NEFDC- Proposals

Call for Proposals
for the Fall 2008 Conference

NEFDC invites proposals for concurrent workshops, teaching tips, and poster sessions for our Fall Conference on November 14,2008. The conference theme is Accessing Academic Excellence: What Colleges Can Do to Promote Student Success . The Program Committee seeks proposals that reflect the best in the research and practice of college teaching in New England.

Submissions may address all areas of teaching and learning, but we hope to inspire a number of conference theme-related proposals. Here are a few general suggestions related to the conference theme:

Classroom strategies that address different student learning styles
Helping students negotiate financial barriers to education
Supporting co-curricular learning programs to help retention
Creating community out of diversity
Engaging students of different backgrounds with peers, staff, and faculty
Collaborative strategies for engaging non-traditional students

Concurrent Workshops should be one hour long and encourage participant involvement through, for example, case studies, discussion groups, role playing, etc.

Teaching Tips should be 25 minutes long and are designed as topical presentations.

Posters will be displayed all day and allow presenters to highlight a particular program or initiative.

Submission deadline is May 15, 2008; notification of acceptance will be sent out the week of June 1, 2008.

Questions? Contact Dr. Elizabeth Coughlan (Ecoughlan@salemstate.edu).

Presenter Information:
Name of Lead/Organizing Presenter:

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Type of session proposed:
Concurrent Workshop (60 minutes)
Teaching Tips (25 minutes)
Poster

Title of Session: (10 words maximum)

Abstract of Session: (100 words maximum)
The title and abstract are the only information that will be printed in the conference program. Since the title and abstract are the “marketing piece” that will attract participants to your session, please be as concrete and descriptive as possible about what will take place during the session.

Session Description: (500 words maximum)
The session description will enable the reviewers of your proposal to evaluate it, but it will not be viewed by conference attendees. Here are the things to address in the session description:

A rationale or need for the proposed session
Expected outcomes for session participants
Describe your target audience (faculty, administrators, faculty developers, beginners, experts, etc.)
For concurrent workshops and teaching tips only, outline the session activities and plan for interaction. In keeping with the conference theme, please model exemplary participant engagement.
For poster presentations only, describe the manner in which you plan to present your work.
Describe, as specifically as possible, the results of your work.
If applicable, tie your proposal in with the overall conference theme of Engaged Learning: Fostering Student Success.
Describe how you plan to use the technology that you have requested.

Audio/ Visual Request: (for concurrent workshops and teaching tips only)

Please note that audiovisual equipment rental is expensive, and moderate your requests and bring your own computer as possible.

Overhead (Transparency) Projector
Screen
Flip Chart and Easel
Digital (LCD) Projector
Audio Tape Player
VHS Tape Player and Monitor
DVD Playback Equipment
Mac Computer
PC Computer
Other (please specify below)
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