Call for Papers -- ICTE Tallahassee

Making Technology Effective in Learning:
What Works and What Doesn't

May 2 - 5, 2001
Florida State University -- Tallahassee, Florida   USA

WELCOME...
From May 2 - 5, 2001, the 19th ICTE Conference will convene at Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida, USA.  The Conference will be hosted by the Learning Systems Institute of Florida State University.

ICTE is an international conference held in Europe and in North America. ICTE typically is attended by  educators, education researchers, administrators, publishers, and technology companies from more than fifty nations. More than four hundred papers, poster sessions, laboratories and workshops will be included in the three day program in Tallahassee

Presenters at ICTE Tallahassee will be chosen by a Conference Program Committee from abstracts submitted. Presentations will include prepared papers, poster sessions, panels and forums, and keynote addresses.

Conference Proceedings will be published and will be available following the Conference. Proceedings may be ordered by Delegates, and are also available to academic librarians and other institutions.

IF YOU WANT TO PRESENT AT ICTE  Tallahassee...
If you want to present a paper at ICTE Tallahassee and have your paper published in the Conference Proceedings, proceed as follows:

1. Review the Themes for ICTE Tallahassee and select a theme for your paper.
2. Write a proposal abstract in English describing your paper.  The abstract should be 150 words or less in length.
3. Send the abstract and a completed Presenter Application / Registration Form to ICTE at one of the addresses listed at the end of this page, or print out the Presenter Application Form and FAX the completed form along with your abstract to ICTE at +1-972-641-0792.
4. If your abstract is accepted (abstracts will be reviewed in early January, 2001 and those submitting abstracts will be notified by January 31, 2001), prepare your paper using the Manuscript Guidelines, print out and complete the Manuscript Submission Form, and mail or courier the manuscript and completed Manuscript Submission Form to either the Mail address or the Courier address listed at the end of this page.  Note that the Presenter's Registration fee is due by February 16, 2001. For those abstracts accepted, completed manuscripts are due by April 13, 2001.

ICTE Tallahassee will focus on:

Making Technology Effective in Learning:
What Works and What Doesn't

The Conference will provide a forum for vision and strategy, and will look in detail at the processes, procedures, techniques and tools for creating learning environments appropriate to the twenty-first century. There will be numerous themes, each examining a particular aspect of development and progress. There will be daily plenary session presentations from internationally recognized leaders in education and training.

Pre-conference sessions will focus on distance learning and the Internet, with related workshops and seminars on integration and development processes.

HOW ARE PROPOSALS SELECTED?
Proposal abstracts will be reviewed by the selection panel for appropriate subject and theme, then for content, applicability to other educators, and general interest within the theme. An emphasis is on actual classroom practices, and on real experience with the ideas, concepts, and  methods presented.  While a limited number of theoretical presentations will be considered, the emphasis is for the most part on real applications. A range of presentations is desired, ranging from those related to K-12 classrooms, to post-secondary and higher education, to research, and to administrative and support areas, as well as business and industry. Leading edge technology is of interest, as well as well-grounded visions of the future; however, an emphasis will be placed as well on presentations based on the general types of hardware, software, and related systems in use in classrooms worldwide.  Many schools do not have the latest in operating systems, educational applications, peripherals, and high speed Internet access; nevertheless, each year we see presentations on an impressive number of innovative and successful uses of such systems that are valuable and beneficial to others seeking to make effective use of similar  existing systems.

Abstracts will be reviewed and ranked within these general guidelines, and then selections will be made to fill available slots in the three-day ICTE Tallahassee program.

WHO WILL ATTEND AND WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT?
For the past eighteen years, ICTE has attracted participants from every sector of our worldwide educational and training community, including teachers, professors, researchers, trainers, administrators, human development directors, curriculum developers, publishers, and other resource providers. The themes reflect this diversity of interest and give an opportunity for those attending to move freely into areas with which they are less familiar if they so wish. The Conference thus provides a unique opportunity to benefit from the wide range of professional expertise of those attending. It is a time to exchange ideas, to get up-to-date, and to meet colleagues from all over the world.

WHERE IS THE SITE?
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WHAT WILL THE WEATHER BE LIKE?
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WHAT IS THE FORMAT?
The program is designed to facilitate a variety of presentational styles and formats. In addition to traditional papers and panels, we encourage proposals for debates, discussions in the round, demonstrations and whatever may contribute to opening new connections and horizons for Delegates.

CONFERENCE LANGUAGE
The official language of ICTE is English. Session presentations will be in English, and the Conference Program Agenda and the ICTE Tallahassee Conference Proceedings will be published in English.

FOR UP-TO-DATE INFORMATION ON ICTE...
For the latest information on ICTE Tallahassee, please visit our home page regularly on the World Wide Web at http://www.icte.org. ICTE can be contacted in the US at Tel. +1-972-641-0504, FAX +1-972-641-0792, e-mail icte@icte.org; in Europe at FAX +44-1592-596210, or e-mail d.walker@cableinet.co.uk.

MANUSCRIPT PREPARATION / PAYMENT OF PRESENTER REGISTRATION FEES
If your proposal is selected for presentation, you will be expected to prepare a camera-ready manuscript in English to be published in the Conference Proceedings. Details are at Manuscript Guidelines, and will also be sent to successful proposers not having Internet access immediately after selection in early February, 2001. Final completed manuscripts and a completed Copyright Permission Form will be due by April 13, 2001.

PRESENTER REGISTRATION FEES (all fees are in US Dollars)

CANCELLATIONS AND REFUNDS
In the event that you must cancel your registration, a refund (less a handling fee of $50 US) of prepaid registration fees may be obtained if notification is received in writing by the Conference Secretariat no later than March 31, 2001. No refunds will be made after this date.

ACCOMMODATION
The city of Tallahassee offers a range of hotels.  ICTE has arranged for rooms to be held at five Tallahassee area hotels, as well as special rates for those attending ICTE Tallahassee. See the hotel information page on this web site for more information. Additional updates and information will be available on the ICTE web site at http://www.icte.org; you may want to check with your travel agent as well.

ACCESS AND SPECIAL AIR TRAVEL FARES
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SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS FOR PRESENTATIONS
If you wish to present at the Conference and have your paper published in the Conference Proceedings, you must:

1. Write a proposal abstract in English of not more than 150 words.
2. Print out and complete the Presenter Application / Registration Form.
   Presenter Application / Registration Form
3. FAX or mail the Proposal and the Presenter Application Form to:

Mail: ICTE Tallahassee
Conference Secretariat
Post Office Box 540579
Grand Prairie, Texas 75054-0579  USA
E-mail: icte@icte.org

FAX: ICTE Tallahassee
+1-(972) 641-0792

If you send your proposal by Federal Express, Purolator, or other courier, send it to:

Courier: ICTE Tallahassee
Dr. Lynn Peterson
University of Texas at Arlington
416 Yates
300 Nedderman Hall
Arlington, Texas 76019 USA

Proposals must be received by December 31, 2000.

PROPOSAL REFEREE AND SELECTION
An international panel of expert referees will evaluate all proposals submitted. Those selected to present will be notified by early January 31, 2001. Please note that the referee panel may accept your proposal for presentation in a different format or within a different sub-theme than proposed. Please insure that your full address, telephone, fax number, and e-mail address (where applicable) appear on all correspondence. Manuscripts from papers presented at ICTE Tallahassee will be published in the Conference Proceedings if submitted on time and in the required format. Only papers actually presented at the Conference will be published in the Proceedings. Successful proposers should use the ICTE Manuscript Guidelines for instructions on the format for submission of manuscripts. Final completed manuscripts must be received by April 13, 2001. If payment is not received by this date, manuscripts will not be published in ICTE’s Conference Proceedings. Proposers should be prepared in advance to meet this critical deadline.

SPECIAL NOTES
The official language of ICTE is English
The television standard in the United States is NTSC.
Voltage in the United States is 120 v. AC / 60 cycles for all electrical devices

MS-DOS / Windows computers, overhead projectors, 35mm slide projectors, VCR’s, and monitors will be provided. All other required support equipment and voltage transformers are the responsibility of presenters.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:

ICTE / USA
Voice: +1-972-641-0504
Fax: +1-972-641-0792
E-mail: icte@icte.org
Internet: http://www.icte.org

ICTE / Tallahassee -- Learning Systems Institute, Florida State University
Voice: +1-850-644-4722
Fax: +1-850-644-4952
E-mail: ffunk@cpt.fsu.edu

ICTE / Europe
David Walker (Scotland)
Voice/Fax: +44-1592-596210
E-mail: walker@icte.org

HARDWARE, SOFTWARE, AND PUBLICATIONS EXHIBIT
An exhibition is planned for the Conference. ICTE encourages both academic institutions as well as commercial enterprises to exhibit. Companies or institutions wishing to exhibit should contact ICTE one of the following:

ICTE / USA Voice: +1-972-641-0504
Fax: +1-972-641-0792
E-mail: icte@icte.org
Internet: http://www.icte.org

ICTE / Tallahassee -- Learning Systems Institute, Florida State University
Voice: +1-850-644-4722
Fax: +1-850-644-4952
E-mail: ffunk@cpt.fsu.edu

ICTE / Europe
David Walker (Scotland)
Voice/Fax: +44-1592-596210
E-mail: walker@icte.org