GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS

The Ministry of Education Singapore, ISTE and Academy of Principals (Singapore) are now calling for proposals for iCTLT 2012. All teachers, school leaders, educators, researchers and industry leaders from related fields are invited to submit proposals. We also welcome corporate-sponsored proposals from exhibitors. The deadline for submission has been extended to 26 August 2011.

The theme for the conference is
Do IT! Transform Learning, Shape the Future.

The strands are:

Envision: ICT leadership in creating visions and providing conditions in leading change; and professional development initiatives in using ICT to bring about pedagogical changes. This strand includes:
  • Professional Development
    This examines how teacher capacity building comprising aspects of teaching strategies, pedagogy mastery and professional competency development are undertaken to meet evolving learner needs.
  • School Improvement
    This sub-strand focuses on the identification of learning and developmental needs, and the formulation of changes by school leadership in the process of redefining 21st Century student learning outcomes.
  • Change Management
    This sub-strand focuses on how ICT leaders envision, lead and address change management issues in the process of integrating ICT within the school curriculum.
  • Technology Planning and Integration
    This sub-strand examines how schools forecast future trends and strategise the translation of learner outcomes through innovative ICT integrative programmes.

Engage: Teaching and Learning in the Digital Age focuses on designing, implementing and evaluating ICT-enriched learning student experiences that incorporate aspects of:
  • ICT pedagogy/pedagogical practices
    This sub-strand focuses on ICT classroom strategies that effectively integrate with teachers' pedagogical practices to derive engaging, effective and meaningful student-centric learning.
  • Collaborative Learning
    This sub-strand focuses on the challenges, issues and solutions in undertaking collaborative learning through assisted technology.
  • Self-directed Learning
    This sub-strand focuses on the strategies, processes and programmes that encourage students to manage, monitor, extend their learning, and self-regulate their personal development in cognitive and affective domains.
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Explore: Innovative and Emerging technology learning environments that brings about enriching learning experiences on use of emerging technologies. This strand includes:
  • Social networking avenues
    This sub-strand focuses on how online social network services like blog, forum, instant messaging, Twitter and Facebook provide new opportunities for learners to come together to communicate, share, collectively learn and form their own communities of interests.
  • Learning Management System
    This sub-strand focuses on how learning management systems can be effectively used to manage learning activities, aid administration, manage resources, and document learner performance.
  • Emerging learner-enabled platforms
    This sub-strand focuses on affordances of emerging platforms such as mobile technology, immersive game play and virtual worlds, and their impact on enhancing teachers' pedagogical approach to student learning.
  • Student Assessment
    This sub-strand focuses on assessing pedagogy effectiveness, measuring outcomes of learning activities and provision of guidance to learners (assessment for learning) through assisted technology.

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Categories of Proposals

Submission of proposals can be for a Paper Presentation. It is important to note that all presenters should ensure that legal copies of software are used at the conference.

Paper Presentations
The duration of each presentation can either be 30 min or 60 min, and will be held during the concurrent sessions in meeting rooms.

Paper presentation may be presented as follows:
  • Lecture - There may be one or more presenters, each addressing the audience independently. The content should be of high interest and widely applicable to the audience. It should educate, inspire, challenge, and/or provide specific implementation ideas. The focus should be on evaluation and synthesis rather than the history/details of a specific project or initiative.
  • Panel - The main presenter serves as the moderator for his or her co-presenter panelists. The content should lend itself to a variety of perspectives with the moderator focusing on creating a cohesive presentation.
  • Model Lesson - In this session, presenter assumes the role of a teacher while audience assumes role of observers or students in a 21st century model classroom. The model lesson should create more interactivity, engagement, learn-by-doing environments and take advantage of technology to deliver the cutting-edge pedagogy for instruction in a model classroom.
  • BYOL - "Bring your own laptop" uses a revolutionary approach where participants bring their own laptops to learn new technology through practice. There is more hands-on and interaction activities involving the participants. Presenters could share learning resources or software applications to engage participants in a hands-on explorative or interactive environment. The instructional learning concepts in this session should be clarified and organised in a logical direction so that the participant's learning can be facilitated. (Note: BYOL session is not suitable for featuring bandwidth-heavy MUVES or requires any software downloads)
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Submission of Proposals
  • Fees - There is no fee to submit; however, if accepted, paper presenters are required to register for the conference. Paper presenters pay the lowest applicable fee regardless of when they register (equivalent to Early-Bird registration fee).
  • Online Submission - All proposals will be submitted online.
  • Status of Submission - Acceptance/regret notifications will be e-mailed by September 2011.

Submission Format
Click here to see full submission form(PDF)

Evaluation of Proposals
The iCTLT Programme Committee will review and evaluate proposals based on the following criteria:
  • Relevance of topic to the field of educational technology
  • Educational significance and contribution to the respective theme and strands
  • Ease of replication
  • Interest to participants
  • Presenter's knowledge and experience
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Terms and Conditions
Presenters agree to abide by the following terms and conditions associated with submissions for the iCTLT 2012:

  1. The language of the conference is English, thus all papers are to be in English.
  2. All submissions should follow the submission guidelines provided. Promotion of commercial products in the submissions is not allowed. Details on presenters and co-presenters will be entered as part of the online submission form and the Organising Committee will contact the presenter who submits the proposal.
  3. The decision of the iCTLT 2012 Committee in relation to the acceptance of submissions is final.
  4. Presenters will be notified of acceptance, rejection and/ or suggested modifications as soon as the review process has been completed. Presenters should act on feedback and comments provided by the iCTLT 2012 reviewers in order to ensure consistency of presentation with the conference themes and strands as well as high quality of conference proceedings.
  5. By submitting a proposal to be reviewed, the presenter(s) is/are indicating that at least one of the presenters will attend the conference and present the paper. Any papers not presented by a presenter/ co-presenter will not be published in the conference proceedings.
  6. Each presenter is limited to a maximum of 2 proposal submissions. In the event that more than one paper is accepted, it is necessary to agree on a presenter for each respective paper.
  7. At least one presenter of the group presentation must register for the iCTLT 2012 Conference and pay the registration fee by the required date.
  8. Successfully refereed papers will be published in iCTLT 2012 Conference Proceedings. The conference proceedings will also be available online at the iCTLT 2012 website.
By submitting your paper (Contribution) to the iCTLT Conference 2012:

You warrant that the Contribution will be original, will not violate or infringe any existing copyright or other right (of whatever nature) of any third party, will contain nothing obscene, blasphemous, defamatory, misleading or otherwise unlawful; and will contain no factual statements which are not true or based upon generally accepted research practices; and you further warrant that you have full power to enter into this Agreement. If the Contribution does not conform to the warranties set out in this paragraph, you will indemnify MOE (Singapore), ISTE, APS against any claims, loss, injury, damage or costs (including legal costs) that arise as a result of your breach of warranty.

You will be responsible (at your expense) for obtaining permission for the inclusion in the Copyright of any third party copyright material.

Copyright in the Conference Proceedings as a whole is with MOE (Singapore), ISTE and APS.

Presenters retain their rights to their individual papers included in the proceedings, and by submitting their work for presentation at the Conference, presenters grant a royalty-free, non-exclusive license to the iCTLT Organising Committee to use, distribute, publish, exhibit, record, digitize, broadcast, reproduce and archive the Contribution in any format or medium. In connection with the permission granted in this paragraph, the presenters also grants the iCTLT Organising Committee the unlimited, worldwide, irrevocable right to use his/ her name, pictures, likeness, voice and biographical information as part of advertisement, distribution and sale of products.

The iCTLT Organising Committee will have the right, where we consider it necessary, to revise, edit, amend and correct the Contribution in the interest of the relevance, consistency and quality of the style and content of the Proceedings as a whole. The iCTLT Organising Committee will have the right to decline to publish the Contribution if, for any reason, it fails to meet with our full satisfaction.

MOE (Singapore), ISTE, APS and their publisher and staff take no responsibility and accept no liability whatsoever for the accuracy, impact or consequences of any paper published in the conference proceedings, whether referred or not. Papers reflect presenters’ opinions, not those of MOE (Singapore), ISTE and APS, their publisher or their staff.
 
Strands
Categories of Proposals
Submission of Proposals
Evaluation of Proposals
Terms & Conditions
Terms and Conditions
Presenters agree to abide by the following terms and conditions associated with submissions for the iCTLT 2012:

  1. The language of the conference is English, thus all papers are to be in English.
  2. All submissions should follow the submission guidelines provided. Promotion of commercial products in the submissions is not allowed. Details on presenters and co-presenters will be entered as part of the online submission form and the Organising Committee will contact the presenter who submits the proposal.
  3. The decision of the iCTLT 2012 Committee in relation to the acceptance of submissions is final.
  4. Presenters will be notified of acceptance, rejection and/ or suggested modifications as soon as the review process has been completed. Presenters should act on feedback and comments provided by the iCTLT 2012 reviewers in order to ensure consistency of presentation with the conference themes and strands as well as high quality of conference proceedings.
  5. By submitting a proposal to be reviewed, the presenter(s) is/are indicating that at least one of the presenters will attend the conference and present the paper. Any papers not presented by a presenter/ co-presenter will not be published in the conference proceedings.
  6. Each presenter is limited to a maximum of 2 proposal submissions. In the event that more than one paper is accepted, it is necessary to agree on a presenter for each respective paper.
  7. At least one presenter of the group presentation must register for the iCTLT 2012 Conference and pay the registration fee by the required date.
  8. Successfully refereed papers will be published in iCTLT 2012 Conference Proceedings. The conference proceedings will also be available online at the iCTLT 2012 website.
By submitting your paper (Contribution) to the iCTLT Conference 2012:

You warrant that the Contribution will be original, will not violate or infringe any existing copyright or other right (of whatever nature) of any third party, will contain nothing obscene, blasphemous, defamatory, misleading or otherwise unlawful; and will contain no factual statements which are not true or based upon generally accepted research practices; and you further warrant that you have full power to enter into this Agreement. If the Contribution does not conform to the warranties set out in this paragraph, you will indemnify MOE (Singapore), ISTE, APS against any claims, loss, injury, damage or costs (including legal costs) that arise as a result of your breach of warranty.

You will be responsible (at your expense) for obtaining permission for the inclusion in the Copyright of any third party copyright material.

Copyright in the Conference Proceedings as a whole is with MOE (Singapore), ISTE and APS.

Presenters retain their rights to their individual papers included in the proceedings, and by submitting their work for presentation at the Conference, presenters grant a royalty-free, non-exclusive license to the iCTLT Organising Committee to use, distribute, publish, exhibit, record, digitize, broadcast, reproduce and archive the Contribution in any format or medium. In connection with the permission granted in this paragraph, the presenters also grants the iCTLT Organising Committee the unlimited, worldwide, irrevocable right to use his/ her name, pictures, likeness, voice and biographical information as part of advertisement, distribution and sale of products.

The iCTLT Organising Committee will have the right, where we consider it necessary, to revise, edit, amend and correct the Contribution in the interest of the relevance, consistency and quality of the style and content of the Proceedings as a whole. The iCTLT Organising Committee will have the right to decline to publish the Contribution if, for any reason, it fails to meet with our full satisfaction.

MOE (Singapore), ISTE, APS and their publisher and staff take no responsibility and accept no liability whatsoever for the accuracy, impact or consequences of any paper published in the conference proceedings, whether referred or not. Papers reflect presenters’ opinions, not those of MOE (Singapore), ISTE and APS, their publisher or their staff.
Terms and Conditions
Presenters agree to abide by the following terms and conditions associated with submissions for the iCTLT 2012:

  1. The language of the conference is English, thus all papers are to be in English.
  2. All submissions should follow the submission guidelines provided. Promotion of commercial products in the submissions is not allowed. Details on presenters and co-presenters will be entered as part of the online submission form and the Organising Committee will contact the presenter who submits the proposal.
  3. The decision of the iCTLT 2012 Committee in relation to the acceptance of submissions is final.
  4. Presenters will be notified of acceptance, rejection and/ or suggested modifications as soon as the review process has been completed. Presenters should act on feedback and comments provided by the iCTLT 2012 reviewers in order to ensure consistency of presentation with the conference themes and strands as well as high quality of conference proceedings.
  5. By submitting a proposal to be reviewed, the presenter(s) is/are indicating that at least one of the presenters will attend the conference and present the paper. Any papers not presented by a presenter/ co-presenter will not be published in the conference proceedings.
  6. Each presenter is limited to a maximum of 2 proposal submissions. In the event that more than one paper is accepted, it is necessary to agree on a presenter for each respective paper.
  7. At least one presenter of the group presentation must register for the iCTLT 2012 Conference and pay the registration fee by the required date.
  8. Successfully refereed papers will be published in iCTLT 2012 Conference Proceedings. The conference proceedings will also be available online at the iCTLT 2012 website.
By submitting your paper (Contribution) to the iCTLT Conference 2012:

You warrant that the Contribution will be original, will not violate or infringe any existing copyright or other right (of whatever nature) of any third party, will contain nothing obscene, blasphemous, defamatory, misleading or otherwise unlawful; and will contain no factual statements which are not true or based upon generally accepted research practices; and you further warrant that you have full power to enter into this Agreement. If the Contribution does not conform to the warranties set out in this paragraph, you will indemnify MOE (Singapore), ISTE, APS against any claims, loss, injury, damage or costs (including legal costs) that arise as a result of your breach of warranty.

You will be responsible (at your expense) for obtaining permission for the inclusion in the Copyright of any third party copyright material.

Copyright in the Conference Proceedings as a whole is with MOE (Singapore), ISTE and APS.

Presenters retain their rights to their individual papers included in the proceedings, and by submitting their work for presentation at the Conference, presenters grant a royalty-free, non-exclusive license to the iCTLT Organising Committee to use, distribute, publish, exhibit, record, digitize, broadcast, reproduce and archive the Contribution in any format or medium. In connection with the permission granted in this paragraph, the presenters also grants the iCTLT Organising Committee the unlimited, worldwide, irrevocable right to use his/ her name, pictures, likeness, voice and biographical information as part of advertisement, distribution and sale of products.

The iCTLT Organising Committee will have the right, where we consider it necessary, to revise, edit, amend and correct the Contribution in the interest of the relevance, consistency and quality of the style and content of the Proceedings as a whole. The iCTLT Organising Committee will have the right to decline to publish the Contribution if, for any reason, it fails to meet with our full satisfaction.

MOE (Singapore), ISTE, APS and their publisher and staff take no responsibility and accept no liability whatsoever for the accuracy, impact or consequences of any paper published in the conference proceedings, whether referred or not. Papers reflect presenters' opinions, not those of MOE (Singapore), ISTE and APS, their publisher or their staff.
Terms and Conditions
Presenters agree to abide by the following terms and conditions associated with submissions for the iCTLT 2012:

  1. The language of the conference is English, thus all papers are to be in English.
  2. All submissions should follow the submission guidelines provided. Promotion of commercial products in the submissions is not allowed. Details on presenters and co-presenters will be entered as part of the online submission form and the Organising Committee will contact the presenter who submits the proposal.
  3. The decision of the iCTLT 2012 Committee in relation to the acceptance of submissions is final.
  4. Presenters will be notified of acceptance, rejection and/ or suggested modifications as soon as the review process has been completed. Presenters should act on feedback and comments provided by the iCTLT 2012 reviewers in order to ensure consistency of presentation with the conference themes and strands as well as high quality of conference proceedings.
  5. By submitting a proposal to be reviewed, the presenter(s) is/are indicating that at least one of the presenters will attend the conference and present the paper. Any papers not presented by a presenter/ co-presenter will not be published in the conference proceedings.
  6. Each presenter is limited to a maximum of 2 proposal submissions. In the event that more than one paper is accepted, it is necessary to agree on a presenter for each respective paper.
  7. At least one presenter of the group presentation must register for the iCTLT 2012 Conference and pay the registration fee by the required date.
  8. Successfully refereed papers will be published in iCTLT 2012 Conference Proceedings. The conference proceedings will also be available online at the iCTLT 2012 website.
By submitting your paper (Contribution) to the iCTLT Conference 2012:

You warrant that the Contribution will be original, will not violate or infringe any existing copyright or other right (of whatever nature) of any third party, will contain nothing obscene, blasphemous, defamatory, misleading or otherwise unlawful; and will contain no factual statements which are not true or based upon generally accepted research practices; and you further warrant that you have full power to enter into this Agreement. If the Contribution does not conform to the warranties set out in this paragraph, you will indemnify MOE (Singapore), ISTE, APS against any claims, loss, injury, damage or costs (including legal costs) that arise as a result of your breach of warranty.

You will be responsible (at your expense) for obtaining permission for the inclusion in the Copyright of any third party copyright material.

Copyright in the Conference Proceedings as a whole is with MOE (Singapore), ISTE and APS.

Presenters retain their rights to their individual papers included in the proceedings, and by submitting their work for presentation at the Conference, presenters grant a royalty-free, non-exclusive license to the iCTLT Organising Committee to use, distribute, publish, exhibit, record, digitize, broadcast, reproduce and archive the Contribution in any format or medium. In connection with the permission granted in this paragraph, the presenters also grants the iCTLT Organising Committee the unlimited, worldwide, irrevocable right to use his/ her name, pictures, likeness, voice and biographical information as part of advertisement, distribution and sale of products.

The iCTLT Organising Committee will have the right, where we consider it necessary, to revise, edit, amend and correct the Contribution in the interest of the relevance, consistency and quality of the style and content of the Proceedings as a whole. The iCTLT Organising Committee will have the right to decline to publish the Contribution if, for any reason, it fails to meet with our full satisfaction.

MOE (Singapore), ISTE, APS and their publisher and staff take no responsibility and accept no liability whatsoever for the accuracy, impact or consequences of any paper published in the conference proceedings, whether referred or not. Papers reflect presenters' opinions, not those of MOE (Singapore), ISTE and APS, their publisher or their staff.