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Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition

Posted on March 15, 2011 | Leave a comment

— DEADLINE EXTENDED!
 
The Legal History and Rare Books Section (LH&RB) of the American Association of Law Libraries, in cooperation with Cengage Learning, announces the third annual Morris L. Cohen Student Essay Competition.
 
The competition is named in honor of Morris L. Cohen, late Professor Emeritus of Law at Yale Law School. Professor Cohen was a leading scholar in the fields of legal research, rare books, and historical bibliography.
 
The purpose of the competition is to encourage scholarship in the areas of legal history, rare law books, and legal archives, and to acquaint students with the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) and law librarianship.
 
Eligibility
 
Students currently enrolled in accredited graduate programs in library science, law, history, or related fields are eligible to enter the competition. Both full- and part-time students are eligible. Membership in AALL is not required.
 
Requirements
 
Essays may be on any topic related to legal history, rare law books, or legal archives. The entry form and instructions are available at the LH&RB website: http://www.aallnet.org/sis/lhrb/
Entries must be submitted by 11:59 p.m., April 15, 2011.
 
Awards
 
The winner will receive a $500.00 prize from Cengage Learning and up to $1,000 for expenses associated with attendance at the AALL Annual Meeting.
 
The runner-up will have the opportunity to publish the second-place essay in LH&RB’s online scholarly journal Unbound: An Annual Review of Legal History and Rare Books.
 
Please direct questions to Robert Mead at libram@nmcourts.gov or Sarah Yates at yates006@tc.umn.edu. 

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Contingency Planning & Management (CPM)

Posted on March 15, 2011 | Leave a comment

1105 Media is currently developing an education institution/campus contingency planning and emergency response track for our annual Contingency Planning and Management Conference to be held on May 9-11, 2011 at the Aria Hotel in Las Vegas Nevada. These tracks will take place only on Wednesday, May 11, 2011

 

Submission Deadline:  March 21, 2011

 

We are currently seeking educational content and case studies related to, but not limited to:

 

* How to develop a plan designed to deal with readiness, immediate response, and recovery in the event of any natural or man-made disaster on campus.

 

* What potential crises technologies have become instrumental to administrators’ efforts to stay on top of their staff and students’ health and safety, whether spreading critical information when widespread illness strikes, helping prepare for potential crises, or carrying out crucial functions in the midst or aftermath of an emergency.

 

* How to effectively appoint, organize, and distribute an emergency communication strategy that allows immediate assessment and communication to education and security staff, students, emergency responders, and if needed, parents.

 

* How to develop community contingency plans to include state and local emergency responders.

 

Contingency Planning & Management (CPM) is the only conference where you can fine-tune and reinforce your plan with the practical advice of leading national experts & COOP professionals who will share their hard learned lessons as they offer one-on-one, action-oriented advice.

 

 

Please submit the following information (via Word – doc. File extension) – send to Karen Francisco – kfrancisco@1105media.com – if you have questions please call 703-876-5042

 

* Abstract Title

* Abstract – max 150 words

* Learning Objective – 3-4 sentences

* Complete Speaker contact information – to include, name, title, organization, address, phone, email

* Speaker Bio – max 150 words

* Photo

 

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The Fourteenth International Conference on Computers and Advanced Technology in Education (CATE-2011)

Posted on March 14, 2011 | Leave a comment

July 11-13, 2011
University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

URL:http://www.iasted.org/conferences/home-734.html
<http://www.iasted.org/conferences/home-734.html>

THEME

Globalization of Education Through Advanced Technology

GOAL

CATE-2011 will act as a major international forum for the presentation of
innovative ideas, approaches, developments and outcomes of research projects
in the area of computer and advanced technology in education (CATE) as well
as the exchange of information between researchers, faculty, administrators
and practitioners.

MAIN TOPICS

Main groups of conference topics include but are not limited to:

�        Innovative technology for CATE: Web2.0, SNS, serious games,
semantic Web, wireless technology, rich multimedia, knowledge management and
mining, e-portfolio, recommendation systems, agents-based technology, cloud
computing, virtual and augmented reality, etc.

�        Innovative instructional strategies and courseware for CATE:
collaborative learning, e-pedagogy, new instructional strategies, mobile
learning, personalized and adaptive learning, ubiquitous learning,
e-learning, e-training, dynamic assessment and evaluation systems, quality
issues of technology-based education, innovative technology-based
curriculum, innovative courseware and learning content development,
repositories of learning content, etc.

�        Innovative projects in CATE: advanced technology as an enabler of
globalization of education, national and international educational,
alliances, national and international projects and collaboration in CATE,
national and institutional strategies, policies and issues on CATE, etc.

�        Best practices and case studies in CATE: design and development
projects, research projects, cases-studies, work-in-progress projects, etc.

�        Technology-based blended, distance, and open education/training

VENUE

The University Center, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK

URL:http://www.unicen.cam.ac.uk/  <http://www.unicen.cam.ac.uk/>

CHAIR

Dr. Vladimir Uskov

Professor of Computer Science and Information Systems, and Co-Director,
InterLabs Research Institute, Bradley University, U.S.A.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

�        Dr. David Wortley, Serious Games Institute, UK

�        Title of presentation: “Immersive Technologies and the Future of
Education”

INVITED SPEAKER

�        Dr. Alexandra Cristea, University of Warwick, UK

�        Title of presentation: Technology-Enhanced Learning for the Next
Decade: the Creation of Personalized and Adaptive Semantically-Rich
e-Learning”

10th INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION of  Ph.D. STUDENTS in CATE AREA

7th INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION OF NON-COMMERCIAL SOFTWARE SYSTEMS, TOOLS, AND
PRODUCTS FOR CATE AREA

IMPORTANT DEADLINES

�        Submissions due————————   April 1, 2011

�        Notification of acceptance————-  April 29, 2011

�        Final manuscript due——————-   May 18, 2011

�        Registration and full payment——— May 25, 2011

AWARDS

�        CATE-2011 Best Paper Award

�        CATE-2011 Best Ph.D. Student Award

�        CATE-2011 Best Software System Award

CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS INDEXING

The conference proceedings will be sent for indexing in the following:

�        EI Compendex

�        INSPEC

�        Google Scholar

�        Scopus

COLLABORATING ORGANIZATIONS

�        The International Society for Engineering Education (IGIP),
Switzerland

�        The Japanese Society for Information and System in Education
(JSISE), Japan

�        The Brazilian Council of Researches in Education and Sciences
(COPEC), Brazil

�        Silesian University of Technology, Poland

�        Tsyolkovsky Moscow Aviation Technological University Fund (MATU),
Russia

�        Tallinn University of Technology (TTU), Estonia

�        Interlabs Research Institute, Bradley University, USA

�        e-learning Center, Shiga University, Japan

�        Multimedia Applications Development Research Centre, University of
Craiova, Romania

�        CETL Center, Soka University, Japan

�        Advanced eServices for the Knowledge Society Research Unit, Greece

CONTACT INFORMATION

�        CATE-2011 Secretariat

      Building B6, Suite #101,
      2509 Dieppe Avenue SW,
      Calgary, Alberta,
      CANADA T3E 7J9

�        Phone: +1 403 288 1195

�        Fax: + 1 403 247 6851

�        Email:calgary@iasted.org  <mailto:calgary@iasted.org>

�        Web Site:www.iasted.org

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The Journal of Learning Spaces

Posted on March 14, 2011 | Leave a comment

Call for Submissions

The Journal of Learning Spaces is now accepting submissions for our inaugural issue.

The Journal of Learning Spaces provides a scholarly, multidisciplinary forum for research articles, case studies, book reviews, and position pieces that examine higher education learning spaces in the context of space design, use, and management, as well as assessment, evaluation, and pedagogical practices. Please visit our Focus and Scope page for more information. 

Research Manuscripts, Position Pieces, and Case Studies submissions are double-blind peer reviewed.

All submissions are due on or before June 30, 2010.

All  submissions must be:

  • Original, unpublished works not under consideration for publication elsewhere.
  • Written in English.
  • Formatted and referenced using the most current APA Style.
  • Submitted as MS Word or RTF documents.
  • Submitted through the Journal’s web site. To submit, you must first register or log in as an Author with the journal, then follow the instructions to Start a New Submission.

Types of submissions sought:

Research manuscripts. 
3,000-5,000 words, including bibliography.
Research manuscripts present and describe original, primary research (broadly defined) on topics of current importance that may impact learning space research and practice in higher education. Manuscripts provide clear and complete methodology and include all necessary figures, tables, and illustrations. See additional formatting requirements below.

Position pieces.
1,500-2,500 words, including bibliography.
Position pieces are essays intended to inform readers of, or to stimulate discussion about, significant issues in current learning space research and practices in higher education. Position pieces may be primary or secondary research and will provide complete references. See additional formatting requirements below.

Case studies.
1,500-2,500 words.
Case studies describe mature projects and programs that provide or demonstrate innovative or instructive learning space designs, programs, or practices in higher education. Case studies dealing with pedagogy, assessment, or unique partnerships and collaborations will receive greatest preference. See additional formatting requirements below.

Book reviews.
1,000-1,500 words.
Book reviews provide concise summaries and evaluations of current (published within the last 12 months) books related to learning space research or practices in higher education. Book review authors select and procure books to review, based on their professional perception of the book’s real or potential impact or relevance to current research and practice. See additional formatting requirements below.

Formatting Requirements

All submissions should be double-spaced, with margins of one inch on all sides. Number pages consecutively throughout the paper. Authors should also supply a shortened version of the title suitable for the running head, not exceeding 50 character spaces. Each article should be summarized in an abstract of not more than 100 words.

Images.
Authors are strongly encouraged to include relevant, hi-resolution images in their submissions. Image files should be:

  • 300 dpi or higher
  • Minimum of 600 x 800
  • JPEG, TIFF, or PSD format only
  • Submitted as separate files, not embedded in the manuscript files

Hyperlinks.
Authors are strongly encouraged to include relevant hyperlinks throughout their manuscript, taking full advantage of the Journal’s online format.

Video and audio.
Submissions that incorporate supplemental video or audio files are welcome, but the manuscript must provide a simple or embedded link to remotely-stored video or audio files. The journal does not currently host or stream media files locally.

Tables and Figures. When submitting a manuscript, tables and figures should not be embedded in the text, but should be included as separate files. A brief, descriptive title should appear above each table or figure, which corresponds with a like-titled placeholder within the manuscript. Clear legends and footnotes should also appear beneath tables and figures.

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Learning Communities with English and other disciplines

Posted on March 14, 2011 | Leave a comment

While Learning Communities have been a staple of many colleges and universities for years,  this interdisciplinary approach has substantially expanded in the last decade. One successful model of learning communities is grounded in a pairing with an English composition or literature class with another discipline. We are developing a collection of essays about these types of learning communities and invite your submission of a proposal.  Essay proposals should fall into one of three categories: the basics of putting together a learning community (including but not limited to models of successful learning communities, sample interdisciplinary assignments, challenges, etc.), “other voices”; that is, the voices of those involved in learning community success from outside of the daily classroom (librarians, administrators, registrars, campus community service professionals, etc.), or larger institutional implications (student engagement, student retention, faculty development, etc.).

 

Please submit your 250 word proposal in a Word Document to Dr. Terry Novak, tnovak@jwu.edu, by April 1, 2011.

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Graduate Student Consortium, 24th Bled eConference: eFuture: Creating Solutions for the Individual, Organisations and Society

Posted on March 3, 2011 | Leave a comment

June 12 – 15, 2011, Bled, Slovenia
http://BledConference.org
http://bledconference.org/2011/StudentConsortium

New to this year’s conference is a Graduate Student Consortium. The Consortium will be organized during the Bled eConference in a special track. Students will have an opportunity to discuss their work with distinguished professors and with one another in a friendly atmosphere.

We welcome applications from students on a master and doctoral level in the MIS field. Students should provide a paper – an extended abstract, describing their thesis proposal. The paper should include, but not be limited to, the following research motivation and goals: Brief problem description, research question(s), theoretical background, research method/approach, expected or preliminary results and contribution. In addition, submissions must be recommended by students’ professor/supervisor. Please attach a statement of support together with your paper.

Deadlines:
Paper and statement submissions: March 29, 2011
Notification of acceptance: April 14, 2011
Submission of final papers: May 27, 2011

Submissions should be made via the conference website: http://BledConference.org . Please use the conference template. All accepted papers will be published in the conference proceedings in a special section.

Students are expected to register for the conference (the fees are waived to 50%) and cover their travel and accommodation costs. Registration fees cover the conference materials, lunches and evening social events and transportation from and to the airport.

Please note that the number of students is limited. Selections based on applications will be made by Consortium committee. For more information, please contact:
Professor Doug Vogel
Department of Information Systems
Faculty of Business
City University of Hong Kong
SAR, China
isdoug@cityu.edu.hk

Best regards,

Andreja Pucihar
Bled 2011 eConference Chair

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ACRL/IRIG Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

Posted on March 3, 2011 | Leave a comment

The ACRL/IRIG visual Literacy Standards Task Force has recently released draft ACRL/IRIG Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education. We are looking for educators interested in testing implementation of parts of the draft Standards, then presenting about the experience at ALA 2011 in New Orleans. We are seeking proposals that outline your ideas for implementing parts of the Standards, and using the Standards as tools for pursuing visual literacy with college and university students. We welcome all proposals from individuals or teams, and especially encourage submissions from librarians, faculty, archivists, curators, educational technologists, visual resources professionals, and others with experience working with students and visual materials in higher education.

 

Proposals should include:

Your name, title, and institution

A brief statement about your interest or experience with visual literacy

The Standard(s) or Performance Indicator(s) from the draft ACRL/IRIG Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education you would like to implement

A general description of the student population and course, assignment, or setting where you plan to incorporate visual literacy learning outcomes from the draft Standards

Some of your ideas for implementation strategies, possibly including ideas for learning objects or instructional materials, classroom activities, online resources, or assessment methods

 

Proposal Deadline: Friday, March 18, 2011

 

Send proposals to: Joanna Burgess at burgessj@reed.edu

 

Accepted participants will:

Test implementation of one or more Performance Indicator(s) from the draft ACRL/IRIG Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education

Develop and use one or more learning objects (worksheet, tutorial, web page, activity, etc) in the implementation process

Assess student learning based on the Performance Indicator(s) and associated Learning Outcomes selected for implementation

Reflect on successes and challenges of the implementation process

Discuss your experiences with the ACRL/IRIG Visual Literacy Standards Task Force and provide feedback on the draft Standards

Give a 10-minute presentation describing your experiences in the ALA Annual 2011 session “Visual Literacy Competency Standards for Higher Education: Introducing a new interdisciplinary information literacy standard for 21st century learners” in New Orleans on Sunday, June 26, 2011, including a handout with the learning object or supporting materials and the assessment method used

 

Ideas for possible Performance Indicators to implement (see the draft Standards document for associated Learning Outcomes and more ideas):

 

                The visually literate student…

 

identifies a variety of image sources, materials, and types (Standard One, Performance Indicator 2)

conducts effective image searches (Standard Two, Performance Indicator 2)

situates an image in its cultural, social, and historical contexts (Standard Three, Performance Indicator 2)

evaluates the effectiveness and reliability of images as visual communications (Standard Four, Performance Indicator 2)

uses technology effectively to work with images (Standard Five, Performance Indicator 2)

produces images for a range of projects and scholarly uses (Standard Six, Performance Indicator 1)

understands many of the ethical, legal, social, and economic issues surrounding images and visual media (Standard Seven, Performance Indicator 1)

 

Please contact Joanna Burgess (burgessj@reed.edu) or Denise Hattwig (dhattwig@uw.edu) with any questions. For more information about the draft Visual Literacy Standards development process, please see the project blog at http://acrlvislitstandards.wordpress.com/.

 

We’re looking forward to hearing from you!

 

Joanna Burgess
Reed College
burgess@reed.edu

 

Denise Hattwig
University of Washington
dhattwig@uw.edu

 

ACRL/IRIG ALA 2011 Program Co-Chairs

 

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Drupal Fail Panel & Group Therapy Session

Posted on March 3, 2011 | Leave a comment

Did you suck at Drupal?  Have you been responsible for a Drupal-related disaster?  Or perhaps you’ve created a mess of another CMS?  You are not alone!     

Consider telling your tale of fail at the Drupal Fail Panel & Group Therapy Session at ALA Annual in New Orleans this summer, sponsored by the LITA Drupal Interest Group.

Drupal FAIL might include:

  • Installation FAIL
  • Migration FAIL
  • Permissions FAIL
  • Upgrade FAIL
  • Taxonomy FAIL
  • Module FAIL
  • Theme FAIL
  • Roll-out FAIL
  • Marketing FAIL

Tell us what went wrong and, if you recovered, how did that work and what were the long-term ramifications of the FAIL.  (Comedy welcome!)

We can then share a group hug and learn from each other’s mistakes in a Q & A session.

Send a short proposal or any questions you may have to Christopher Evjy (chris.evjy@gmail.com) or Kara Reuter (kreuter@worthingtonlibraries.org).  Please send proposals by March 25.

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Public Library Division (PLD) of the Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA)

Posted on March 3, 2011 | Leave a comment

The Public Library Division (PLD) of the Pennsylvania Library Association (PaLA) invites proposals for presentations or panel sessions for the 2011 PaLA Conference, Touchdown! Winning Strategies for Libraries. The conference will take place October 2-5, 2011 at the Penn Stater Conference Center Hotel located in State College, PA.

If you have a topic of interest to public librarians, we invite you to submit a proposal for a session. Examples of possible topics include, but are not limited to, the following:

�  Assessment of services/programs

�  Copyright issues

�  Ebooks – software & readers

�  Dealing with difficult patrons

�  Digital library projects

�  Digital Rights management

�  Fund raising/development in Public Libraries

�  Gadgets & a Gadget Petting Zoo

�  GLPTQ topics

�  Generational differences among library staff

�  Grant writing

�  Leadership development

�  Legal issues for libraries

�  Library management and HR

�  Library marketing and advocacy

�  Library security

�  Marketing and advocacy in Public Libraries

�  Mobile technologies

�  Partnerships

�  Planning library spaces (user, staff & collection spaces)

�  Poetry

�  Programming for young adults, teens and tweens

�  RDA and cataloging

�  Readers Advisory programs

�  Recruiting and educating the next generation of librarians

�  Rural & small library issues

�  Social networking

�  Statistics and what to do with them

�  Volunteer management

All proposals will be accepted online via the program proposal link.  A PDF is available for download for use as a working copy of the form. The link to the form is also available on the homepage of the PaLA web site.

Submission Deadline:  Midnight on Sunday, April 3, 2011. 

Proposal Acceptance Notification: The program committee will notify all submitters regarding the acceptance of their proposal(s) in May 2011.

For more information, contact Rebecca Long at rlong@beaverlibraries.org

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43rd Annual Conference of the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA)

Posted on March 3, 2011 | Leave a comment

The 43rd Annual Conference of the International Visual Literacy Association (IVLA) will be held  at the historic Seaview Resort, Galloway, NJ, from September 28 to October 2, 2011. The Richard Stockton College of New Jersey ( http://www.stockton.edu ) will serve as the proud host for this event. The Seaview Resort is located about 1 hour east of Philadelphia, PA, and is just a few miles west of Atlantic City, NJ.

The annual IVLA conference serves as a forum for discussing a variety of topics related to the interdisciplinary field of visual literacy. Presenters from all over the world cover a wide range of disciplines including the arts, sciences, education, communication, business, media, videography, photography, instructional technology, health, and computer applications. We hope you will consider submitting a proposal to share your research and projects related to visual literacy.

The deadline for proposal submission is June 23, 2008 via http://www.ettc.net/ivla/ . More information about IVLA can be found at http://www.ivla2011.org .

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