From: rmutton@alfred.ccs.carleton.ca (Ross Mutton)
Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences
Subject: AMTEC 93 Call For Papers
Summary: AMTEC 93 - June '93 - Windsor, Canada
Keywords: media,education,technology,film,video,computers
Date: 19 Nov 92 02:50:45 GMT
Expires: Fri, 8 Jan 1993 08:00:00 GMT
Organization: Carleton University


CALL FOR PAPERS AND WORKSHOPS- Association for Media and Technology in
Education in Canada- AMTEC '93

June 13 - 16, 1993
Cleary International Centre,
Windsor, Ontario, Canada


General Information

The AMTEC Annual Conference brings together more than 300 participants
from across Canada and this year, the north central USA.  Participants
represent a wide spectrum of media and technology professionals
encompassing all levels including elementary through post secondary
education and human resource development in public service and
business and industry.

A technical exhibit supplements the paper and workshop sessions so
that participants will receive first hand knowledge of new products and
services.

Invitation

This year, you are especially invited to submit a paper or workshop
relating to the AMTEC '93 Conference theme, Bridging Learning
Opportunities, although we welcome submissions on all topics in
educational technology.

Suggested Topics

* Across International Borders
          - Free Trade: Promotion, sales and service of equipment
          - Free Trade: Promotion and sales of software and learning
            materials
          - Using Learning Materials: national differences, cultural
            differences and expectations of users in schools, offices,
            and factories
          - Producing Learning Materials: consortia and cooperation

* Across School Systems
          - Across grade levels from K to Ph.D.
          - Public/ Separate/ Private Schools
          - Liberal Arts/ Professional/ Vocational schooling
          - Across Canadian Provincial and Regional borders
          - Across disciplinary boundaries

* Across Social Differences
          - Male/ Female
          - Privileged/ Poor
          - Majority/ Minority [racial, religious, ethnic, etc.]
          - Abled/ Disabled
          - Young/ Adolescent/ Adult/ Old

* Other Contemporary Issues and Themes

- Recession and Contraction: Learning to do with less
- Pre-service and In-service Education: Training teachers
- The Educational Communication profession: Training and standards for
  designers and producers of instructional technology
- Equipment for Learning: Designing or adapting industrial or
  consumer equipment for teaching and learning
- Empowerment of Schools
- Successful Practices: Sharing what works for us
- Media Literacy: Defining it; teaching it; servicing it
- New paradigms: Theoretical, conceptual, and cultural shifts and
  their implications for educational communication
- Continuing Issues: copyright, distance education, etc.


Procedure

Only complete proposals will be accepted for evaluation.  Complete
proposals will include two copies of the proposal forms.  Session
proposals from commercial firms will be evaluated on the basis of the
introduction of new technologies or new processes that will be of
interest to participants.  Guidelines are available for commercial
sessions.  All proposals must be submitted to the AMTEC '93 Program
Committee postmarked by Friday, January 8, 1993.

After careful consideration and evaluation, the Program Committee will
advise all prospective presenters of the status of their proposals
early in 1993.  A "package for presenters" will be sent to successful
applicants describing details of the final session presentation.
Completed presentation forms from the "package for presenters" should
be returned to the Program Committee by Friday, April 16, 1993.

A Conference Proceedings book will be available to all participants at
the conference and will include the full text of papers and workshops
(limit six double spaced pages) accepted for the conference.

Author's Responsibilities

Authors will be responsible for the cost of travel, accommodation and
registration in order to present their papers or workshops.  For full
and half day pre-conference workshops where participants are charged
an additional fee other conditions may apply.


For more information and Presentation Proposal forms, please contact:

The Program Committee,
AMTEC '93 Conference,
Division for Instructional Development,
University of Windsor,
Windsor, Ontario, Canada
N9B 3P4
FAX 519-971-3608


Posted by:
Ross Mutton
Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
rmutton@ccs.carleton.ca
613-788-3814   FAX  613-788-3928