The Association
of Small Computer Users in Education, ASCUE, is seeking proposals
from faculty and staff for presentations at its 36th Annual Summer
Conference. Proposals should focus on issues in information technology
that are of general interest to educational institutions. Proposals
on any relevant topic are acceptable, but those that support the conference
theme, “Leading
Strategic and Cultural Change Through Technology,” are
particularly welcome.
We
invite you to become a part of this dynamic conference!
Session Format:
Session presentations
are limited to 45 minutes, including time set aside for audience
questions and engagement. They can be in traditional paper, panel,
demonstration, or tutorial format. Presentations will be printed
in the Conference Proceedings and on CDROM that are distributed
at the conference and submitted to the Educational Resource Information
Center for inclusion in the ERIC database.
Pre-Conference
Workshops and Seminars:
In addition to
presenters for the main conference program, we are seeking individuals
to lead 6 hour full-day or 3 hour half-day workshops or seminars
for the pre-conference program on Sunday, June 6. The workshops,
held in computer labs at Horry-Georgetown Technical College,
provide hands-on learning with specific technologies such as the
Web or multimedia. Seminars are classroom-style
presentations, held at Ocean Creek, that explore important topics
in the application of education technologies. These workshops and
seminars have been very successful at past conferences and help
set the tone for the conference.
Suggested Topics
include. .
.
Teaching &
Learning: Collaborative
and Web course hosting software, distance learning, impact of technology
on faculty and students, increasing student engagement via technology,
building and sustaining learning communities, assessment of student
learning in technology-enhanced and distance learning classes, standards
compliant course designs, technology-integration models, open source
courses, technology and tenure, information technology and the library,
ownership of materials, technology classrooms and labs, department
labs, copyrights, lessons learned, and faculty recruitment
Institutional
Infrastructure & Services: Portals, strategies for information
integration, corporate competition, IT-24-7, residential network support,
security issues, virus protection, Web impact, faculty and student
access, IT and admissions, wireless access, laptop initiatives, IT
organization/reorganization, IT and strategic planning, information
systems, upgrade strategies and timing, and tools of the trade
Support &
Training: Faculty-staff-student training, staff turnover, IT staff
professional development, help desk issues, outsourcing, student assistants/employees/interns,
public labs, tools
Operating
Systems: Windows XP, Linux and open systems architecture
The deadline for
proposals is past. If you still wish to inquire the conference, contact
George Pyo, 2004 Program Chair, conference@ascue.org
or gpyo@francis.edu, (814)
472-3090.
