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Sender: Joan K Lippincott <joan@cni.org>
Subject: New Learning Communities - Call

"NEW LEARNING COMMUNITIES" CONFERENCE
CALL FOR PARTICIPATION

Coalition for Networked Information
Working Group on Teaching and Learning


Co-leaders

Susan Lane Perry, Director, Department Systems Group,
  Stanford University

Philip Tompkins, Director, Library Information
  Services, Estrella Mountain Community College Center

Art St. George, Program Director, Applications of
  Advanced Technologies, National Science Foundation


Additional sponsors of this initiative

EDUCOM
Association of College and Research Libraries
American Association for Higher Education


Introduction

This communication is a Call for Participation
prepared and issued by the Coalition for Networked
Information.

The Coalition is a joint project of the Association of
Research Libraries (ARL), CAUSE, and EDUCOM that was
organized in March 1990 to promote the creation of and
access to information resources in networked
environments in order to enrich scholarship and to
enhance intellectual productivity.

Periodically, the Coalition issues a Call as a vehicle
for pursuing a Coalition interest in a manner that
promotes the widest and fairest possible
identification of individuals, institutions, and
organizations that are willing and able to share this
experience.


Description

The Coalition Working Group on Teaching and Learning
seeks assistance with identifying teams who are
working on projects which strive to develop new
learning communities through the integration of
networking and networked information into
undergraduate teaching and learning.

Ten teams consisting of three to five members each,
all early adopters of networking technologies who are
collaborating on a project (faculty, librarian,
computer and media technologists, instructional design
professionals, and others, including hardware and
software vendors, and information providers) will be
invited to participate in a conference at Estrella
Mountain Community College Center in metropolitan
Phoenix, Arizona, July 31-August 1, 1994.


Criteria by which the Projects will be evaluated:

Evidence of:

1)  Team involvement at every stage of the project

2)  Imaginative use of networking resources, including
the Internet, combined with traditional learning
resources and services

3)  Centering on students as participants, active
learners and direct beneficiaries of the project

4)  Demonstration of the new information literacy
which involves retrieving, analyzing and using digital
and print-based resources in a problem-solving context

5)  Direct relationship to specific undergraduate
courses and curricula

6)  An approach worthy of sympathetic replicability in
other institutional settings because it suggests a
learning environment with new roles for instructors,
students, librarians, computer and other learning
professionals departing significantly from the
dominant lecture-listener metaphor in higher education

7)  Differences in approach to teaching and learning
as reflected in research institutions as well as four-
year and community colleges devoted exclusively to
teaching and learning

The event will consist of:

1)  A conference of teams who have successfully
offered programs using networks and networked
information in higher education institutions

2)  Presentations of documented projects successfully
completed

3)  Cross-consultation and evaluation of individual
projects with one other team

4)  Identification of significant issues for
discussion by the entire group

5)  Small group problem-solving discussions leading to
recommendations reported as results of the conference


Procedure

Institutional teams who are willing to submit a
project description are encouraged to send the
following information electronically (using the form
provided) to the person identified below.  Responses
to this call must be received on or before May 20,
1994.

1)  A 250-500 word abstract presenting the purpose,
methods and current status of your project;

2)  The names, affiliations, addresses, e-mail
addresses, and summary biographical details of the
three to five participants associated with the project
and who would like to participate in the conference;

3)  A 100-300 word description about how your project
addresses the particular interests as stated by the
Coalition in the Call for Participation, with
particular reference to the criteria mentioned above.

4)  Identification of the courses or curriculum and
estimate of the number of students reached per
semester.


Projects proposed will be read and ranked by
volunteers from the Coalition for Networked
Information's Teaching and Learning Working Group and
representatives of the other sponsoring organizations
using the stated criteria.  Teams invited to the
conference will be notified June 10, 1994 of their
selection and the award of a $2000.00 stipend toward
the Team's conference travel and lodging expenses.  A
minimum of three participants representing different
parts of the organization (as suggested above) must
attend.  Expenses above the $2000.00 grant must be
borne by the participating institution.

Individuals, organizations, and institutions do not
have to be affiliated with the Coalition or members of
the Coalition Task force to respond to a Call.  The
Coalition encourages responses from the international
community, minority institutions, and institutions in
rural environments.

Please submit proposals to:

Joan K. Lippincott
Assistant Executive Director
The Coalition for Networked Information
21 DuPont Circle
Washington, DC 20036
Voice: 202-296-5098
Fax:   202-872-0884
Internet: joan@cni.org


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COALITION FOR NETWORKED INFORMATION
WORKING GROUP ON TEACHING AND LEARNING

"NEW LEARNING COMMUNITIES" CONFERENCE

PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FORM

1. TITLE OF PROJECT:

2. CONTACT PERSON:

Name:
Title:
Institutional affiliation:
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
E-Mail:
Biographical summary:

3. OTHER INDIVIDUALS WHO WOULD ATTEND THE CONFERENCE
(2-4):

Name:
Title:
Institutional affiliation:
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
E-Mail:
Biographical summary:

4. ABSTRACT -- Provide a 250 - 500 word
abstract presenting the purposes, methods, and current
status of the project.

5. How does your project address the particular
interests
stated by the Coalition in the Call for Participation?
(100-300 words)

6.  Provide the course titles or curriculum name and
number of students reached per semester.

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