Dear Colleagues, We hope you will find this Call for Presentations to be of interest. Please see our website for more details: www.suny.edu/global/coil <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?SUNYCOILCenter/a8eb5c5d9c/78e62f6351/e9814c8e7c
Best Regards, The COIL 2012 Conference Team COILConference@suny.edu <mailto:COILConference@suny.edu> The SUNY Center for Collaborative Online International Learning (COIL) is pleased to announce that its fourth annual conference, Moving from Me to We: Breaking Boundaries and Building Bridges with Globally Networked Learning Partnerships, will be held June 7-8, at the SUNY Global Center in New York City. We invite proposals for presentations that broadly support this year's conference themes; including individual presentations, panels, mini-workshops, or alternative innovative formats (including those utilizing videoconferencing and other technologies). Joint proposals from cross-department and/or inter-institutional teams, those which include substantial audience participation, or which bring in student perspectives are particularly encouraged. This year's conference is being held June 7-8, at the SUNY Global Center in New York City. COIL's annual conference gathers faculty, international educators, instructional technologists, and administrators from around the world to share experiences and best practices for developing globally networked learning initiatives. The SUNY COIL Center is a leader in the emerging field of Globally Networked Learning (GNL); a teaching and learning methodology which provides innovative cost-effective internationalization strategies. GNL programs foster faculty and student exchange with peers abroad through co-taught multicultural online and blended learning environments that emphasize experiential collaboration. 2012 COIL Conference Themes: - Globally Networked Classrooms as Portals to Increased Study Abroad Participation - Role of GNL in Integrating Intercultural or Global Dimensions into the Curriculum - Growing and Sustaining Globally Networked Learning Initiatives - Supporting the Faculty and Institutional Partnering Process - Application of Educational Technology to Internationalization - Fostering and Evaluating Student Cross-cultural Competence - Initial outcomes of the COIL Institute for Globally Networked Learning in the Humanities Proposals should be sent via email to COILConference@suny.edu <mailto:COILConference@suny.edu> by March 26, 2012 and include the following information: - Type of session (e.g. panel or individual presentation) - Proposed duration of session (20 - 60 minutes, please see conference website for details) - Preferred room size - Title (up to 15 words) - 200-400 word abstract which identifies what will be presented in the session, the target audience, and the delivery format - 3 key points audience members learn from the session - Name, institutional/departmental affiliation(s), position, and contact information for each presenter - Technology and audio/visual requirements Please visit our website for more details: www.suny.edu/global/coil <http://cts.vresp.com/c/?SUNYCOILCenter/a8eb5c5d9c/78e62f6351/e9814c8e7c
. Any questions about the CFP process or the conference venue should be directed to COILConference@suny.edu <mailto:COILConference@suny.edu> . Applicants will be notified of the status of their proposal application by early April.