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CASLL Members -- Rebecca Cameron of Toronto has just started teaching
at Mount Royal College in Calgary. She sends on this call for
proposals.

Margaret
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> 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
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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.
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> 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:
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> * 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
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> 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.
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> 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
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