Language: English will be the language of the conference and of the presentations.

Presentation Formats:

Academic development knowledge and expertise can be driven from both reflection and professional action itself. So, as in previous conferences, we are interested in how people become academic developers, where they are located within their institutions or other organisations, and how their professionalism and responsibilities develop over time. The conference will have three modalities, as follows:

• Research-Oriented Knowledge
• Ongoing Research
• Practice-Oriented Knowledge

• Research-Oriented Knowledge: Either through seminars (50 minutes) or symposia (85 minutes). They will gather presentations framed in scientific findings emerging from concluded research to be presented and discussed. The formal presentation may be accompanied by a combination of individual, small group and plenary activities. The emphasis is on the presentation of research findings.

• Nevertheless, in some cases, research can still be in progress. In that case, a new type of format will be offered, the Ongoing Research Seminars. Under that modality, ongoing scientific research will be presented, as well as the discussion of its design and initial conclusions.

• Practice-Oriented Knowledge: Either through seminars (50 minutes), symposia (85 minutes) and workshops (85 minutes), theoretical or practical issues in academic development will be explored; giving the opportunity to demonstrate processes used in practice and share the diverse experiences of the participants. A combination of individual, small group and plenary activities may be accompanied by a very limited amount of formal presentations. The emphasis is on delegate participation and interaction.

Within that frame, presentations should be exchanged in different formats in order to enhance our understanding and practice of academic development. ICED will provide session chairs to ensure a smooth running conference and help promote the exchange of ideas. Therefore, the schedule will allow for time to facilitate discussion on topics of interest to workshop participants.

• Seminars: For each seminar slot(50 minutes) there will be two 20-minute presentations followed by a 10-minute discussion period. Seminars may present findings of research or work in progress, describe evaluations of innovative practice, provide conceptual overviews or consider challenges faced by academic developers. The emphasis should be on the presenter getting feedback to their presentation rather than it being merely an account. Formal presentation should not comprise more than one third of the time for the seminar. The seminar will close with a general discussion that will draw together the themes and issues raised in the seminar.

• Symposia will last 85 minutes and comprise a short introduction by the convener followed by three 25-minute presentations, leaving around 10 minutes for discussion and summing-up. A symposium might be used to present contrasting approaches to, or perspectives on, theory, concepts or practice in academic development.

• Workshops will last 85 minutes and consist of a series of interactive presentations or selected activities, followed by a discussion period. The emphasis will be on active participation and sharing diverse experiences and ideas. Workshops may explore theoretical or practical issues in academic development focusing on the processes used in practice. Opportunities leading to future activity or output will also be provided. A mixture of individual, small group and plenary activity may be accompanied by a very limited amount of formal presentation.

• Additionally, a Poster session should provide the opportunity to inform and discuss self-explanatory issues related to the Conference theme with the audience

The Conference will provide further opportunities for exchange and interaction among participants:

• Professional Exchange Networking Forum should be a space designed to meet people interested in networking, leading perhaps to a common future activity or output. All interested networks and participants will fill out a form (to be found in the documentation provided by the organizers) that will be managed and distributed so that future relationships can be built according to common research interests.

• Resource Exhibition
• First Call for Resource Exhibition
•  As educational developers, we strongly believe in the power of sharing experiences and resources among colleagues. Haven’t we all experienced how inspiring it is for our own practice to
• -see what papers colleagues select for the reader they use in training programmes for novice teachers,
• -experience how a software module works that helps teachers to design a course,
• -discuss the exercises colleagues have developed to critically revise the learning outcomes of programmes,
• -talk about the university teaching newsletter colleagues publish,
• -explore how colleagues have been working with e-portfolios for teaching,
• The ICED conference offers you a unique chance to share materials, resources, books, journals, software modules, virtual materials … with your colleagues in a Resource Exhibition.
• If you want to present one of your resources, please contact your local network (see here for their coordinates).
• Provide the following data to your representative network:
• -the name of the resource;
• -your name, institution, and e-mail address;
• -nature of the resource (book, manual, software module, e-portfolio …);
• -brief description of the resource and why it might be of interest for educational developers (a maximum of 100 words per resource for description and relevance).
• Your network will pull all the resources together that will be presented and will submit the list to the conference organizers. Do keep in mind that your network has to submit the list of the resources by April 30th.
• Your network will keep you posted about the submission.
• Keep in mind you have to provide for your own laptop in case you need one to present your resource!
• Ultramar will not accept accept any individual resource submission except the lists coming from the official network delegates.

Recommendations

Paper Presentation:

Paper proposals should:

• -Address one or more of the conference themes
• -Include a summary (75 words, at the top of the abstract document)
• -Include an abstract (up to 300 words for Poster/ Seminar and up to 500 words  for    Symposia/Workshops) indicating literatures, methods, evidence, and conclusions in play.

Poster Presentation:

Limit the amount of detail you include on the poster and support it with handouts and other resources. Ensure that the print on the poster is legible from a reading distance of 1-2 metres. Use diagrams, charts and pictures to illustrate your material. If you use symbols or abbreviations, it may be necessary to explain these on a 'key' in a corner of the poster.
Some suggestions for an effective presentation:

• -Recognise that presentation style and the expectations of audiences from different countries may not be the same.
• -Explain to your audience how you would like them to be involved and be sure to invite their participation.
• -Remember that you have limited time for your session. The chair will ensure that you do not go over time.
• -Allow time for questions and interaction.
• -Think of your session as an opportunity to receive feedback, rather than merely telling people about what you have found or the ideas you have.
• -Check with your audience that they are able to understand what you are saying.
• -Be sure to explain all acronyms and institution or organisations specific to your country or situation.
• -Attempt to identify the diversity in your audience (e.g. diversity of gender and nationality) and try to be inclusive of all people attending your session.
• -Engage your audience by speaking to them, and with them, rather than just reading from your prepared text.
• -Enjoy your session as much as you can. If you enjoy it, your audience is likely to enjoy it too.

Visual Aids and Technology 

PowerPoint Presentations:

Be aware that you are using an intuitive tool. Symbols or abbreviations are rarely understood outside your professional context. You can support your presentation with handouts.
Consider these suggestions when using PowerPoint presentations:

• -Focus your message on key words.
• -Use at least 24 point Arial font.
• -Limit the number of points or lines of text on each slide to no more than four.
• -Use a diagram or a picture to illustrate your material. Avoid lots of detail.
• -Don't copy text directly from a book or your paper onto a slide.
• -Limit the number of slides to a maximum of 6-7.
• -Avoid presentation effects within them.

Use the highest colour contrast in your slides. Black and white is the most useful.

Considerations for Proposals

Extent to which it addresses the conference theme/subtheme and...

1. Questions and Rationale

-What important question(s) in the field do you identify?
-Do you demonstrate an understanding of existing scholarship in the field?

2. Theory/Methods

-What theories/methods are you selecting?
-Are they appropriate to your questions and your discipline's ways of knowing?

3. Outcomes

-What evidence do you raise?
-How does your work contribute to understanding of or practice in the field?What new areas of further inquiry open with your work?

4. Reflective Critique
- Do you offer a critical/reflective evaluation of your work?

5. Audience Engagement, (especially for workshops)
- What opportunities do you plan for active audience engagement throughout your session?

Each proposal will be reviewed for acceptance at the conference against the following criteria:
-Relevance to the theme of the conference and the relevant sub theme.
-Clarity of session objectives/ learning outcomes
-Appeal to an international audience
-Contribution to scholarship, new or innovative practice, and evaluation and enhancement of academic development
-Opportunities for delegates to listen, talk and reflect; enabling delegates to take away the lessons learnt and apply them in their own context.

Contact: Eva Escribano
iced2010@ultramarevents.com
Phone 93 482 73 11
Fax 93 482 71 58