E-Learn Presentation Types

Full Papers

Brief Papers

Best Practices Session

Panels

Roundtables

Tutorials / Workshops

Research / Technical Showcases

Products / Services Showcases

Products / Services Presentations

Symposia

FULL PAPERS

Presentation time: 25 minutes
Submission proposal length: 4-8 pages (2500-4950 words); an abstract is not sufficient to be evaluated as a Full Paper Due date

Proceedings length: 8 pages maximum (guidelines) Due date

AV equipment provided: PC, Projector, Internet (if wireless card & PC if provided by presenter), (details)

Papers present reports of significant work or integrative reviews in research, development, applications, and societal issues related to all aspects of the conference topics.

BRIEF PAPERS

Presentation time: 20 minutes
Submission proposal length: 2-6 pages (1250-3750 words)); an abstract is not sufficient to be evaluated as a Brief Paper Due date

Proceedings length: 6 pages maximum (guidelines) Due date

AV equipment provided: PC, Projector, Internet (if wireless card & PC if provided by presenter), (details)

These papers are brief, more condensed presentations or work-in-progress projects.

The submission should clearly indicate:

• what is going to be shown or demonstrated or offered;
• the major aspects;
• the context or motivation;
• relevant URLs or literature references.

BEST PRACTICES SESSION

Presentation time: 20 minutes
Submission length: 1-2 paragraphs Due date

Proceedings length: 6 pages (for proceedings) or 150 words (to be published only in Abstract Book) (guidelines) Due date

AV equipment provided: PC, Projector, Internet (if wireless card & PC if provided by presenter), (details)

Best Practices session presenters discuss and demonstrate their organization's online learning strategies, techniques, issues, solutions, and courseware. This is an opportunity to Inform attendees about the lessons learned and future plans from those who have designed, developed, and implemented online learning.

PANELS

Presentation time: 1 hour
Submission length: 2-6 pages (1250-3750 words) Due date

Proceedings length: 6 pages maximum for each paper (guidelines) Due date

AV equipment provided: PC, Projector, Internet (if wireless card & PC if provided by presenter), (details)

A Panel, consisting of 3-5 people (including the chair), present their views on a common theme, issue, or question, and then to discusses them with the audience.

The Panel must present an opportunity for the audience to hear well reasoned arguments and discussions about pertinent topics as seen from a variety of viewpoints. For example, 'on-line testing' could be a Panel discussion with panelists presenting arguments in support of, and in opposition to, testing.

Panels must include the audience. Thus, the panelists should take no more than 30, of the total 60 minutes, to make their case and then guide the audience through a discussion and series of questions and answers. In an effort to present differing viewpoints, it is a requirement that panelists can NOT all represent the same institution, research project, or association.

Panel selection will be based on the importance, originality, focus and timeliness of the topic; expertise of proposed panelists; as well as the potential for informative AND controversial discussion.

Panels must allot at least 50% of the time for interaction and discussion with the audience.

The Panel leader should provide an abstract describing the panel and a submission file with the following sections that describe the panel:

1. introduction that links the theme to the literature and its significance for the field of information technology and teacher education, around 150 word abstracts of each panelists' perspective,
2. list of panelists' perspective titles and authors, with their organizations, and countries in the order they will be presented, and
3. outline of how the panel will be organized. After acceptance, the Panel coordinator will be given the option to invite Panel authors to submit their papers to a specific website. Until then, authors should NOT submit their individual papers for the Panel. Contributing authors may choose to publish their papers in the Proceedings as a Full or Brief Paper. The Panel abstract will only appear in the conference Abstract book.
   

ROUNDTABLES

Presentation time: 1 hour
Submission length: 2-6 pages (1250-3750 words) Due date

Proceedings length: 6 pages (guidelines) Due date

AV equipment provided: electricity

These sessions allow maximum interaction in informal, small-group discussions on a single topic. The format is appropriate for papers, projects, or work-in-progress that encourage discussion. Roundtables share a room with 2-3 other concurrently held Roundtables.

TUTORIALS / WORKSHOP

Presentation time: 3.5 or 6 hours (guidelines)
Submission length: see information below Due date

Proceedings length: no pages

AV equipment provided: Instructor PC, Projector, Internet (if wireless card & PC if provided by presenter), (details)

Tutorials and Workshops are intended to enhance the skills and broaden the perspective of their attendees. They should be designed to introduce a rigorous framework for learning a new area or to provide advanced technical training in an area. Submissions will be selected on the basis of the instructors' qualifications for teaching the proposed Tutorial or Workshop and their contribution to the overall conference program. Workshops differ from Tutorials by involving hands-on experience with hardware/software provided.

Note: Due to the extra expense required to provide Workshop (hands-on) equipment, only Workshops for which instructors provide their own participant equipment will be accepted. Please state in your proposal what equipment you will bring.

Tutorial/Workshop proposals must include:

• Clear description of the objectives
• Intended audience (experience level and prerequisites)
• Proposed length (3 hours or 6 hours)
• 200-word abstract
• 1-page topical outline of the content
• Summary of the instructor's qualifications

RESEARCH / TECHNICAL SHOWCASES (formerly Poster/Demos)

Presentation time: 2 hours (guidelines)
Submission length: 2-6 pages (1250-3750 words) Due date

Proceedings length: 6 pages (guidelines) Due date

AV equipment provided: 4'x8' poster board, 6' table, 2 chairs, electricity, Internet (if wireless card & PC if provided by presenter), (details)

Research/Technical Showcases enable researchers and developers to demonstrate and discuss their latest results and developments in progress in order to gain feedback and to establish contact with similar projects.

These proposals must include:

• Description of the planned Showcase; should emphasize the problem, what was done, and why the work is important
• Research/Technical Showcases presenters will be required to arrange for their own systems software and hardware.

PRODUCTS / SERVICES SHOWCASES

Presentation time: 2 hours (guidelines)
Submission length: 1-2 paragraphs Due date

Proceedings length: 6 pages (guidelines) Due date

AV equipment provided: 4'x8' poster board, 6' table, 2 chairs, electricity, Internet (if wireless card & PC if provided by presenter), (details)

Demonstrate and discuss your company's products, services, developments, applications and research, inform the audience of your future directions, gain feedback, and establish contacts.

Scheduled with Research/Technical Showcases grouped together in open exhibition-style, usually all in one hall. This is an informal event with a circulating conference-wide audience. Sales are permitted You may stock and sell your product at your table.

PRODUCT / SERVICES PRESENTATIONS

Presentation time: 30 minutes
Submission length: 1-2 paragraphs Due date

Proceedings length: 150 words (to be published only in Abstract Book)

AV equipment provided: PC, Projector, Internet (if wireless card & PC if provided by presenter), (details)

Demonstrate and discuss your organization's products, services, developments, applications and research, inform the audience of your future directions, gain feedback, and establish contacts.

Scheduled concurrently only with other Product/Services Presentations; Presentation rooms generally accommodate 50-150 people, theatre-style. This is more of a formal presentation than the Products/Services Showcase.

SYMPOSIA - NEW!

Presentation time: 2 hours
Submission Proposal length: 1-3 pages (625-1875 words) Date due

Proceedings length: 6 pages for each paper (guidelines) Date due

AV equipment provided: PC, Projector, Internet (if wireless card & PC if provided by presenter), (details)

A Symposium is a collection of Brief Papers on a theme that has been coordinated and led by the symposium’s leader(s). Each Symposium that is accepted will be allocated two adjacent hour-long slots in the conference program.

The Symposium leader should provide an abstract briefly describing the symposium and a submission file with the following sections:

1. introduction that links the theme to the literature and its significance for the field of information technology and education/training, around 150 word abstracts of each paper,
2. list of paper titles and authors, with their organizations, and countries in the order they will be presented and indicating which will be presented the first and second hours, and
3. outline of how the symposium will be organized.

After acceptance, the Symposium coordinator will be asked to invite Symposium authors to submit their papers to a specific website. Until then, authors should NOT submit their individual papers for the Symposium.

Contributing authors may publish their papers in the Proceedings as Brief Papers. The Symposium abstract will only appear in the conference Abstracts book.