Call for Proposals
Clouducation — The Silver Lining of Cloud Education
Austin Peay State University Morgan University Center
Clarksville, Tennessee
November 7-8, 2011
The 2011 Innovative Professor Conference theme, Clouducation, offers a venue in which to
share innovations, best practices in operations and learning environments, new technologies
and new techniques to enhance student engagement and improve teaching and learning in
the online classroom. At the cutting-edge historically, distance education is challenged to reform
and reshape higher education to meet the needs of the 21st century student using the
newest technologies at the most effective cost. IPC is geared to provide the tools and the
ideas we need to excel.
The Program Committee invites your proposals for workshops and concurrent sessions to be
presented in Clarksville November 7-8, 2011. Proposed programs should address one or
more of the following issues:
� Innovative new cloud technologies for distance learning
� Innovative techniques for the use of cloud technology to enhance student engagement
� Serving learner needs – access, outreach, recruitment and retention
� Integrating cloud technology into the traditional, online and hybrid classroom
� Mobile learning Technology
� Problem-Based Learning
� Enhancing accessibility for all students in the distance learning environment
Conference Location
� The 2011 IPC will be held in the Morgan University Center on the campus of Austin
Peay State University in Clarksville, Tennessee. Located just 53 miles northwest of
Nashville, Clarksville and Austin Peay are easily accessible from all directions via major
interstate highways. Clarksville is served by the Nashville Metropolitan Airport.
Developing Your Presentation
Please design your presentation to encourage involvement of the audience using participant
exercises, problem-solving exercises and group work wherever appropriate. Workshops should
last 2 hours. Concurrent sessions should be 50-minutes long. Proposals will be evaluated and
selected based on the following criteria:
� Complete description and quality of content
� Adherence to the theme of the meeting and relevance to distance learning as a whole
� Application of content to practice
� Potential engagement of the audience.
Submission Guidelines
Proposed sessions should be submitted electronically as Word (.doc) documents by Monday,
April 4, 2011. You will be notified of the status of your submission by Friday, April 15, 2011.
Please email your proposal to the Program Committee, Austin Peay State University, at
exted@apsu.edu. A completed proposal will include:
1. Contact Information
a. Name(s) and Title(s) of presenter(s) – limit of 2 per topic
b. Institutional affiliation of presenter(s)
c. Name of Primary Contact for proposal (must be one of the presenters)
d. Primary contact email
e. Primary contact phone
f. Primary contact address
2. Presentation type–please note if and when you have given this presentation
before.
a. Workshop: 90-120 minutes, highly interactive sessions focusing on group and
individual participation
b. Concurrent Session: 50-minutes, primarily lecture and information-sharing with
some audience participation. 10 minutes allowed for questions and answers at
the end of the program (or within the program for a total of 60-minutes.)
3. Presentation focus
a. Innovative new technologies for distance learning
b. Innovative techniques for the use of technology to enhance student engagement
c. Serving learner needs – access, outreach, recruitment and retention
d. Integrating technology into the traditional, online and hybrid classroom
e. Mobile learning Technology
f. Problem-Based Learning
g. Enhancing accessibility for all students in the distance learning environment
4. Presentation title–please provide a short “snappy” title that will catch the attendees’
attention.
5. Presentation abstract – 100 words or less providing a brief overview of the presentation
including a description of the topic and intended outcomes for participants. If accepted,
this description will be used in the conference program to promote the session.
Please note if and when you have given this proposal before.
6. Presentation description – 300 words or less providing a full overview of the session
including primary topics introduced and planned participation of presenter and audience.
7. Audio-Visual Materials Requests – All classrooms will be arranged “classroom style”
with a podium at the front of the room. Lapel microphones will be available. Workshops
will, when appropriate, be scheduled in classrooms equipped with sufficient computers
and Internet access for each participant. All workshops and concurrent sessions will be
held in meeting rooms equipped with a laptop computer, LCD projector and screen. Any
additional AV needs should be included in the proposal. Please be very specific about
both hardware and software needs.
8. Accommodations for individuals with disabilities – APSU is committed to providing
appropriate accommodations for all presenters and/or attendees with disabilities. Please
specify needed accommodations in your proposal submission.
9. Presenter’s experience — Please list other presentations you have made, noting topic,
date and venue for each.
Receipt of proposal
You will be notified via email when you proposal is received. Questions or comments should be
addressed to Mary Alice Burkhart at burkhartm@apsu.edu.
Submissions are welcome from academics, administrators, designers, vendors and exhibitors.
All accepted presentations must be designed to instruct, enlighten or inspire the audience and
not to promote a particular product or commercial activity.
Conference registration fees will be paid in full for all selected presenters who will attend the
conference as our guests.