CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Getting Connected: Best Practices in Technology-Enhanced Teaching & Learning in Psychology
Friday & Saturday, October 3-4, 2008
Crowne Plaza Atlanta-Perimeter NW Hotel
6345 Powers Ferry Road
Atlanta, GA 30339
Proposal Deadline Extended:
June 2, 2008
click here for proposal call brochure
The Society for the Teaching of Psychology (STP, Division 2 of APA), the National Institute on the Teaching of Psychology (NITOP), and the Kennesaw State University Center for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL) are excited to announce the 7th conference in the popular "Best Practices in Teaching Psychology" series, which started in 2002. The 2008 conference will focus on innovative and effective techniques that use technology to impact student learning. We are interested in applications and assessments of technology’s impact in on-ground, hybrid or blended, and totally online courses. We encourage proposals that address technology as a teaching tool as managed by the instructor (e.g., PowerPoint, student response systems or “clickers,” multimedia) as well as student-based uses of technology that can be more independent of the instructor (e.g., social networking). Modeled after the format of the previous conferences, the conference will include keynote speakers, concurrent symposia and workshops, and poster sessions.
We are seeking innovative symposia, workshops, and poster presentations that address the practical needs of psychology teachers in using technology in all aspects of the teaching and learning process and across all settings (on-ground, blended/hybrid, and synchronous and asynchronous online courses). Possible topics include (but are not limited to): characteristics of a quality online course; innovative content-specific activities and pedagogy using technologies such as text messaging, blogs, wikis, podcasting, and virtual environments (e.g., Second Life); social networking (Facebook, MySpace); eportfolios, and ejournals. Reviewers will be particularly interested in proposals that include data-based assessments of learning, rather than anecdotal information or simply student satisfaction.
Submitting a proposal represents a commitment to make the presentation at the conference if it is accepted. Persons with accepted proposals must participate at the scheduled time during the conference or make an arrangement for someone else to make the presentation. Individuals with constraints with respect to the scheduling of the day or time of their presentation must indicate those limitations when the proposal is submitted. No incomplete research should be submitted.
All presenters whose proposals are accepted are expected to register for the conference. The registration fee for the conference will be $220. A reduced fee of $190 is available for STP members and for each member of a team of participants from the same institution. GRADUATE STUDENTS, ADJUNCT FACULTY, AND HIGH SCHOOL TEACHERS ARE ALSO INVITED TO ATTEND AT A SPECIAL CONFERENCE RATE OF $185. The registration fee includes all meals during the conference, breaks, and conference materials.
All conference sessions and lodging will be at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta-Perimeter NW Hotel, conveniently located at 6345 Powers Ferry Road off I-285 at Exit 22, which is one exit east of the junction of I-75 and I-285. Rooms will be available at the Crowne Plaza at a special conference rate of $101 (single or double).
Sponsoring Organizations
Society
for the Teaching of Psychology (APA Division 2)
National Institute on the Teaching
of Psychology (NITOP)
Center for Excellence in Teaching
& Learning, Kennesaw State University
Co-Sponsoring Organizations
Psi
Chi, The National Honor Society in Psychology
If you have questions about the conference, please contact Bill
Hill at bhill@kennesaw.edu.
