Proposal for a session at the

							  10th Annual Learning and Teaching Conference
                Teesside University
          Wednesday 3rd February, 2010

                                   Session Proposal Form

This proposal should be completed and submitted electronically to the conference
organisers at LTConference2010@tees.ac.uk

                       Submission date is 12th November 2009

Presenter Details
Please list all presenters for your session:
Full name(s)                                    School/College/Unit


Address for correspondence (email or postal):

Session details
Title of session:

Type of session (please tick): Further details are outlined below
Paper/Presentation (30 minutes with Q&A)                    Roundtable session (1 hour)
‘Show and tell’ session (1 hour)                          Workshop (1 hour)

Please state which theme which best suits your abstract:
Innovations in the curriculum                            Work-based learning
Enhancing the link between research and teaching         E-Learning
Engaging students with research                          Innovative assessment
Abstract (maximum 250 words)
Please include: the aim/purpose of the work, methods or procedures, outcomes, reflection /
conclusion and evaluation of effectiveness.


Key words X 3

Requirements (please tick):
All rooms are fitted with a pc which runs standard university software including Internet connection,
if you require any other resources, e.g. Flipcharts, specialised software, please state them here:


Car Parking (external presenters only)
Session details

Individual papers
Individual papers will be 30 minutes maximum, 20 minutes for presentation and 10 minutes for
discussion.

Presentations include (but are not limited to):

      new work that has not been presented elsewhere
      papers / presentations given elsewhere (e.g. at a discipline specific conference)
      completed projects / action research
      work in progress (activities underway but not yet complete, which have interesting findings
       or questions arising)
      demonstrations and or presentation of examples of creative and innovative practice (e.g.
       development and use of Wikis, podcasts as a learning tool; examples of formative
       assessment etc)
      personal reflections and viewpoints on topical issues and matters arising

Workshops
Workshops are 45 minutes and must be activity-based. Within your abstract please give an outline
of what the activity is going to be and how you are going to engage your audience.

Roundtable
A roundtable discussion involves a Chair and panel of presenters (maximum of 4) who facilitate
discussion around a key theme. Delegates can explore and develop learning and teaching topics
and it can act as a platform to discuss ‘work-in-progress’ submissions with other researchers.

Presenters will normally address an agreed aspect of the topic or issue(s), which must be one of
the conference themes. They will be offered an opportunity to share their ideas for up to 10
minutes. This will be followed a discussion which involves the audience. A facilitator will document
the discussion so that any relevant points can be recorded.

It is possible for us to facilitate a roundtable around a particular topic that you would like to see
discussed. If you have an idea for a topic please contact us before the submission deadline to talk
about it.

The abstract should state the topic to be discussed and some background information for this
choice. It is not necessary to include the names of individual presenters, however they should have
agreed to participate, and ideally have met as a group prior to the conference. The individual
submitting an abstract for a Round Table Discussion will normally be assumed to be prepared to
act as Chair (or to be willing to identify and recruit a Chair) and to recruit and organise panel
members.

 'Show and Tell' presentations
These are new to our conference and are an exciting opportunity to hear about, and discuss good
practice. Presenters will be grouped into 4s for each one hour session, as much as possible each
session will be grouped by topic. They will have a maximum of 2 slides to introduce their initiative
and are encouraged to produce a poster which will also be displayed in the foyer over lunch. All
presenters will provide a 5 minute introduction and then participants in the session will have the
opportunity to view presentation materials (poster/DVD/etc) for 20-30 minutes during which time
they will have the opportunity to ask questions from the presenters. There will be a discussion
(chaired) for the final 20-30 minutes.