Conference Tracks

Conference Tracks

There are four conference tracks:
Track I: Technology and STEM Courses
Track II: Teachers as Leaders
Track III: Teaching the Millennial Student with Technology
Track IV: Online and Mobile Learning 

Listed below is a brief description of each track.

Track I: Technology and STEM:
This track addresses integration of instructional technologies as teaching and learning tools at the K-20 level in STEM courses. This track also focuses on professional development of educators utilizing various technologies in STEM courses to support the efforts of educators to integrate technology in their teaching. The track aims to explore various possibilities and practices surrounding the creation of exemplary environments for technology integration. Other relevant activities include integrating different software and hardware technologies in undergraduate and graduate programs, in-service programs offered to faculty, and initiatives that facilitate organizational changes associated with technology. The Conference invites proposals from introductory through advanced levels on all topics related to teaching the millennial students with technology, such as the following:

Potential Topics:

• Teaching with Technology: Engaging Students
• Digital Storytelling/Video/Multimedia
• Technology and Professional Development for Faculty
• Games and Simulations
• Technology and Science
• Technology and mathematics
• Technology and Engineering

Track II: Teachers as Technology Leaders
This track invites proposals that explore the range and impact of technology on educational leadership roles and responsibilities. This track welcomes conceptual frameworks to guide discussion and practical examples of ways different institutions engage teachers as technology leaders at their respective schools.

Potential Topics:

• Staff mentoring
• TPACK: Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge
• Peer teacher activities
• Administrative leadership
• Content leadership
• Staff development activities
• PLC technology leadership

Track III: Teaching the Millennial Student with Technology
This track addresses integration of instructional technologies as teaching and learning tools at the K-20 level in a face-to-face or online environment. The ever-changing face of technology in education, the steep learning curves of new technologies, the complexities of engaging students in the learning process, and the need for teachers and faculty to keep up with technology are important issues schools and universities deal with as they plan for and implement instructional technology. This track also focuses on professional development of educators utilizing various technologies in face-to-face instruction to support the efforts of educators to integrate technology in their teaching. The track aims to explore various possibilities and practices surrounding the creation of exemplary environments for technology integration. Other relevant activities include integrating different software and hardware technologies in undergraduate and graduate programs, in-service programs offered to faculty, and initiatives that facilitate organizational changes associated with technology. The Conference invites proposals from introductory through advanced levels on all topics related to teaching the millennial students with technology, such as the following:

Potential Topics:

• Teaching with Technology: Engaging Students
• Digital Storytelling/Video/Multimedia
• Technology and Professional Development for Faculty
• Games and Simulations
• Special Education and Assistive Technology
• TPACK: Technological, Pedagogical and Content Knowledge
• Technology Leadership
• Technology and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics)
• Technology, Arts and Interdisciplinary Education

Track IV: Online and Mobile Learning  
This track addresses the integration of electronic, mobile, and distance education delivery modes and tools at the university level. This track also focuses on professional development of educators using online and mobile technologies to facilitate delivery and to support the efforts of faculty to integrate E-learning and M-learning (mobile learning) technologies in online courses. M-learning in particular is an area of technology that is moving at a fast pace. The track aims to explore various possibilities and practices surrounding the creation of exemplary environments for mobile learning within the university setting to help millennial students, educators and administrators harness this new form of teaching and learning. Other relevant activities include gaming and simulations, accessibility issues for special-needs students and faculty creating multimedia products to support online teaching, courseware development, and initiatives that facilitate organizational changes associated with online technologies. The conference invites proposals from the introductory through advanced level on all topics related to E-learning and M-learning, such as the following:

Potential Topics:

• Mobile Learning
• Blended Learning
• Professional Development for Faculty for Online Teaching
• TPACK and E-Learning: Technological, Pedagogical, And Content Knowledge
• Asynchronous and Synchronous Learning
• Authoring Tools
• Developing, Integrating and Delivering E-learning Solutions
• Electronic Publishing Tools for E-learning
• Evaluation/Performance Measurement and Assessment
• Good Practice Concepts and Examples
• Learning and Content Management Systems
• Simulations
• Societal Issues, Including Legal, Standards and International Issues