2011 UNC TLT Conference Proposal Guidelines

Deadline for proposals: March 7, 2011

Your title must not exceed 120 characters and your abstract must not exceed 150 words. Because we are meeting in the virtual world Second Life, your presentation must be in accordance with the Linden Lab terms of service.

Proposal Review Criteria
The following six criteria will be used to evaluate all proposals in our refereed proposal review process. Proposals will be evaluated on how well they:

• promote effective and innovative teaching and learning practices
• emphasize collaborative approaches
• provide useful information, skills or ideas
• demonstrate active TLT leadership
• actively engage participants
• are consistent with the conference theme, Learning Forward: Teaching Technologies for Engaged Learners

A good Proposal will:

• describe clearly and accurately the presentation content and format
• relate the presentation to the conference theme
• describe who would benefit from attending this session
• give a clear statement of the outcomes participants may expect of this presentation
• list what materials—slides, handouts, web links—you will provide during the presentation, post on the conference web site, or submit to the conference proceedings
• persuade the proposal evaluators and conference attendees that you are going to present something unique and valuable
• use a clear and direct writing style with active voice rather than passive
• avoid jargon, generalizations, acronyms and buzz words

The Proposal Review Process
Proposals will be reviewed by a committee of UNC faculty, staff, librarians, and administrators with expertise in TLT issues and pedagogy. The proposal review process matches proposals with reviewers with appropriate expertise and not associated with any of the prospective presenters' campuses. Campus affiliations will appear in the conference program; however, to facilitate blind review, please describe your session without identifying yourself, co-presenters, or campus in the title or abstract. Authors of accepted proposals will have the opportunity to update the session title and description to add this information.

As you plan your proposal, consider participating in the Collaborative Café. This is a tool to assist you in identifying and establishing connections with others who have similar interests. We strongly encourage prospective presenters to collaborate in developing proposals via the Collaborative Café. You may submit a request for collaboration by entering a session description including types of co-presenters requested and identifying topics that would help others to search for the intended proposal. You may submit a request by entering a session description including types of co-presenters requested and identifying topics that would help others to search for the intended proposal.