasVegas
9. Deadlines: http://site.aace.org/conf/deadlines.htm


INVITATION:
SITE 2008 is the 19th annual conference of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education. This society represents individual teacher educators and affiliated organizations of teacher educators in all disciplines, who are interested in the creation and dissemination of knowledge about the use of information technology in teacher education and faculty/staff development. SITE is a society of AACE.

You are invited to participate in this international forum which offers numerous opportunities to explore the research, development, and applications in this important field. All proposals are peer reviewed.

SITE is the premiere international conference in this field and annually attracts more than 1,200 leaders in the field from over 50 countries.

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To submit a proposal, complete the online form at:
http://site.aace.org/conf/submitguide.htm (online soon)

For Presentation and AV guidelines, see:
http://site.aace.org/conf/PresenterLounge
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PROGRAM ACTIVITIES:

* Keynote Speakers
* Invited Panels/Speakers
* Papers (Full & Brief)
* Posters/Demonstrations
* Corporate Showcases & Demonstrations
* Tutorials/Workshops
* Roundtables
* Symposia

SCOPE:
The Conference invites proposals from the introductory through advanced level on all topics related to:

(1) the use of information technology in teacher education, and
(2) instruction about information technology in
* Preservice
* Inservice
* Graduate Teacher Education
* Faculty & Staff Development

Proposals which address the theory, research and applications as well as describe innovative projects are encouraged.

MAJOR TOPICS

GENERAL TOPICS:
* Assessment and E-folios
* Corporate
* Distance/Flexible Education
* Electronic Playground
* Equity and Social Justice
* Evaluation and Research
* Information Technology Diffusion/Integration
* International
* Latino/Spanish Speaking Community
* Leadership
* New Possibilities with Information Technologies
* Graduate Education and Faculty Development
* Video Cases
* Web/Learning Communities
* Workforce Education

CONTENT AREA TOPICS:
* Art Education
* Human Languages Education
* Information Technology Education
* English Education
* Mathematics Education
* Middle School Education
* Science Education
* Social Studies Education
* Special Education/Assistive Technology
* Young Child Education

PRESENTATION CATEGORIES:
http://site.aace.org/conf/categories.htm
The Technical Program includes a wide range of interesting and useful activities designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information. These include keynote and invited talks, paper presentations, roundtables, poster/demonstrations, tutorials/workshops, panels, and corporate showcases.

PROCEEDINGS:
http://www.EdITLib.org
Accepted papers will be published by AACE in the Technology and Teacher Education Annual proceedings series. Books in this series serve as major source documents indicating the current state of teacher education and information technology. This proceedings will be published as a searchable electronic book on CD-ROM.

The Annuals are internationally distributed through and archived in the Education and Information Technology Digital Library, http://www.EdITLib.org.

First and second paper authors are limited to two papers published in the Annual.

PAPER AWARDS:
http://site.aace.org/pubs/
All presented papers will be considered for Best Paper Awards within several categories.

Award winning papers may be:
Invited for publication in the
- Journal of Technology and Teacher Education
(JTATE) (http://www.aace.org/pubs/jtate) or
- Online journal, Contemporary Issues in
Technology & Teacher Education (CITE) (http://www.citejournal.org/),

Highlighted in the:
- AACE online periodical AACE Journal (http://www.aace.org/pubs/aacej/), and
= Education and Information Technology Digital Library, http://www.EdITLib.org.

CORPORATE PARTICIPATION:
http://site.aace.org/conf/corporate.htm
A variety of opportunities are available to present research-oriented papers, or to showcase and market your products and services. For information about Corporate Showcases (30 minutes) and Corporate Demonstrations (2-hours, scheduled with the Poster/Demos), click here.

FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES:
http://site.aace.org/conf/rates.htm
http://site.aace.org/conf/hotel.htm

The conference registration fee for all presenters and participants will be approximately $295 (members); $340 (non-members). Registration includes Proceedings on CD, receptions, and all sessions except tutorials.

The conference hotel (Riviera Hotel & Casino Las Vegas) specially discounted guest room rate is $119 (single/double). http://site.aace.org/conf/hotel.htm

LAS VEGAS, NEVADA: Experience the Shows, Dining, Shopping, Attractions, & Tours!
http://www.aace.org/conf/Cities/LasVegas/

Las Vegas, an ever-changing fantasy-land of a city, has seen unbelievable expansion since it emerged from the desert 100 years ago. Las Vegas continues to build upon its reputation as a vibrant showcase for the extraordinary. This is the city that attracts more than 38 million visitors a year by offering the grandest hotels, the biggest stars in entertainment, the highest caliber of award-winning chefs and master sommeliers, and, of course, the brightest lights.

Las Vegas offers unmatched entertainment. Some of the many headliners include Celine Dion (Caesars Palace), Barry Manilow (Las Vegas Hilton) and Toni Braxton (Flamingo Las Vegas). Broadway hits such as "MAMMA MIA!" (Mandalay Bay), "Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular" (Venetian) and "The Producers" (Paris Las Vegas) are amongst visitor favorites. World-class productions are also available and include Cirque du Soleil's newest shows, "KÁ" (MGM Grand) and "LOVE" (The Mirage).

While planning an evening of entertainment, look to the growing roster of gourmet restaurants and unparalleled wine and food adventures in Las Vegas. A host of fine dining and lifestyle magazines have honored the city for its fantastic fare and hailed individual restaurants for their exquisite cuisine,

A shoppers paradise. Drawing an influx of designers and upscale specialty boutiques, Las Vegas has become one of the premium world-class shopping destinations in the country.

It's not just a conference. it's a vacation! So plan to join us in Las Vegas for SITE 2008, a great conference in one of the world's greatest destinations.

For further Las Vegas information, see:
http://www.visitlasvegas.com


DEADLINES:

Proposals Due: Oct. 22, 2007
Authors Notified: Nov. 21, 2007
Proceedings File Due: Jan. 21, 2008
Early Registration: Jan. 21, 2008
Hotel Reservation: Feb. 11, 2008
Conference: Mar. 3-7, 2008

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To be added to the mailing list for this conference, link to http://www.aace.org/info.htm

If you have a question about SITE, please send an e-mail to SITE/AACE Conference Services, conf@aace.org

Contact:
SITE--Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education
P.O. Box 1545
Chesapeake, Virginia 23327 USA
Phone: 757-366-5606 * Fax: 703-997-8760
E-mail: conf@aace.org * http://site.AACE.org

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Blogging About CADE/AMTEC

Well, this year was the first conference of the new organization created from the CADE and AMTEC (and I can't recall the new name now). Anyway, here are some blog posts from the conference - note: I wasn't able to attend this year.

• CADE/AMTEC - Connections in the global village from Dave's Educational Blog
• CADE/AMTEC - day 1 from Dave's Educational Blog
• CADE/AMTEC - day 2 - Best Online Course Ever? from Dave's Educational Blog
• CADE wrapup from elearnspace
• Best Online Course Ever? from Teaching and Developing Online.

Hopefully next year I'll be able to attend this one...

Tags: CADE, AMTEC, conferences, academy, graduate student, graduate students, graduate school, higher education, education

e-Learning Conference at Columbia University in New York

A message from Brendan Remenyi (brendan@academic-conferences.org).

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I am a conference co-coordinator for the e-Learning Conference to be held in New York City in June this year.
I am contacting various Education Science/Psychology Faculty and Graduate students, practitioners and other interested parties to tell them about this event.

This is the 2nd International Conference on e-Learning and it will take place at Columbia University in NYC on June 28th & 29th 2007.

Last years Conference was held at the Université du Quebéc à Montréal (UQAM) and it attracted contributions from 20 different countries around the world.

This is where you will find the Conference Home Page .

Although the ‘Call for Papers’ has closed it is my goal to encourage participation by non-presenting delegates.

Our Conferences typically attract an average of 100 participants and as such offer a tremendous opportunity for international personal networking that is often absent from larger events.

In terms of the venue location, I can only quote an old familiar song…New York, New York…so good they named it twice!!

Please contact me if you would like further information.

Best wishes

Brendan

PS I would appreciate your assistance in spreading the word about ICEL-2007 to your fellow Faculty members, Graduate students, practitioners and any other colleagues you may be in contact with.
(we have noticed that some web-serves strip out our the hot links, if you find it doesn’t work for you try directly at http://www.academic-conferences.org/icel/icel2007/icel07-home.htm )

PPS If you would like to be taken off from our Conference notification mail list please reply to me and add Remove in the Subject line.

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E-Learn 2007 Call (Quebec City, Canada) extended to May 15

E-Learn 2007 and AACE have received nearly 100 requests to extend the Call for Presentations deadline this year.

We are able to extend the deadline to this popular conference to May 15th.


Extended Call for Participation Deadline: May 15th

* Please forward to a colleague *
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/call.htm
_______________________________________________________________

E-Learn 2007

World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate,
Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education

October 15-19, 2007 * Quebec City, Canada
(Quebec City Convention Centre)

CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

** Submission Deadline: May 15, 2007 **

Organized by:
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
(http://www.aace.org)
Co-sponsored by:
International Journal on E-Learning
(http://www.aace.org/pubs/ijel)
______________________________________________________________

** What are your colleagues saying about E-Learn conferences? **
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/testimonials.htm


CONTENTS & LINKS (details below)

1. Submission Information, Deadline May 15th:

Call for Presentations: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/call.htm
Submission Guide: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/submitguide.htm
Presenter Guide: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/PresenterLounge

2. Major Topics: www.aace.org/conf/elearn/topics.htm

3. Presentation Categories: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/categories.htm

4. Products/Services Showcases & Presentations:

http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/corporate.htm

5. Proceedings & Paper Awards: http://www.aace.org/pubs

6. For Budgeting Purposes: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/rates.htm

7. Quebec City, Canada: http://www.aace.org/conf/Cities/QuebecCity

8. Deadlines: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/deadlines.htm

COLOR POSTER--E-Learn 2007 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Available to Print & Distribute (PDF to print; 200kb)
http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/EL07poster.pdf

INVITATION:
E-Learn 2007 -- World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, & Higher Education is an international, annual conference which serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the exchange of information on research, development, and applications of all topics related to e-Learning in these four sectors.

E-Learn Is Unique:

http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/unique.htm

E-Learn is an innovative collaboration between the top public and private academic researchers, developers, education and business professionals, and end users from the Corporate, Healthcare, Government, and Higher Education sectors.

All presentation proposals are reviewed and selected by a respected, international Executive Advisory Board (http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/exec.htm) and Program Committee, based on merit and the perceived value for attendees.

E-Learn, the premiere international, non-commercial conference in the field, spans all disciplines and levels of education and attracts more than 1,000 attendees from over 60 countries. We invite you to attend E-Learn and submit proposals for presentations.

All presentation proposals are peer reviewed and selected by three reviewers on the respected international Program Committee for inclusion in the conference program, proceedings book, and CD-ROM proceedings.

PROGRAM ACTIVITIES:
* Keynote Speakers
* Invited Panels/Speakers
* Papers
* Best Practice Sessions
* Roundtables
* Demonstrations/Posters
* Research/Technical Showcases
* Products/Services Showcases
* Tutorials/Workshops

SUBMISSION INFORMATION:
For Call for Presentations, connect to:

http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/call.htm

All authors MUST follow the submission guidelines and complete the Web form at: http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/submitguide.htm

For Presentation and AV Guidelines, see:

http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/PresenterLounge

TOPICS:

http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/topics.htm

The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to, the following topics as they relate to the e-Learning and the technologies supporting e-Learning.

1. Sectors or Application Domains:
General & Cross-Domain
Corporate
Government
Health Care
Higher Education
Informal Learning (Museums, Communities, Homes)
K-12
Military Training
Professional Associations & Non-Profits

2. Major Topics relating to or technologically supporting E-Learning:
Content Development
Evaluation
Implementation Examples and Issues
Instructional Design
Policy Issues
Research
Social and Cultural Issues
Standards and Interoperability
Tools and Systems

PRESENTATION CATEGORIES:

http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/categories.htm

The Technical Program includes a wide range of interesting and useful activities designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information.

PRODUCTS/SERVICES SHOWCASES & PRESENTATIONS:

http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/corporate.htm

Organizations have the opportunity to demonstrate and discuss their e-learning related products and services in through Products/Services Showcases & Presentations.

PROCEEDINGS & PAPER AWARDS:

http://www.aace.org/pubs

Accepted papers will be published by AACE in the Proceedings Book and on CD-ROM. Proceedings in this series serve as major resources in the multimedia/hypermedia/telecommunications community, reflecting the current state of the art in the discipline. In addition, the Proceedings also are internationally distributed through and archived in EdITLib-- Education and Information Library, http://www.EdITLib.org/

Selected papers may be invited for publication in may be invited for publication in AACE's respected journals especially in the - International Journal on E-Learning (IJEJ), - Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia (JEMH), or - Journal of Interactive Learning Research (JILR).

All presented papers will be considered for Outstanding Paper Awards within several categories. Award winning papers may be invited for publication in the AACE journals.

FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES:

http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/rates.htm

The conference registration fee for all presenters and participants will be approximately $395 U.S. (AACE members), $465 U.S. (non-members). Registration includes proceedings on CD, receptions, and all sessions except tutorials. The conference dinner will be an extra fee.

All conference sessions will be held at the Quebec City Convention Centre (http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/hotel.htm) located in historic and quaint Quebec City and in walking distance to the city's shopping, restaurants, museums, and historic sights. Special discount hotel have been obtained for E-Learn participants.

QUEBEC CITY, CANADA

http://www.aace.org/conf/Cities/QuebecCity

Quebec City lies on the St. Lawrence River, roughly three hours east of Montreal. The city is the second-oldest existing European settlement in Canada. Stroll through the streets of Quebec City and experience the many historic sites, shops, boutiques, handicraft stands, over 1000 restaurants and pubs, museums, art galleries, , etc.

Explore Quebec City online at: http://www.quebecregion.com/e/

DEADLINES:

http://www.aace.org/conf/elearn/deadlines.htm

Submissions Due: May 15, 2007
Authors Notified: May 31, 2007
Proceedings File Due: Sept. 6, 2007
Early Registration: Sept. 6, 2007
Conference: Oct. 15-19, 2007

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To be added to the mailing list for this conference, link to http://www.aace.org/info.htm

If you have a question about E-Learn, please send an e-mail to AACE Conference Services, conf@aace.org

Contact:

AACE--Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
P.O. Box 1545
Chesapeake, Virginia 23327 USA
Phone: 757-366-5606 * Fax: 703-997-8760
E-mail: conf@aace.org * http://www.AACE.org
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Wisdom for the Academy

Here are a bunch of entries from my Bloglines account that deal with various aspects of life in the academy.

• Is most published research false? from elearnspace
• Whose Copyright? from Remote Access
• Thank You Sir, May I Have Another? from Sex Ed in Higher Ed
• Interesting video about online journals from An intriguing idea
• All possible referee reports from vegreville
• Blind refereeing fromvegreville
• An intriguing idea from vegreville

That's all for now...

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Call for Proposals - Open and Distance Learning in the South Pacific

Given that I am a member of DEANZ, I figured that I should post this call...

ODLAA 2007 http://www.odlaa2007.info

Open and Distance Learning in the South Pacific: Cultures - Collaborations - Cognitions - Communities

11 to 14 November 2007

Lincoln University, New Zealand

Participants are invited to present papers reflecting on the role of open and distance learning pedagogy, technologies, systems, policies and providers in

- respecting cultures,
- enabling collaborations,
- cognitions: building knowledge and managing learning, and
- valuing and sustaining communities

Authors are invited to submit the following types of papers to the conference:

Full papers for double blind review: (3000-4000 words); Workshops: (three hours); Abstracts only (non peer reviewed): (300-400 words).

The deadline for papers and workshops is June 15th.

Enquiries: c.brook@ecu.edu.au

Submission details can be located at: http://www.odlaa2007.info

The ODLAA 2007 conference is brought to you by ODLAA (www.odlaa.org) in association with DEANZ (www.deanz.org.nz)

Please forward to other people who might find this of interest.

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SCoPE - Serious Games and Virtual Worlds

I got this in my inbox today and figured that some of my readers interested in gaming might enjoy this...

SCoPE - Serious Games and Virtual Worlds
by Sylvia Currie - Monday, 9 April 2007, 10:58 PM

The Serious Games and Virtual Worlds seminar facilitated by Tia Carr Williams and Therese Weel is well underway. Remember that newcomers, latecomers, lurkers, and passersby are always welcome in SCoPE!

We have a number of events and hands-on opportunities planned for the next couple of weeks. Here is a glimpse. Check the seminar event list and discussions for details and updates:

http://scope.lidc.sfu.ca/mod/forum/view.php?id=428

*TOMORROW* April 10th Conversation with Ron Edwards, CEO of Ambient Performance on Borocay Island in Second Life (12:00 PDT, 19:00 GMT)

April 13th Remote and simulated, the new laboratory in town with Samia Khan (12:00 PDT, 19:00 GMT)

April 16th Explore 3d environments for K-12 science and social studies with Margaret Corbit (8:00 PDT, 15:00 GMT)

April 17th Tour of Mapping CURA/BCcampus in Second Life with Dan O'Reilly (10:00 PDT, 17:00 GMT)

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Last Reminder: ED-MEDIA 2007 Call (Vancouver) Due April 12

Please forward to a colleague
http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/call.htm
_______________________________________________________________

ED-MEDIA 2007

World Conference on Educational Multimedia,
Hypermedia & Telecommunications

June 25-29, 2007 * Vancouver, BC Canada


FINAL CALL FOR PRESENTATIONS

** Submissions Due: April 12, 2007 **

Organized by
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)
http://www.aace.org
______________________________________________________________

COLOR POSTER--ED-MEDIA 2007 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION
Available to Print & Distribute (PDF to print; 200kb)
http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/ed07poster.pdf


CONTENTS & LINKS (details below)

1. Call for Papers and Submission & Presenter Guidelines:
http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/call.htm

2. Major Topics: www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/topics.htm

3. Presentation Categories: http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/categories.htm
4. NEW: Student Panel Dissertation Help Sessions:
http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/studentDissertationsHelp.htm

5. Corporate Showcases & Demonstrations:
http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/corporate.htm

6. Proceedings & Paper Awards: http://www.aace.org/pubs
7. For Budgeting Purposes: http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/rates.htm

8. Vancouver, Canada: http://www.aace.org/conf/Cities/Vancouver/
9. Deadlines: http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/deadlines.htm

INVITATION:

ED-MEDIA 2007--World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia &
Telecommunications is an international conference, sponsored by the
Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). This
annual conference serves as a multi-disciplinary forum for the discussion
and exchange of information on the research, development, and applications
on all topics related to multimedia, hypermedia and
telecommunications/distance education.

ED-MEDIA, the premiere international conference in the field, spans all
disciplines and levels of education and attracts more than 1,500 attendees
from over 60 countries. We invite you to attend ED-MEDIA and submit
proposals for presentations.

This Final Call for Presentations is offered for those who were:
- unable to meet the first deadline for submissions in December, or
- were not ready to present a finished paper or project, or
- have a work-in-progress topic to present, and
- do not yet have a proposal accepted for presentation.

All presentation proposals are peer-reviewed and selected by three
reviewers on the respected Program Committee for inclusion in the
conference program, Proceedings (book and CD-ROM formats) and
EdITLib (Education and Information Technology Digital Library),
http://www.EdITLib.org

We invite you to attend the ED-MEDIA Conference and submit proposals for
these presentation categories: http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/categories.htm

Full & Brief Papers
Best Practices
Panels
Best Practices
Roundtables
Symposia
Student Panels (NEW)
Posters/Demonstrations
Corporate Showcases & Demonstrations

These Final Call presentation categories have been quite popular
especially for the efficient
exchange of information about on-going research, applications, and projects.

For Call for Presentations, connect to:
http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/call.htm

All authors MUST follow the submission guidelines and complete the Web form at:
http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/submitguide.htm

For Presentation and AV Guidelines, see:
http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/PresenterLounge

PROGRAM ACTIVITIES:
* Keynote Speakers
* Invited Panels/Speakers
* Papers
* Panels
* Best Practices
* Symposia
* Demonstrations/Posters
* Corporate Showcases & Demonstrations
* Tutorials/Workshops
* Student Panel Dissertation Help Sessions
* Roundtables

TOPICS:
http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/topics.htm

The scope of the conference includes, but is not limited to, the following
major topics as they relate to the educational and developmental aspects of
multimedia/hypermedia and telecommunications.

For ALL subtopics, please see:
http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/topics.htm

1. Infrastructure: (in the large)
2. Tools & Content-oriented Applications:
3. New Roles of the Instructor & Learner:
4. Human-computer Interaction (HCI/CHI):
5. Cases & Projects:
6. Special Strand: ** Universal Web Accessibility **

PRESENTATION CATEGORIES:
http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/categories.htm
The Technical Program includes a wide range of interesting and useful
activities
designed to facilitate the exchange of ideas and information.

Student Panel Dissertation Help Sessions
http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/studentDissertationsHelp.htm
Submissions are invited for the ED-MEDIA Student Panel Dissertation
Help Sessions (DHS). The DHS will provide an opportunity for students
at any stage in their graduate studies (ie. Masters, EdD, or PhD
level) to present their work to an audience of peers and faculty.
This will be a friendly and constructive event designed to provide
participants with valuable feedback on their dissertation effort from
leading professors and a variety of peers.

CORPORATE SHOWCASES & DEMONSTRATIONS:
http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/corporate.htm

Companies have the opportunity to demonstrate and discuss their educational
technology products and services in through Corporate Showcases and
Demonstrations/Literature.

PROCEEDINGS & PAPER AWARDS:
http://www.aace.org/pubs
Accepted papers will be published by AACE in the Proceedings Book and
on CD-ROM.
Proceedings in this series serve as major resources in the multimedia/
hypermedia/telecommunications community, reflecting the current state of
the art in the discipline. In addition, the Proceedings also are
internationally distributed through and archived in the Education and
Information Technology Digital Library, http://www.EdITLib.org

Selected papers may be invited for publication in may be invited for
publication in AACE's respected journals especially in the
- Journal of Educational Multimedia and Hypermedia (JEMH),
- International Journal on E-Learning (IJEJ), or
- Journal of Interactive Learning Research (JILR).

All presented papers will be considered for Best Paper Awards within
several categories.
Award winning papers may be invited for publication in the AACE journals.

FOR BUDGETING PURPOSES:
http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/rates.htm

The conference registration fee for all presenters and participants will be
approximately $395 U.S. (AACE members), $450 U.S. (non-members).
Registration includes proceedings on CD, receptions, and all sessions
except tutorials. The conference dinner will be an extra fee.

All conference sessions will be held at the Sheraton Vancouver Wall
Centre Hotel (http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/hotel.htm). The
Sheraton Vancouver Wall Centre is Vancouver's premier hotel - ideally
located in the heart of the city's business, financial and shopping
districts - with magnificent views of the
mountains and the Pacific Ocean. Special discount hotel and airline
rates have been obtained for ED-MEDIA participants.

VANCOUVER, BC CANADA:
http://www.aace.org/conf/Cities/Vancouver

Vancouver is a dynamic, multicultural city with a cosmopolitan flair set in a
spectacular natural environment. Nestled between majestic mountains and
sparkling ocean, Vancouver is one of the most beautiful cities in the world.

For further Vancouver information see:
http://www.tourismvancouver.com

DEADLINES:
http://www.aace.org/conf/edmedia/deadlines.htm

Final Call Submissions Due: April 12, 2007
Final Call Authors Notified: April 20, 2007
Proceedings Files Due: May 2, 2007
Early Registration: May 2, 2007
Hotel Reservations: May 25, 2007
Conference: June 25-29, 2007

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
To be added to the mailing list for this conference, link
to http://www.aace.org/info.htm

If you have a question about ED-MEDIA, please send an e-mail to
AACE Conference Services, conf@aace.org

Contact:
AACE--Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education
P.O. Box 1545
Chesapeake, Virginia 23327 USA
Phone: 757-366-5606 * Fax: 703-997-8760
E-mail: conf@aace.org * http://www.AACE.org
***************************************************************

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INFO - Invitation to CIDER session - 13 April 2007

A message fom cade-aced@csse.ca.

INFO - Invitation to CIDER session - 13 April 2007

Dear CADE/ AMTEC Member,

We would like to invite you to the next presentation in our series of free CIDER sessions. The session features a presentation and discussion with Julie Dixon, a Ph.D. candidate at OISE, University of Toronto, and facilitator at Brock University, Faculty of Education.

Topic: Breaking the ice: Supporting collaboration and the development of community online

Session Details:
In this presentation, Julie explores the concept of transactional distance (Moore, 1993), which relates to the psychologically perceived distance that exists in all learning relationships and can be more evident and potentially problematic in online learning environments. Julie shares her research into the potential of icebreaker activities to ameliorate the transactional distance experienced by undergraduate students and instructors in online learning environments. Early results from the research have been positive and have led to recommendations for practice. To JOIN the session, please click on the link below within 30 minutes of the start time.

When: Friday, April 13th, 2007
Start: 11:00am – 12pm Mountain Time
Where: Online via Elluminate at: https://sas.elluminate.com/m.jnlp?password=M.8B71B60F2931D029AC3837DC06B70D

Please make sure your Mac or PC is equipped with a microphone and speakers, so that we can use the Voice over IP functionality built into the web conferencing software. As well, your web cam will work if you are attending the session on a PC.

Pre-Configuration

Please note that it is extremely important that you get your system set up prior to the start of the event. Please don't wait until the day of the session to do this. Elluminate Live! is a Java application, so there may be a download to your Mac or PC the first time you use the software. Information on installing the necessary software and configuring your PC is available at http://www.elluminate.com/support/ in the “First Time Users” section. If you need assistance, please contact Elluminate’s help desk from http://www.elluminate.com/support-portal/ or 866-388-8674 x2.

The session will be recorded and available for future playback from http://cider.athabascau.ca/

Thanks to Elluminate Live! for providing technical support for this series.

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New Online Publications

Here are some new publications that I became aware of from people who maintain a variety of blogs that I monitor.

• Teaching and Learning Collaboration Journal from Most Recent Materials In MERLOT Teaching And Technology
• The SoTL Commons & Journal from Rick's Café Canadien

And one that came from an e-mail that I received:

Announcing the release of the International Journal of Internet Research
Ethics

Call for Papers for the Premier Issue of IJIRE

Description and Scope:
The IJIRE is the first peer-reviewed online journal, dedicated specifically to cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural research on Internet Research Ethics. All disciplinary perspectives, from those in the arts and humanities, to the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences, are reflected in the journal.

With the emergence of Internet use as a research locale and tool throughout the 1990s, researchers from disparate disciplines, ranging from the social sciences to humanities to the sciences, have found a new fertile ground for research opportunities that differ greatly from their traditional biomedical counterparts. As such, "populations," locales, and spaces that had no corresponding physical environment became a focal point, or site of research activity. Human subjects protections questions then began to arise, across disciplines and over time: What about privacy? How is informed consent obtained? What about research on minors? What are "harms" in an online environment? Is this really human subjects work? More broadly, are the ethical obligations of researchers conducting research online somehow different from other forms of research ethics practices?

As Internet Research Ethics has developed as its own field and discipline, additional questions have emerged: How do diverse methodological approaches result in distinctive ethical conflicts – and, possibly, distinctive ethical resolutions? How do diverse cultural and legal traditions shape what are perceived as ethical conflicts and permissible resolutions? How do researchers collaborating across diverse ethical and legal domains recognize and resolve ethical issues in ways that recognize and incorporate often markedly different ethical understandings?

Finally, as "the Internet" continues to transform and diffuse, new research ethics questions arise – e.g., in the areas of blogging, social network spaces, etc. Such questions are at the heart of IRE scholarship, and such general areas as anonymity, privacy, ownership, authorial ethics, legal issues, research ethics principles (justice, beneficence, respect for persons), and consent are
appropriate areas for consideration.

The IJIRE will publish articles of both theoretical and practical nature to scholars from all disciplines who are pursuing—or reviewing—IRE work. Case studies of online research, theoretical analyses, and practitioner-oriented scholarship that promote understanding of IRE at ethics and institutional review boards, for instance, are encouraged. Methodological differences are embraced.

Publication Schedule:
The IJIRE is published twice annually, March 1, and October 15. Submissions are accepted on a rolling basis, and are subject to Editorial and Peer Review.

Subscription:
Free

Editors- in- Chief:
Elizabeth A. Buchanan, Ph.D.
Director, Center for Information Policy Research
School of Information Studies
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
elizabeth.buchanan@gmail.com

Charles M. Ess, Ph.D.
Distinguished Research Professor
Drury University
cmess@drury.edu

Editorial Board:
Andrea Baker, Ohio University, USA
Heidi Campbell, Texas A&M University, USA
Radhika Gajjala, Bowling Green State University, USA
Jeremy Hunsinger, Virginia Tech, USA
Mark Johns, Luther College, USA
Leslie M. Tkach-Kawasaki, University of Tsukuba, Japan
Tomas Lipinski, JD, Ph.D., University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, USA
Ulf-Dietrich Reips, Universität Zürich, Switzerland
Susannah Stern, University of San Diego, USA
Malin Sveningsson, Ph.D., Karlstad University, Sweden

Style Guidelines:
Manuscripts should be submitted to ijire@sois.uwm.edu; articles should be double-spaced, and in the range of 5000-15,000 words, though announcements of IRE scholarship, case studies, and book reviews of any length can be submitted for review. Please ensure that your manuscript is received in good format (proper English language usage, grammatical structure, spelling, punctuation, and compliance with APA reference style). The IJIRE follows the American Psychological Association's 5th edition. Articles should include an abstract no longer than 100 words, full names and contact information of all authors, and an author's biography of 100 words or less.

Copyright:
In the spirit of open access, IJIRE authors maintain copyright controlof their work. Any subsequent publications related to the IJIRE workmust reference the IJIRE and the original publication date and url.Web site: http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOIS/cipr/ijire.html

As I find others, I'll post them here...

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A Graduate Student Conference Here at UGA

Dear All,

The 7th Annual GGSIC conference will be on March 23rd and 24th in the Student Learning Center.

Highlights on Friday are a session about managing your credit scores by the Georgia Federal Credit Union and a session on EndNote from the UGA Library in the SLC from 2 to 4:30.

Friday night there is a social at the Max Canada in downtown Athens, food will be provided while it lasts.

Saturday sessions begin at 9:30 and last until 4:00 p.m. We have 64 exciting presentations that will take place in the SLC that day.

I hope to see you all there, attached is a more detailed program for the event.

Lindsey

Lindsey Scott
President, Graduate Student AssociationUniversity of Georgia
http://www.uga.edu/gsagsa@uga.edu
706-583-8928

GGSIC Schedule of Events
Friday, March 23rd, 2007
Professional Development Workshops
The Georgia Federal Credit Union presents
Credit Scores:
Understanding that tricky three-digit number
By Jason Halperin
2:00-2:50 Student Learning Center Room 268
The UGA Library presents
Research in the 21st Century:
Library Resources to help complete your thesis and dissertation
3:00 – 4:30 Student Learning Center Room 369
GRADUATE STUDENT ASSOCIATION SOCIAL
For all conference presenters and students
The Max Canada
243 W. Washington Street
Downtown Athens
Happy hour begins at 6:00 P.M.
Food provided by the Georgia Federal Credit Union
Schedule of Events
Saturday, March 24, 2007
9:00 to 9:30 a.m.
Student Learning Center 1st Floor
Welcome and Registration
GGSIC Presenter Check in
Free refreshments for all
Presentation I
9:30 to 9:55 a.m.
SLC 275
Arlo Lyle, Baseball Prediction Using Ensemble Learning, Department of Artificial Intelligence
SLC 274
Amber L. Brewer, Divorced Parents’ Cry For Help: How Do I Help My Child Cope? Department of Childhood and Family Development
SLC 269
Christina L. Davis, Southern Black Education and the Limits of True Womanhood: The Case of Carrie Marie Blood, Department of History
SLC 268
David L. Lipscomb, Electrical Property Testing of Carbon Nanotubes, Department of Chemistry
SLC 267
Federica Goldoni, The Multiliteracy, Functional, and Genre-Based Approaches to Language Learning: The Highway to Developing Advanced Language Skills, Department of Romance Languages
SLC 253
Ingrid Johnson, Elements of Form in Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women, Department of English
Tax Assistance
10:00 to 11:30 a.m.
SLC 251
Provided by Georgia Federal Credit Union volunteers
Presentation II
10:00 to 10:25 a.m.
SLC 275
Daniel B. Shank, Ensemble Artificial Neural Networks for Dew Point Temperature Prediction, Department of Artificial Intelligence
SLC 274
Jennifer Near, Father-Son Relationship Quality and its Association with Gender Role Stress, Adult Relationship Satisfaction, and Parental Behaviors, Department of Child and Family Development
SLC 269
Thomas Chase Hagood, The Confluence of Order: Property, Rhetoric, and Ideology in Early National Alabama, Department of History
SLC 268
Lei Cheng, Quantitative Isobaric Labeling for Comparative Glycomics, Department of Chemistry
SLC 267
Scott L. Roberts, Did Georgia (eventually) like Ike? Perceptions of 20th and 21st century Presidents in Georgia history textbooks: 1951-2005, Department of Social Studies Education
SLC 253
Jill M. Parrott, A Matter of Fidelity: People and Place in Wendell Berry's That Distant Land, Department of English
SLC 248
Caitlin J. Mitchel, Land of the Free: Human Rights Violations at Immigration Detention Facilities in America, School of Law
Presentation III
10:30 to 10:55
SLC 275
Tony Snodgrass, Computerized Propositional Idea Density Rater v2.0, Department of Artificial Intelligence
SLC 274
Abby Hardgrove, Risk and Resilience in Children Affected by War and Conflict, Department of Child and Family Development
SLC 269
Jill Allison Miller, The Influence of Victor Hugo on Surrealism, Department of Art History
SLC 268
Qinghui Zhang, Carbon Nanotube Networks as Chemical Sensor, Department of Chemistry
SLC 267
Mark Evans, "I need a green axe": Video Gaming in Social Studies, Department of Social Studies Education
SLC 253
Julie Minchew, Liminal Identity: H.D. and Boundaries, English Literature
SLC 248
Shelly R. Hovick, Dialogic Perspectives on Physician-Patient Interaction, Department of Speech Communication
Presentation IV
11:00 to 11:25
SLC 275
S. V. Fogelson and W. D. Potter, A New GP-evolved Formulation for the Relative Permittivity of Water and Steam, Department of Artificial Intelligence
SLC 274
Desiree M. Seponski, Priorities: How do desired qualities in mates, the cognitions about our mates, and beliefs about the marital contract change over time, Department of Child and Family Development
SLC 269
Lesley-Anne Reed, Transitional Generations: African-American Workers, Industrialization, and Education in the Northern Louisiana Lumber and Paper Industry, 1930-1950, Department of History
SLC 268
Julianne Cook Botelho, Biospecific Isolation and Label Free Comparison of Complex N-linked Glycoproteins in Serum of Patients with Malignant and Benign Ovarian Tumors, Department of Chemistry
SLC 267
Hilary Ruston, Talk Time: It Should Be Elementary! Department of Educational Psychology
SLC 253
Lesley Graybeal, The Divided Self in Frankenstein, Department of English
SLC 248
Melissa Galin, Framing the Agenda: Framing Research as Third-Level Agenda Setting Theory, Department of Telecommunications
Keynote Presentation
Globalism Panel
SLC 275
11: 30 to 12:15 p.m.
Luncheon for GGSIC Presenters
12:15 to 1:00 p.m.
4th Floor Rotunda, SLC
All GGSIC presenters are invited to a complimentary lunch. Afternoon presentations will begin promptly at 1:15
Tax Assistance
1:00 to 4:00 p.m.
SLC 251
Provided by Georgia Federal Credit Union volunteers
Presentation V
1:15 to 1:35
SLC 275
Georgeta Stoian Connor, The Rural Dimension of Romania’s Integration into the European Union: The Impact of the EU Enlargement on Romanian Agriculture and Rural Areas, Department of Geography
SLC 274
H. Marissa Stone, The Effects of Infant Social and Emotional Development Seminars on Parent’s Knowledge Acquisition and Self-Efficacy
SLC 269
Rebecca Brantley, Caravaggio and Cindy Sherman: A Theatrical Dialogue, Department of Art History
SLC 268
Neil R. Meredith, The Keystone Conundrum: A Look at Pennsylvania County Unemployment Rates, Department of Economics
SLC 267
Donna Drake-Clark, Diversity Happens With Effort, Discrimination Happens Without Effort: How Black Women Human Resource Managers Navigate the Hegemony of a Predominantly White Corporation, Lifelong Education, Administration, and Policy Department
SLC 253
Lisa Ulevich, Epic Renegade: Laureateship, Humor, and Inconstancy in Byron’s Don Juan, Cantos I and II, Department of English
SLC 248
Alejandro J. Gomez-del-Moral, Disease, Disillusion, Desertion: The Cuban Negro Militia in Spanish East Florida, 1812-1821, Department of History
Presentation VI
1:40 to 2:00
SLC 275
Matthew Miller, Modeling the Effects of Post-Glacial Elevation Limits on the Range of Sugar Maple, Department of Geography
SLC 274
Ji-Hyun Kim, International Students’ Perspectives on Multicultural Counseling in the United States, Department of Child and Family Development
SLC 269
Jenny M. Beene, A Blind Spot in the History of Art: The Unexplored Link between John Ruskin and Clement Greenberg, Lamar Dodd School of Art
SLC 268
Patrick Crouch, The Relationship Between Client Importance and Auditor Independence: A Closer Look Into Local Markets, J.M. Tull School of Accounting
SLC 267
Isaiah O'Rear, ASPIRE: Aid to Students Promoting and Incentivizing Responsibility and Efficiency, Department of Political Science
SLC 253
Julia Tigner, Toni Cade Bambara’s Raymond’s Run: Subverting the Bildungsroman as a Black Woman Author, Department of English
SLC 248
Lydia Aletraris, Non-standard Work Arrangements and Job Satisfaction: The case of temporary agency workers in Australia, Department of Sociology
Presentation VII
2:05 to 2:25
SLC 275
Glenn Tillman, The Effects of Hops Extracts on the Gut Microfloral Profile of Broilers at Day 22, Department of Environmental Health Science
SLC 274
Lindsay Marshall, Childhood Obesity: An Empirical Review, Department of Child and Family Development
SLC 269
Geoff Carr, Framing Dissent: The School of Americas Protest, Department of Journalism
SLC 268
Sailaja Arungundram, Modular Synthesis of Heparin and Heparan Sulfate Fragments Using Orthogonally Protected Disaccharide Building Blocks, Department of Chemistry
SLC 267
Arietha Lockhart, Enhancing Music learning in grades K-12 via the Teacher Web Page. Department of Music Education
SLC 253
Stephanie Allen,“Women Divided, Women United:”Female Characters in Nineteenth Century Italian Opera, Hugh Hodgson School of Music
Presentation VIII
2:30 to 2:55
SLC 275
J. B. Haider, Physiological Response of Glyphosate-Resistant Palmer Amaranth (Amaranthus palmeri), Department of Crop & Soil Sciences
SLC 274
Rana Bose, Golden Years for Everyone? Intra-household Negotiation, Life-cycle Fertility and Retirement Savings, Department of Economics
SLC 269
Zuzheng Luo, Complete Glycopeptide Characterization of Biological Complex through LC-MS, Department of Chemistry
SLC 268
Kristine Skarbo, Bewildering Biodiversity: three views into the regulation of plant genetic resources in Peru, Department of Anthropology
SLC 267
Denise L. Levy, The Intersection of Homosexuality and Christianity: A Literature Review, School of Social Work
SLC 253
Tracy K. Woodard, The Musical Abstract of Vice, Hugh Hodgson School of Music
Presentation IX
3:00 to 3:25
SLC 275
Muhammet Sakiroglu, Genetic Mapping of Bioenergy Traits in Alfalfa (Medicago sativa), Department of Crop and Soil Sciences
SLC 274
Lisa Zak-Hunter, The effects mothers with eating disorders have on their children’s psychological development: A focus on socialization, Department of Marriage and Family Therapy
SLC 269
J. Bryan Cole, To What Extent does the Presence of the Electoral College Cause Campaigns to Visit “Battleground” States More Than Other States? Department of Political Science
SLC 268
Julia C. Barnes, El sí de las niñas and Changing Representations of Feminity in Spanish Literature of the Enlightenment, Department of Romance Languages
SLC 267
Luke Johnson, The Connection between Aesthetics and Morality in Kant’s Third Critique, Department of Philosophy
SLC 253
Cathy Kilroe-Smith, Rethinking the Kudu Horns, Hugh Hodgsen School of Music
Presentation X
3:30 to 3:55
SLC 275
Mayeli Peralta Contreras, Determination of trans fats content in vegetable oils with FT-IR and Multiwall Carbon Nanotubes, Department of Food Science and Technology
SLC 274
Kelly Stidham, Parental Factors’ Influence on Prepubertal Pediatric Bipolar Disorder: a Nature-Nurture Approach, Department of Child and Family Development
SLC 269
Katie Rush, Talking Politics: The Role of Political Discussion in Democracy, Department of Speech Communication
SLC 268
Erica Haas, Performance and Production Issues of Thea Dorn’s Marleni For An English-Speaking Audience, Department of Germanic and Slavic Languages
SLC 267
Matthew Long, Islamic Studies: Qur’an, Department of Religion
SLC 253
Stephanie Allen, Celebrating the Erotic: Björk and the Expression of Sexual Pleasure, Hugh Hodgson School of Music

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New issue of the CITE Journal

Dear CUFA members,

We would like to announce a new issue of the CITE Journal http://www.citejournal.org/vol7/iss1/ is available.

This issue features “Using the ‘Documenting the American South’ Digital Library in the Social Studies: A Case Study of the Experiences of Teachers in the Field” by Meghan McGlinn -http://www.citejournal.org/vol7/iss1/socialstudies/article1.cfm

Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE) Journal is a double blind peer reviewed electronic publication of the Society for Information Technology and Teacher Education (SITE)http://site.aace.org/ with an acceptance rate of 27%. The Social Studies Education section within the CITE Journal has an acceptance rate of 11% and is sponsored by National Council for the Social Studies the College and University Faculty Assembly (CUFA).

The purpose of CITE Journal is to provide a forum for reporting on research relating to social studies content, teacher education, and technology. Although research reports and theoretical articles relating to social studies technologies in teacher education represent the main focus of CITE Journal, we are also interested in publishing research on social studies topics that make use of technology in the presentation of the article. These articles do not necessarily have to relate to either the use of technology in teacher education or technology in social studies content. Instead, they would make creative use of technology inpresenting the article on the journal website.

Because the journal provides a unique opportunity for dialogue, weencourage commentary on existing articles. These commentaries will be refereed and are presented along side the original in later editions.

View Author Guidelines & Submit a new paper to the publications system.

http://site.aace.org/newpubs/index.cfm?fuseaction=Info.CITEEntrance

Please direct inquires to the editors:

John K. Lee, Ph.D.
john_lee at ncsu.edu
Co-Editor, CITE Journal Social Studies
North Carolina State University

David Hicks, Ph.D.
hicks at vt.edu
Co-Editor, CITE Journal Social Studies
Virginia Polytechnic Institute

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OJDLA Spring 2007 Edition Available Online

We are pleased to announce:

The Spring 2007 edition of the Online Journal of Distance Learning Administration is available at:

http://www.westga.edu/~distance/ojdla

Titles include:

• E-mentoring in Three Voices
• Upgrading or Replacing Your Learning Management System: Implications for Student Support
• Leadership Influence on Corporate Change Involving Distance Training
• Open Access Learning Environments
• Establishing a Mentoring Plan for Improving Retention in Online Graduate Degree Programs
• Institutional Factors Affecting Students' Intentions to Withdraw From Distance Learning Programs in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia the Case of the Arab Open University (AOU)
• Master Online Teacher Competencies

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Stacey Rowland
OJDLA Managing Editor
University of West Georgia
678-839-0632
srowland@westga.edu

Tags: journals, calls for proposals, academy, graduate student, graduate students, graduate school, higher education, education

Opportunity for Publication

A message from Ben Varner (ben.varner@unco.edu) to the Instructional Technology Forum (ITFORUM@listserv.uga.edu).

Colleagues,

Article submissions are needed for _Academic Exchange Quarterly_ for the following special feature:

WINTER 2007 - ONLINE
http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/5onlin.htm

If you have a manuscript of approximately 3,000 words on this topic, please send it to the following:

http://rapidintellect.com/AEQweb/rufen1.htm

(For quickest submission, click on "Try Six Simple Submission Steps.")

Ben Varner
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Feature Editor
Academic Exchange Quarterly
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Tags: journals, calls for proposals, academy, graduate student, graduate students, graduate school, higher education, education

More On AECT And Graduate Students

Well, as a follow-up to the message I posted about two or three weeks ago about AECT no longer allowing graduate students to be full reviewers for conference proposals (see Graduate Students Snubbed by AECT).

As a follow-up, to that original post a recent graduate forwarded me a copy of this from the AECT Newsletter which he had received via e-mail (not sure why all members didn't get this newsletter, but that's another story):

Dear AECT Member,

It is my pleasure to report that the elections for AECT national officers are completed. pproximately one-fifth of the AECT membership voted in the election this year. This number is consistent with recent AECT elections.

The two candidates for President of AECT were Dr. Mary Herring of Northern Iowa and Dr. Nick Eastmond of Utah State. Mary received the greater number of votes.

The two candidates for Board of Directors at Large were Dr. Angela Benson of the University of Alabama and Dr. Kay Persichitte of the University of Wyoming. More people voted for Kay.

We appreciate the willingness of all four outstanding candidates to serve as leaders in AECT and congratulate the winners. When one runs for national office, one does not run against the other candidate. Rather, one runs for the good of AECT. We feel confident that both Nick and Angela will continue to lead in AECT and we look forward to seeing their names on the ballot again in
future.

Ward Cates, President
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Convention Proposal
Reviews in Progress

By now all divisions are in the process of reviewing their collection of proposals for the 2007 Anaheim convention. At the close of the Call for Proposals more than 700 proposals had been submitted.

While division planners do meet monthly in a conference call, the leadership of each division are free to set up their own review process. The common factor among all divisions is that decisions are based on a “peer” review process. Recently our definition of “peer” has been in question: whether graduate students qualify as “peer” reviewers. On the one hand, we might ask whether students have the background and depth of experience to evaluate proposals, but on the other, there is valid reason to include students because reviewing can contribute to their professional growth.

Division planners have responded individually for their divisions to the concern about graduate student reviewers. In most cases, they have established a review process that ensures that any one proposal will be reviewed by a combination of professionals and graduate students. Some division planners have encouraged a mentoring process for graduate student reviewers.

There are currently 639 graduate student members of AECT – about 30% of the total membership. Many of them hold division offices and volunteer their help at convention and in other activities. They represent the future of the organization. I applaud the division leaders for creating a process that allows them to participate in the review process as we prepare for AECT 2007 in Anaheim.

Pat Miller,
President-elect

Okay, I'm still wondering what this process is exactly - at least with my own division (which is Distance Learning). I'm a four year Ph.D. candidate. I'm submitting my dissertation in less than a month. I'm starting a job as an Assistant Professor in less than six months. I've reviewed for AECT for two years now and have been reviewing for six others conferences for up to four years now. The process tha my division leader has created is that I can get one of my own faculty members to review proposals and I can shadow review their proposals.

This is not to be applauded but to my frowned upon. This is simply a way of making a third of AECT's membership second class members. What would happen next year if all graduate students decided not to attend the annual convention? AECT would incur a massive debt from the event, in addition the convention itself would be one of the worst on record because the graduate students that assist in the tech support, that man the registration desk, that collect the feedback forms, and generally serve as gophers at the convention wouldn't be there to keep things runnng smoothly on behalf of thefirst class members!

What would happen next year if all of the graduate students decided not to renew their membership? Well, I give AECT less than five years of life simply because they aren't able to attract new faculty members and people outside of the academy. The biggest problem now is that a third of the membership are two to three year members (i.e., while they are graduate students and that's it). AECT is a way to network to get a job for some many graduate students and unless you can find meaningful ways to involve them in the organization once they have that job there is no need for them to maintain their membership. Making them second class members is not the way to engage them in meaningful ways.

The reality of this situation is that if AECT really believes that graduate students are the future of the organization, the organization needs to do more than simply pay lip service to graduate students and stop the discrimination that it has within what some members are able to contribute and other members can't. Seems kind of hypocritical that AECT has no problems with grduate students serving on the executive and even running various divisions, but graduate students can't be trusted to review a 1500 word proposal!

Please note, The Opinions Expressed...

Tags: AECT 2007, AECT, blog, blogging, blogs, graduate student, graduate students, graduate school, higher education, education

Blogging About the Academy

Okay, time to clean out my Bloglines account again - this time of the posts that deal with life in the academy that I kept around for some reason or another...

• Should You Write a Book? from academic coach
• Online Citation Training Game? from E-Learning & Online Teaching
• Open Access...and changed scholarship from elearnspace
• Reputation is Everything" from Remote Access
• Downes on writing essays from Rick's Café Canadien
• 760. The High Risks of Improving Teaching from Tomorrow's Professor Blog
• 756. Uses and Abuses of Student Ratings from Tomorrow's Professor Blog
• 754. On Journal Rejection from Tomorrow's Professor Blog
• 730. How to Win a Graduate Fellowship from Tomorrow's Professor Blog
• 720. Doctoral Dissertation - Looking Back, Looking from Tomorrow's Professor Blog
• I am going to use the linked tool from vegreville
• Blank slate from vegreville
• Useful to know from vegreville
• Productivity from vegreville
• Good writing advice from vegreville
• Valuable paper writing advice from vegreville
• I try not to be one of the bad critics when I review from vegreville
• Stress from vegreville
• I wish I had read this in grad school from vegreville
• What you will be working on in five years? from vegreville

Well, that's all of the ones that I have at the moment. I'm sure I'll post more of these in the future.

Tags: academy, graduate student, graduate students, graduate school, higher education, education