CASLL Members -- Rebecca Cameron of Toronto has just started teaching at Mount Royal College in Calgary. She sends on this call for proposals. Margaret > > > > ----------------------------------------------- > > Technology/Pedagogy/Politics: > Critical Visions of New Technologies in Education > Centre for Communication Studies and Department > of English > Mount Royal College > May 7-8, 1999 > > New technologies in education continue to > proliferate as governments, industry and > educators join forces to create virtual learning > networks. To date, the discourse in education > has been dominated by optimistic visions that > promise these technologies will create plentiful > opportunities for better and more accessible > learning. > > However, changes have occurred so rapidly that > many educators have had few opportunities to > debate the political, social, and cultural > implications of these new pedagogical practices > or to assess their efficacy. > > This conference offers an opportunity to develop > an alternative stance around new technologies > starting from the premise that politics, > pedagogy and technology are inextricably linked. > > We invite work that addresses the historical, > social and political contexts of technology in > education, critiques of technology, issues of > assessment and evaluation, and/or best > practices. Suggested topics include: > > > * The politics of on-line assessment > * Distribution of resources and questions of > access > * Examples of best practice > * Questions of identity and community > * Academic standing of on-line publishing and > pedagogical experimentation > * Intellectual property rights > * Social and historical contexts of the current > revolution > * Examining the assumptions behind institutional > and governmental technology plans > * The rhetoric of new technologies: fancy new > toys versus sound pedagogical theory > * Gender and social justice issues > > We welcome proposals working from all > perspectives and which employ both traditional > and non-traditional formats. Submissions from > the public sector and student work are welcome. > Publication of selected papers is currently > planned. > > Send 250 word abstract by Dec 1, 1998 to: > Lee Easton / David Hyttenrauch > Department of English > Mount Royal College > 4825 Richard Road S.W. > Calgary, Alberta T3E 6K6 > Email: [log in to unmask], > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > > -- (Dr.) Margaret Procter Room 216, 15 King's College Circle Coordinator, Writing Support Toronto, Ontario M5S 3H7 University of Toronto (416) 978-8109; FAX (416) 971-2027 www.library.utoronto.ca/www/writing/ [log in to unmask]