Theme: Innovating
and Inspiring in a Global
World
We cordially invite you to
participate in the 19th Annual HBCU Faculty Development Network Conference to be held in
Orlando, Florida on October 18-20, 2012. With this year’s conference them: “Innovating
and Inspiring in a Global World,” we invite and challenge our HBCU Faculty
Development Network colleagues to develop new ideas and ways of thinking about
innovation in teaching and at the same time inspire our students to perform to
their optimal level of scholarship. For most of our students, the traditional
approaches of teaching and learning may be outdated. Although the role and
responsibility of the college professor remains the same, the classroom
environment, the students, and the tools needed to engender more impactful
teaching and learning outcomes have drastically changed. Indeed, when this
generation of students comes into the classroom, they seem to expect an
environment that mirrors their world.
Additionally, because of the
exponential growth of knowledge and its availability anywhere and anytime, it
has become increasingly difficult for college faculty to facilitate the
motivation and inspire students to learn. Instructional faculty cannot afford
to remain passive with teaching modalities; innovative ways to inspire students
and prepare them for a global world must be found. This means that all who are
concerned about educating our students to function in a global society have a
responsibility to adapt teaching and learning to the needs of the students
rather than the students adapting to the needs of the instructional personnel.
Orlando is the ideal setting for this year’s conference. The City of Orlando,
Florida, is a vacation mecca for people from around the world. In fact, the
entire Orlando region is home to an incredible assortment of family
entertainment attractions, second to none. Among them are:
Aquatica Water Park by SeaWorld: This
attraction is a unique twist on the traditional
water park, and it has something
of interest for everyone. Vacationers from the United
States and from
around the world come to splash, slide and take the plunge.
Discovery Cove, Orlando: This is
another great Florida family attraction from the
creators of SeaWorld as here you
can actually swim with the Dolphins. Interactions with
the dolphins and other animals is
carefully supervised and controlled for the safety of
both sea creatures and people.
Walt Disney World: Its
family of theme parks include Animal Kingdom, Epcot Center,
MGM Studios, plus a complex of
resorts, nightlife, water parks, and other family
attractions. This complex gave
birth to Orlando as a family vacation center.
Universal Studios Florida: A real,
working film and TV production facility with rides,
shows, and movie sets.
We look forward to seeing you in
Orlando this October!
Jeton McClinton, Conference
Coordinator, (jeton.mcclinton@jsums.edu
Laurette Foster, Conference
Co-Chair (lbfoster@pvamu.edu)
Steve Rozman, Conference Co-Chair
and Executive Director (srozman@aol.com)
Eugene Hermitte, President (ehermitte@gmail.com)
Strands of the HBCU Faculty
Development Symposium
Collaborative
Models
Active
Learning and Engagement
Curriculum
Design and Revision
Diversity
and Globalization
Learning
Across the Curriculum & Learning Communities
Educational
Technology
Assessment
and Evaluation
Civic
Engagement and Social Justice
Special
Topics in Health, Natural and Engineering Sciences
NOTE: See
strands link on the HBCUFDN website for detailed descriptions:
General Information
All proposals are due on or
before Friday, March 16, 2012. Notifications of acceptance of proposal will be
sent by May 11th, 2012. All proposals should be submitted using the form provided
via the Call for Proposals link. Please submit your completed form online
beginning Tuesday, January 31st on the HBCUFDN website at http://www.HBCUFDN.org. The
deadline for receiving proposals will be midnight (Central) on Friday,
March 16, 2012.
Session Types
The Network welcomes
proposals for a variety of session types, including the following:
1. Pre-conference Workshops:*
3-hour
interactive workshops
2. Concurrent Sessions:
75-minute
interactive sessions
75-minute
roundtable discussions
poster
presentations
For all session types, proposals
should describe work that is systematically designed, implemented, and
assessed, and make clear how participants might apply, extend, or adapt the
ideas they learned. Specific information about the different session types follows.
Pre-conference Workshops
Pre-conference workshops
emphasize learning-by-doing and provide participants the opportunity to explore
topics in depth through a combination of hands-on activities, reflection, and
discussion. As such, proposals should include a detailed outline describing the
types of learning activities and interaction you are planning. Additionally,
proposals should indicate the maximum number of participants and any special
room set-up you might need. Audio-visual equipment, including a LCD projector,
flipchart, and wireless internet access, may be requested. Computer
laboratories are not available and presenters must provide their own laptops.
The vast majority of pre-conference workshops are three hours in length. These
workshops will take place the morning of Thursday, October 18th. Pre-conference
workshops are advertised in the conference registration materials. We will
notify you of pre-registration numbers before the conference and request that
you be prepared for and accommodate on-site registrants as well.
Concurrent Sessions :
75-minute interactive
sessions:
These sessions combine brief
presentations or panel discussions with methods that engage all participants.
We recommend that your sessions be interactive, collegial sessions—not of
lecturing or reading papers to passive audiences. Session leaders are
encouraged to incorporate meaningful activities as appropriate, selecting from
a variety of methods such as presentation, demonstration, discussion,
application, feedback, group and individual work, and role playing. We
encourage you to creativity model exemplary teaching! Audio-visual equipment,
including a LCD projector, flipchart, and wireless internet access, may be
requested.
Roundtable Discussions:
Roundtable discussions provide an
opportunity for various kinds of interactions in a smaller group setting such
as discussion of a concept, approach, program, issue, case study, or reading.
This format is ideal for getting to know people who may be facing similar
issues to you, for exploring new ideas, and sharing practices. It is contrary
to the spirit of a roundtable discussion for the facilitator to make a formal
presentation. No audio-visual equipment is available for roundtable discussions
and none may be used by presenters in this format.
Poster presentations:
The poster session provides an
ideal format for presenting your research, program, or work-in-progress in a
context where you can engage in many one-on-one discussions with colleagues.
Attractive posters using large, readable fonts and illustrative graphics will
attract conference participants and invite conversation about your work. Each
poster presenter will have a 4x8 foot poster board, a supply of thumbtacks, and
a small presenter’s table. The poster board can easily accommodate large format
posters or individual 8½”x11” sheets. The presenter’s table is ideal for
displaying materials, handouts, business cards, etc. Note that the poster
session site has no multi-media support, no guaranteed wireless internet
connection, and no power outlets. Personal laptops may be used during the
poster session, but we recommend bringing an additional battery, a backup
laptop, and/ or paper handouts.
Guidelines for Proposals
Eligibility
All are welcome to submit a
proposal. Once a session is accepted, each presenter and co-presenter must
agree to be a member of the HBCUFDN and be a paid registrant at the conference.
Number of proposals per
person
Each attendee may propose up
to one pre-conference workshop as either the primary or co-presenter.
Each attendee may also propose up
to two concurrent sessions but he/she may be the primary presenter for only one
of these sessions. For the second session, he/she must be listed as a
co-presenter. Interactive sessions, roundtable discussions, posters
presentations, and joint HBCUFDN sessions are included in this two-session
limit.
Example #1: An attendee may
submit one concurrent session proposal as the lead presenter and a second
concurrent session proposal as co-presenter.
Example #2: An attendee may submit two concurrent session
proposals as co-presenter.
Example#3: An attendee may submit
one pre-conference workshop proposal as the
lead presenter, a concurrent
session proposal as lead presenter, and a second concurrent session proposal as
co-presenter.
Sale of materials and the
solicitation of consulting work
To avoid the possibility of a
conflict of interest, the Network does not permit in any conference session the
sale of materials before or during the conference nor the solicitation of
presentation materials after the conference. Furthermore, The Network does not
allow presenters to solicit consulting work during any session listed in the
program. Session presenters are permitted to use materials they have created
and to refer to consulting work that they do, but neither materials nor
services may be offered for sale during the session. Pre-conference
workshops may receive permission to charge an additional fee for materials
(such as books), to be collected with the conference registration fee.
Because the Network recognizes
and values the expertise of its members, the conference schedule includes a
Vendor Exhibit, a specific time when materials can be sold and consultation
work can be solicited. Questions about this conference practice should be
addressed to the Executive Director or the Conference Chairs.
Submission Process
Proposals may be submitted online
beginning Tuesday, January 31st on the HBCUFDN website at http://www.HBCUFDN.org and will be due by
midnight (Central) on Friday, March 16, 2012.
Detailed submission instructions
are provided on the website. Before you prepare a proposal, please ensure that
you have read the guidelines for proposals. Failure to follow
these guidelines may lead to the rejection of a proposal.
Components of the Proposal
(Note: All proposals are
blind-reviewed in accordance with the guidelines described above.)
Contact
information
Session
title (no more than 10 words)
Session
abstract (no more than 100 words)
Designation
of the strand.
Please
select the type of session best suited for your proposal. Be sure that there is
a fit between what you intend to accomplish and the type of session you choose.
Session
description (no more than 500 words)
o State expected outcomes for
session participants.
o Outline the session activities
and plan for interaction (please model exemplary teaching and learning
practices) For poster presentations, focus on the manner in which you plan to
present your work rather than on the type of interaction you
anticipate.
** Appropriately and
meaningfully connect your proposal to the overall conference theme: Innovating
and Inspiring in a Global World.
"Travel
Grants: This year, through the generous support of the Andrew Mellon
Foundation, we will be able to offer more than fifty travel grants of $1,000
each for the Annual Conference. Awards will be competitive and based on
the quality of proposals."
