Interactive Presentation Types

• Best Practices or Mentoring Moments
• Birds of a Feather
• Workshops
• SITE 360 LIVE: Posters
• Panel Sessions
• Innovators Playground Exhibits
• Paper Presentations

ABSTRACTS ARE NOW BEING ACCEPTED FOR ALL PROPOSALS!

• Best Practices or Mentoring Moments

  • Session length: 30 min
  • Submission length: 550-words min – 2 pages max
  • Proceedings length: 4-6 pages max
  • These best practices sessions focus on innovative teaching strategies and methods that will be shared and demonstrated in interactive ways. Proposals can focus on teaching practices that are applicable for P-12, higher education, and professional development. Proposals should detail what activities will be done during the session and how participants will be engaged.
  • The mentoring moments sessions focus on graduate students and early faculty building careers via networking and mentoring from more experienced faculty and/or researchers. These sessions should be proposed and led by experienced faculty or educational researchers and cover topics that are of interest to graduate students and early faculty. Topics can include – but are not limited to – successfully navigating the job search, establishing a research agenda, grant writing, consulting, and making the most of your conference attendance.

• • Birds of a Feather

    • Session length: 1 hour
    • Submission length: 550-words min – 2 pages max
    • Proceedings length: 6-10 pages max
    • These sessions focus on facilitated conversations surrounding problems of practice. These should be opportunities to share and brainstorm. The purpose of the facilitator is not to present the solution but rather to pose questions and work to involve all attendees in sharing experiences, resources, and ideas. The problems of practice can include any issue that you and others are encountering in our field. Submissions should focus on specific questions and should include background information regarding the issue, what you or others have done to address it, and the outcomes that you hope to have by the end of the session. Possible questions for discussioncould be:
      • What are some strategies for blending synchronous and asynchronous video communication?
      • How can we better mentor PhD students?
      • How do pre-service teachers complete their internships during COVID-19?
      • How can we better engage students in authentic projects while at a distance?
      • What changes should be made to teacher preparation programs, what are the obstacles to those changes, and how can we overcome them?
      • How do we better infuse educational technology into subject specific teaching methods courses or practicum experiences?
      • How do we support school districts in their efforts to address issues related to inequality?

  • Workshops

    • Session length: 90 minutes
    • Submission length: 550-words min – 2 pages max
    • Proceedings length: no pages required
    • Workshops are intended to enhance the skills and broaden the perspective of their attendees. They should be designed to introduce a rigorous framework for learning a new area or to provide technical training in an area. Proposals should detail the workshop’s learning objectives, the workshop activities, and how attendees will be active participants.

  • SITE 360 LIVE: Posters

    • Session length: 6 min presentation and 9 min Q&A
    • Submission length: 550-words min – 2 pages max
    • Proceedings length: 4-6 pages max
    • SITE 360 LIVE sessions allow for a short 6-minutes (or 360 seconds) presentation  followed by a 9 min Q&A. These sessions enable researchers and non-commercial developers to demonstrate and discuss how they have addressed an important problem and share their latest results/outcomes in order to gain feedback and establish contact with similar projects. Proposals should emphasize the problem, describe what was done, share emerging outcomes, and argue why the work should move forward.

  • Panel Sessions

    • Session length: 1 hour
    • Submission length: 550-words min – 2 pages max
    • Proceedings pages: 6 pages max per paper
    • These sessions bring together experts on a topic for the purpose of sharing and discussing information and experiences that will help attendees to be better practitioners, educators, and researchers. The purpose of the panel is to facilitate a conversation with attendees. Proposals should describe the target practice/topic, the panelists’ background related to the topic, what will be shared by the panelists, and what opportunities will be provided to attendees to contribute to the conversation

• Innovators Playground Exhibits

  • Session length: 60 min
  • Submission length: 550-words min – 2 pages max
  • Proceedings pages: 4-6 pages max
  • Innovators Playground, showcasing new innovations in education from organizations and communities across the globe! Attendees can experience activities with the top creative and learning technologies in an interactive space. Practitioners will share activities, tools, and curriculum currently experiencing success at their institution! Exhibitors have the outstanding opportunity to connect with decision makers and influencers from over 60+ countries in the field of education!

• Papers Presentations

  • Presentation time: 15 minutes plus 10 minutes for Q&A
  • Submission length: 550-words min – 2 pages max
  • Proceedings length: 4-6 pages max
  • Papers may be either work in progress or completed scholarship. A paper proposal needs to meet both the minimum page/word count length (2-4 pages or 1250–2500 words) as well as address the required components sufficiently for reviewers to make a decision on acceptance. Without sufficient development as outlined below, submissions will not be considered. Accepted papers at SITE Interactive should include sufficient time for academic discussion. At a minimum, the following sections must be included in the proposal:

1. 1. 1. Title (Please note: no author names should be included for the purposes of blind review)
      2. Abstract/keywords
      3. Introduction/study context,
      4. Theoretical or Conceptual Framework (if applicable)
      5. Literature review including rationale/significance of study to the field of teacher education
      6. Results and/or substantiated conclusions or warrants for arguments/point of view
      7. The scientific or scholarly significance of the study of work.
      8. References
      9. The submission should clearly indicate:

• • • • what is going to be shown or demonstrated or offered;
      • the major aspects;
      • the context or motivation;
      • relevant URLs or literature references.

Submission Guidelines

Proceedings Guidelines

The registration fee for Virtual Presenters includes:

• Paper processing and publication in the LearnTechLib proceedings.
• Capability to interact with your session’s participants synchronously and asynchronously, prior to, during, and after the event.
• Technical support for the online presentation platform.
• Access to Keynote & Invited Speaker talks.
• Access to all asynchronous conference session discussions.
• Viewing of keynote and invited speaker talks.
• Proceedings access via the LearnTechLib