All Ireland Society for Higher Education

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AISHE Conference 2007
Teaching and Learning in the Changing World of Higher Education

30^th & 31^st August 2007
NUI Maynooth, Ireland

Call for Abstracts
(21st March 2007: Abstract Submission is now CLOSED.)

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Note that the deadline for abstract submission has now passed, and this call is closed. The text of the call is retained here for the information of prospective attendees of the conference.

Topics

AISHE welcomes the submission of abstracts which address the key conference theme of Teaching and Learning in the Changing World of Higher Education. Sub-themes which could be addressed include:

• Adapting to larger and more diverse groups of students
• Using e-learning for innovation
• Changes to the ways we assess students' learning
• Developing students' skills for employability in the 21st century
• Research-led teaching: a way forward?
• Internationalizing the curriculum: preparing students for global citizenship
• Enquiry and Problem-based Learning

The emphasis should be on reflection and evaluation rather than merely on describing what is happening.

Presentation Format

All presentations at the conference will be assigned by the programme committee to one of two formats:

• Oral/workshop: Oral presentation of research, evaluation, policy or practice with the emphasis on drawing out lessons for others and involving participants in engaging with your findings.
• Poster: Posters will be displayed throughout the conference; there will be an assigned programme session specifically for participant discussion with poster presenters.

Abstract Submission

The deadline for abstract submission was 20th March 2007, and submission is now closed.

Refereeing Process

Each abstract will be reviewed for acceptance at the conference against the following criteria:

• Relevance to the conference theme and sub-themes
• Clarity and coherence
• Reflection and evaluation of educational values, practice and or/policy
• Contribution to scholarship and evaluation of change in higher education

Acceptance of Abstract

You will be advised as to whether or not your Abstract has been accepted by 20th April 2007.

The programme committee will assign submissions to either oral/workshop or poster format presentation, in the light of overall constraints on the programme schedule.

Publication of Proceedings (Online)

Authors of all accepted submissions (regardless of presentation format) will be invited to prepare a full paper for inclusion in the (online) conference proceedings. The paper should be 3000-4000 words. Note that at least one of the authors must be register for full conference attendence in order for the paper to be included in the conference programme and proceedings.

Copyright

As a general principle and policy AISHE is committed to Open Access Publishing. Accordingly, we do not ask authors to assign copyright in their original works to AISHE as a condition of publication. Rather we request only that authors grant a limited licence which is sufficient to conform to our open access policy. The licence currently in use for this purpose is Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0.

Note that because authors retain all rights other than those explicitly granted by this licence, you are entirely free to submit the work, in its original form, or any derivative work, for publication in any other context (journal, book chapter etc.); with, of course, the sole restriction that you cannot withdraw or dilute the Creative Commons publication licence on the original work, as published by AISHE.

And finally...

... don't forget the 15th ISL (Improving Student Learning) Symposium also taking part in the Dublin area, immediately following the AISHE conference (separated only by the weekend of 1-2nd September), to which you may also wish to consider making a submission.

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