HERDSA: IUT Conference notice

[Rod McKay]

                              CALL FOR PAPERS
                       22nd International Conference
                      on Improving University Teaching

                  Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 21-24 July 1997

                          Under the auspices of
                         Faculdade da Cidade and
                 University of Maryland University College


     The IUT Conference is an international forum where
participants from several countries share goals, challenges, and
discoveries that bear on the quality of postsecondary learning
and teaching.  The conference stresses dialogue among all
participants.  The theme of the 22nd Conference is TECHNOLOGY IN
LEARNING AND TEACHING.  Papers are invited in these topic areas:

..    Technology and Student Learning

     Can technology enhance information processing, cognition, and
     performance on learning tasks?  In what ways?  Do students learn
     differently in different formats?  If so, how?  Are students
     acquiring the skills of self-managed learners through study at a
     distance?  What forms of technology-aided learning are proving most
     effective and why?  What learning outcomes are we seeing from the
     use of technology, and how are we measuring these outcomes?  How
     are the rapid increases in information resources being incorporated
     into curricula?  Has information literacy become a more important
     part of student learning?  What are students telling us about their
     technology learning needs and their learning preferences?

..    Technology and Teachers

     In what ways does technology affect the work of faculty development
     specialists?  How is the role of faculty changing through the use of
     technology, and how can faculty be prepared to best fulfill this role?
     Can pedagogy be enhanced through technology without sacrificing the
     benefits of face-to-face, in-person interaction between faculty and
     students?  In what manner is technology influencing teacher-student
     relationships?  To what extent are "mainstream" faculty--not only
     instructional technology pioneers--using technology in their teaching?
     With what level of satisfaction?  How do we encourage faculty in
     various academic disciplines to use instructional technologies with
     their students?  How much training, of what kind, do various faculty
     need, and how do we intend to provide it?

..    Technology and the University

     What steps are institutions taking to foster and reward instructional
     uses of technology?  How do institutions decide about investments in
     technology--how much and what kinds?  How can we plan when tech-
     nologies are changing so rapidly?  How much technological skill do
     institutions require of faculty and students?  Should we see
     technology as an instructional tool or as academic content or both?
     Reevaluating our academic and administrative structures in light of the
     increased use of information and instructional technologies, what
     changes do we need to make as we enter the 21st century?  How are
     institutions paying for technology?  What kinds of technology-based
     partnerships among institutions are productive?

Deadline: 15 February 1997

Workshop proposals also are invited.  For instructions on submitting
a paper or proposal and further information about the conference:

Improving University Teaching
University of Maryland University College
2252 Student and Faculty Services Center
University Boulevard at Adelphi Road
College Park, MD 20742-1659
U.S.A.
Fax: 301-985-7226
E-mail: iut@umuc.umd.edu
WWW: http://www.umuc.edu/iut