Teachers College Educational Technology Conference Call for Papers

I'm involved in the Teachers College Educational Technology conference again this year, to be hosted March 15th and 16th. Below is the call for papers. All papers must be student-authored, which makes is a very friendly environment. It was fun last year. (Proceedings from last year are on the site as well, which may be of interest to some.) 

And non-graduate students can attend the conference. So mark your calendars!

Call for Papers:
Published online at http://www.tc.edu/tcetc

The Communication, Computing, and Technology in Education Program at Teachers College invites submissions for its 2010 Educational Technology Conference, "TCETC 2010: Technology, Media, and Designs for Learning."

This conference will serve as a multi-disciplinary forum for graduate students to discuss and exchange information on the research, development and applications of emerging technologies in PK-12 classrooms, distance learning settings, higher education, and corporate learning environments.

TCETC 2010 will take place on Saturday, May 15th, and Sunday, May 16th at Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY. Papers exploring topics such as the following are encouraged. The topic list is illustrative rather than comprehensive; we encourage papers presenting completed research and works-in-progress on other related topics.

• Instructional Design of Online Environments
• Social Software, Web 2.0 Tools
• Human-Computer Interaction, Computer-Mediated Communication, Mobile Media
• Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning
• Games for Learning, Possibilities of Virtual Worlds
• New Literacies, Identity Formation, the Future of Libraries and Museums
• Cross-Cultural Communication, Gender and Technology
• Media in the Developing World
• Integrating Technology across the K-12 Curriculum
• Change Issues Related to the Adoption of Technology in Educational Institutions
  

Submission Guidelines:

• Abstracts (in English) of no more than 500-1000 words must be uploaded to the conference website, http://www.tc.edu/tcetc  
• The deadline for submission is 11:59 EST on March 31, 2010. First authors will be notified by April 10, 2010.
• Authors at a distance with video/audio capabilities may opt to present virtually through Second Life. Please contact tcetc@tc.edu to discuss this option.
• Abstracts should summarize the proposed presentation in a way that permits evaluation of the paper's quality and significance. The committee will consider:
  

1) the paper's appeal to research communities interested in instructional media and emerging communication tools;
2) the paper's suitability for oral presentation; and
3) the quality of the content and significance of results.

• The conference submission site, via http://www.tc.edu/tcetc, will prompt you to include the paper title, presenter's name(s), institutional affiliation(s) and email address(es) of the author(s). In addition, please include a biographical statement for each author of no more than 100 words. If your paper is accepted, this statement may be posted to the conference website and included in the program.
  

Confidentiality of submissions will be maintained during the entire review process; all rejected submissions will be kept confidential. Accepted abstracts will be posted to the conference website. Presenters will have the opportunity to revise their abstracts and post them no later than May 1, 2010. Participation in this conference does not preclude submission of that work to other academic conferences.

Exceptional conference presenters may be asked to submit full papers to appear in a publication of conference proceedings.

Feel free to contact the conference Chairs, Darnel Degand, Carla E. Fisher, and Caron Mineo with questions or for more information. Please also monitor the conference website at http://www.tc.edu/tcetc for information regarding registration, accommodations, travel, and conference updates. Presenters and attendees must pay a small registration fee.

We look forward to your submissions!

Sincerely,

Darnel Degand, Carla E. Fisher, and Caron Mineo
Conference Co-Chairs | tcetc@tc.edu