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Sixth Annual Conference
of the Institute for
The Study of Postsecondary Pedagogy
The School of Education
The State University of New York at New Paltz
 
NOVEMBER 20-22, 1996 Mohonk Mountain House
 
INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY, PEDAGOGY AND THE CURRICULUM:
RETHINKING THE TEACHING AND LEARNING PROCESS
 
KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Steven Gilbert, Director, AAHE Technology
Projects
 
Instructional technology has been integrated into the
curriculum at many colleges and universities, creating new
interactive learning environments. It is heralded by many as
a panacea for educational ills and a vital component of the
postsecondary curriculum, but critiqued by others as simply
an "add-on" or a subverter of the traditional values of the
core curriculum. Regardless of the political and ideological
divide among some faculty and administrators on this issue,
instructional technology now plays an inevitable role in
educating students at the postsecondary level. However, the
question of how to use the technology most effectively and in
what instructional mode and with what course content and
pedagogy are areas that require more analysis and discussion.
Related issues include how to use technology to restructure
and design courses and to evaluate and assess learning. The
most critical questions involve how technology will change
the teaching and learning process, the creation of knowledge,
and perhaps the very structure of higher education, creating
the virtual university, the university without walls.
 
This conference is designed to explore the broad and complex
issues underlying the interaction of technology, pedagogy,
curriculum, and learning, and to stimulate dialogue across
disciplines and institutional roles and agendas. The Program
Committee invites proposals for paper presentations,
workshops, demonstrations, and roundtables on the suggested
topics and issues:
 
* Technology and Global Education * Designing Courses in
Distance Education & Evaluating and Assessing Learning *
Faculty Development Projects * Technology, Social Identity
and Values * Management and Union Views of Technology:
Collective Antagonism or Bargaining? * Changes in Research
Paradigms and Pedagogies * Social Constructivism and
Technology * Technology, Equity, Access, and the Law *
Technology, Learning Productivity, Educational Objectives and
Assessment * Using the Internet, WWW, and Software in Course
Design and Classroom Teaching * Creating
Distributed/Interactive Learning Environments * Applying and
Evaluating Multimedia/Hypermedia Systems * Curriculum,
Pedagogy and Instruction * Teaching Writing and Rhetoric
Using E-Mail and MOOs * Technology and the Construction of
Disciplinary Knowledge * Authoring and Knowledge-Structuring
Tools * Computer-Mediated Conferencing/Communication *
Institutional Policy, Intellectual Property and Legal Issues
* The Virtual University and the Curriculum * Technology and
the Arts * Interdisciplinary Curricula and Applying
Technology Across Disciplines * Postmodernist Interpretations
of Technology/Electronic Texts * Assessment, Evaluation and
Research Uses of Informational Technology * Collaborative
Learning Models and Technology * Cognition and the Digital
Culture
 
Abstracts should be 250-300 words, typed and single-spaced
and include the title and format, name(s) of presenter(s),
academic title, department, institution, telephone and fax
number, and e-mail address. Proposals must be postmarked or
received by fax no later than JULY 16TH and sent to: The
Program Committee, Postsecondary Conference, Humanities 110,
SUNY at New Paltz, New Paltz NY  12561, Fax: 914-257-2799,
Tel: 914-257-3590 or e-mail at [log in to unmask]
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